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Is It a Problem if Kids Don’t Know How to Use Dictionaries?0
- Education
- July 2, 2018
When one of my younger siblings asked me the meaning of a word, my immediate response was: “Let’s look it up in the dictionary.” Giving me a look like I had just suggested that we send someone a note via smoke signal instead of text, my sister replied, “Patience, you have your phone right there.
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How My Unschooled Child Learned to Read Financial Statements (It Started with Silly YouTube Videos)1
- Culture
- July 2, 2018
It started with a “Dude Perfect” video on YouTube. A couple of years ago, when Jack was very interested in basketball, he found these guys who create fun videos about making baskets with all sorts of twists and turns. He continued to watch these videos, even after his interest in basketball waned; and when his interest in
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Do America’s Reading Habits Explain Today’s Lack of Clear Thinking? (See Chart)0
- Culture
- July 2, 2018
Ah! It’s a lovely Friday evening. You’ve had a successful work week and now it’s time to have some quiet relaxation. You have a book on the coffee table you’ve been wanting to delve into – but first, a quick glance at social media is in order. Several hours and several videos later, you realize
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Miss Manners Rescues Civilization: A Forlorn Hope 0
- Culture
- June 29, 2018
By now, unless you have spent the past two decades living as a Venusian, you are aware that good manners in the public square and in social media are at rock bottom. In addition to the kooks attacking speakers in colleges, mobs surrounding and screaming at members of Donald Trump’s cabinet when they appear in
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(Strange) Advice from Grandma that Actually Works 0
- Family
- June 29, 2018
Grandmothers can throw out some strange advice. And while it comes with varying degrees of apparent relevance, it often does contain quite a bit of wisdom. Here is some odd advice from my own grandma that has (surprisingly) proven true. 1. Making your bed is the key to chastity If chastity is your goal, then
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British Physician Accused of ‘Shortening the Lives’ of Hundreds of Patients Resigns 0
- International
- June 29, 2018
What do you think? Am I naïve, or what? When I hear that without a good medical reason the life of a hospital patient “was shortened”, it sounds an awful lot like murder. Even if we downgrade it to “unlawful killing”, even if it happened once, unlawful killing is a crime that shouldn’t ever happen in
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