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  • Could You Pass New York’s Common Core Algebra Test?

    Could You Pass New York’s Common Core Algebra Test?0

      Concerned that students were coming to college ill-prepared, the New York Board of Regents made the state’s algebra test harder, and aligned it with the Common Core.     The percentage of students who passed dropped from 72 percent to 63 percent.    At the same time, the minimum passing score is expected to

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  • 16 Things Mark Twain Actually Said

    16 Things Mark Twain Actually Said0

    1. “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.”   2. “Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.”   3. “Definition of a classic — something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.”   4. “Familiarity breeds contempt — and children.”   5. “Always do right. This

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  • Philosopher: Believing in “Rights” is Like Believing in “Witches and Unicorns”

    Philosopher: Believing in “Rights” is Like Believing in “Witches and Unicorns”0

    • November 30, 2015

    The Declaration of Independence boldly claims that all men have “unalienable rights” to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The concept of rights forms not only the basis of democratic law but also much of modern Western morality.    But is there really such a thing as “rights”? Do they actually exist?    In

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  • Do you have the post-holiday malaise?

    Do you have the post-holiday malaise?0

    For some, the holidays are something to be dreaded, even avoided if possible. The mix of family dynamics is exceedingly stressful, largely because we can’t control everything. Someone will say something or do something, and you’ll probably have to deal with the consequences, wondering why everyone can’t just get along. If the above describes your

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  • The Way to Win a Revolution

    The Way to Win a Revolution0

    When talk of revolution comes, probably a fair amount of Americans think of the American Revolution and the need for the modern equivalent of muskets and artillery. But is that the best way to make change? Violent revolutions are at times needed, but it seems that there is work needed well before the first shots

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  • 16 SOURCED Aristotle Quotes

    16 SOURCED Aristotle Quotes0

    1. “All men desire by nature to know.” ~ Metaphysics 2. “Man is by nature a political animal.” ~ Politics 3. “One swallow does not a summer make.” ~ Nicomachean Ethics 4. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” ~ On the Parts of Animals 5. “Piety requires us to honor

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