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You Can’t Separate ‘Critical Thinking’ and Good Writing1
- Education
- February 17, 2016
One of the main things that today’s education system seeks to instill is “critical thinking.” But as progress in critical thinking is difficult to measure, how can we know if students are learning this valuable skill? The answer, I discovered, is simple: look at their writing skills. Such an idea was suggested in the early
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Teachers Fed Up with Undisciplined Students0
- Culture
- February 17, 2016
According to George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times, an increasing number of teachers may be pondering an exit from the profession, and are reluctant to encourage others to follow in their footsteps. Their reasons for such feelings were varied, but the looming elephant in the room was the lack of respect and poor discipline
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A Trump-esque President in a Catholic University?0
- Education
- February 17, 2016
Mount St. Mary’s University, near Baltimore, is the nation’s second-oldest Catholic university. Faced with financial trouble, the Board of Trustees saw fit a few years ago to hire a businessman, Simon Newman, to fix the problem. But Newman’s style, and now his very mission, have created a huge kerfuffle. He has made numerous administrative changes,
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How Air Combat Changed Roald Dahl0
- Culture
- February 17, 2016
As an adult rereading Roald Dahl’s works, such as James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, you may be surprised by just how dark they can be at times even though they’re written for children. Dahl certainly had a knack for writing about the macabre or darker sides of life,
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Doctor: Physicians Don’t Care About Their Patients Anymore0
- Culture
- February 17, 2016
Not long ago, a family member of mine had a short stay in the hospital. His doctor, although not assigned to visit him on his rounds, saw that he had been admitted and insisted on adding him to his schedule. The reason? He had developed a friendship over time with my family member, and as
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Study: Clutter Linked To Overeating0
- Science
- February 17, 2016
Happy? Eat to celebrate. Sad? Eat to comfort. Bored? Eat for the heck of it. It’s a well-established fact that people eat for all sorts of non-hunger related reasons, particularly emotional highs and lows. But, a new study suggests that environment may be playing a bigger role in how much we eat than we had
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