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Walker Percy on How to Recover Education 2
- Education, Featured, MomThink
- April 15, 2024
Why is it that so many students in the modern American education system say that school is “boring”? Aren’t they learning about the most fascinating aspects of our world? Isn’t part of human nature, as Aristotle teaches, to desire to know? In his brilliant essay “The Loss of the Creature,” the novelist and philosopher Walker
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Veteran Teacher: Here’s What’s Wrong With Traditional Schooling 4
- Education, MomThink
- April 15, 2024
For 19 years, I was a master of time. Down to the minute, I controlled time for others and used it to meet my and others’ ends, irrespective of the desires of those in front of me. In short, I was a public-school teacher, and controlling time was my talent. Although I and other adults
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Making Meaning Is the Antidote to Troubled Feelings 1
- Culture, Featured
- April 12, 2024
A contemporary writer on Stoicism, Ryan Holiday, recently observed: Professional writers quickly learn one reality of the job: you have more bad days than good days. It’s the rare day that the writer finds that the words come out exactly the way they were in their head. More often, one is disappointed, distracted, struggling, committed
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Education Eclipsed: Unnecessary School Closures Breed Anxious Children 1
- Education, Family, MomThink
- April 12, 2024
A total eclipse crossed the country this week in a display of natural wonder. Rather than seize the opportunity for an engaging science lesson, hundreds of school districts with several hundred thousand students decided to close for the day, many citing safety concerns that students might accidentally look at the eclipse without proper eye protection. Even worse
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Friday Comic: Cuddlefish Cosmos 0
- Entertainment
- April 12, 2024
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Can Female Liberation Be Found in Marriage?4
- Culture, Family, Featured
- April 11, 2024
What does a fulfilling, self-focused life look like, according to liberated feminism? Spa nights alone in a fancy apartment, perhaps. A boss babe CEO who enjoys hooking up on the weekends. Plastic surgery and perhaps a cute pet to post on Instagram. But what else is part and parcel of this life? An epidemic of
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