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Stop Dumbing Down Books for Teens 0
- Education
- September 8, 2016
During my senior year AP English class in high school, we read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It was brutal. I thought I was a pretty good reader because I had worked my way through most of Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, and Leo Tolstoy, but I struggled to get through Heart of Darkness. To this day,
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Are Video Games Killing Work for Young Men?0
- Culture
- September 8, 2016
One of the great concerns in advanced economies is unemployment among men, and especially young men. In the United States, millions of manufacturing jobs have disappeared with the advance of technological change, reducing the demand for certain types of labour. Graduates are faring better, and women seem more ready candidates for the service sector jobs
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5 Benefits of Having Sex on a Daily Basis 0
- Culture
- September 8, 2016
As if we needed more reasons to have sex, it’s actually quite beneficial for your overall well-being. It’s been seen that engaging in sexual activity on a regular basis boosts mental, emotional, and physical health. Aside from getting your rocks off, here are five great reasons you should be trying to have sex regularly: It
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Spending on College Sports is Out of Control 0
- Education
- September 8, 2016
th college football season upon us, this is a good time to consider again the allure that fielding winning teams in the big-money sports (football and basketball) has for many higher education leaders. Just as many students are convinced that getting into an elite college is essential to their futures, so many college presidents are
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Study: Students Learn Better from Hot Teachers 0
- Education
- September 8, 2016
When it comes to America’s educational woes, maybe the problem isn’t a ?“dumbed-down” curriculum or a lack of student effort… Maybe the problem is that there are too many ugly teachers? Okay, that’s just a bit of an exaggeration. However, a new study conducted by University of Nevada researchers and published in the Journal of General
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Pew: 1 in 4 Americans Didn’t Read a Book Last Year 0
- Culture
- September 8, 2016
While on vacation this summer, I had the pleasure of visiting Biltmore Estate, the largest home in America. After the tour, my companions and I took a poll on the favorite room and found that the library was the winner. And with more than 20,000 books bound in leather and gold, it’s not surprising that
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