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The Top Thing Parents Can Do to Turn Kids into Successful Adults 0
- Culture
- May 9, 2016
Last week, Business Insider ran an interesting article listing 13 things parents can do to turn their child into a well-adjusted, successful adult. The first thing on the list? “They make their kids do chores.” But if childhood chores are truly a predictor of future success, then it seems the U.S. is about to see
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3 Things U.S. Schools Can Learn from Finland 0
- Education
- May 9, 2016
Fulbright Scholar William Doyle once again wrote about his experiences as a U.S. transplant in the Finnish education system. According to Doyle, Finland – a nation whose high scores on the international PISA exam have amazed many – has a number of practices from which the U.S. education system might benefit. A few of these
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Can You Recognize America’s First Political Cartoon?0
- Education
- May 9, 2016
The “Join Us or Die” snake is believed to be the first cartoon to run in a newspaper in American history. The cartoon was published in Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754. Historians believe Franklin himself created the cartoon, which depicts a snake cut into eight pieces above the words “JOIN, or DIE.”
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How These Cute Creatures Confound Evolutionary Theory 0
- Science
- May 7, 2016
We often hear that opposing the “scientific consensus” on this-or-that topic is benighted. Sometimes it can be that. But sometimes it isn’t—especially when scientific findings themselves contradict an established scientific consensus. For at least a century, biologists have believed that the more “genetic diversity” there is within a species, the better able that species is to adapt to environmental change, and thus thrive
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Would Math Scores Improve if Schools Taught Logic?0
- Culture
- May 6, 2016
According to The New York Times, Eugenia Cheng isn’t the run-of-the-mill mathematician who sits in a classroom all day surrounded by formulas and numbers. Instead, Dr. Cheng believes in making math come alive through hands on experience – like cooking. To accomplish this purpose, Dr. Cheng released a cookbook (How to Bake Pi) which uses
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5 Ways to Tell That Someone is Trying to Manipulate You 0
- Education
- May 6, 2016
Having been around many sociopaths during my time here on Earth, I’ve become quite keen to the tactics they use and how capable they are at getting what they want from others. People who enjoy manipulating others are a special breed, and they’re constantly looking for people to take advantage of. They excel at recognizing
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