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Teacher: Spoon-feeding Students Kills Creative Learning 0
- Culture
- December 13, 2016
Ask any teacher, parent, or politician what’s wrong with today’s education system and they’ll all have a different answer. Some will say it’s the absurd amount of testing. Others will lay the blame at the feet of the teachers. Another group will argue that poor curriculum is the driver. Veteran teacher Martin Robinson may well
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House-Building Class: The Newest High School Trend 0
- Culture
- December 13, 2016
The other day a friend of mine received some good-natured ribbing over the fact that he had to call a repairman to fix something at his house rather than do it on his own. The incident produced some laughs, but I came away thinking that he was completely justified in his need to call a
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Gallup: Popularity of Electoral College Surges to Historic High 0
- Education
- December 13, 2016
Via Gallup: Americans’ support for keeping the Electoral College system for electing presidents has increased sharply. Weeks after the 2016 election, 47% of Americans say they want to keep the Electoral College, while 49% say they want to amend the Constitution to allow for a popular vote for president. In the past, a clear majority
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Student: Progressives Perverting the Idea of ‘Tolerance’0
- Culture
- December 13, 2016
This last year has seen a number of university professors speak out and tell their students that it’s time to grow up. Likely spurred on by increasing student demands for sensitivity and security, these professors have stepped up and pointed out that real life is a lot harder and more uncomfortable than college. Students who
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Oxford Univ. Tells Students to Stop Saying ‘He’ and ‘She’0
- Culture
- December 13, 2016
Via the Daily Mail: Oxford University is encouraging students to use the gender-neutral pronoun ‘ze’ instead of ‘she and ‘he’. The students’ union wrote in a leaflet that the move was intended to reduce the risk of transgender students being offended. Students hope that the use of ‘ze’ will continue into university lectures and seminars,
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Sexual Desire is Immoral Because It’s Inherently Objectifying 0
- Education
- December 12, 2016
The 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant believed that human beings tend to be evil. He wasn’t talking about some guy rubbing his hands and crowing with glee at the prospect of torturing an enemy. He was thinking about the basic human tendency to succumb to what we want to do instead of what we ought to
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Teacher: Spoon-feeding Students Kills Creative Learning 0