A Little Red Hen lived in a barnyard. She spent almost all of her time walking about the barnyard in her picketty-pecketty fashion, scratching everywhere for worms. She dearly loved fat, delicious worms and felt they were absolutely necessary to the health of her children. As often as she found a worm she would call
READ MORE1. “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” 2. “The best definition of man is: a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful.” 3. “If you were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force
READ MOREYesterday, Minneapolis Public Schools proudly shared a letter of congratulations from President Obama. Here’s the post: Here’s the letter: Assuming the letter is real, the President really ought to have had his team check out the school district before sending a letter of congratulations to the interim superintendent. We certainly agree that “Our Nation’s future
READ MOREThe lecture format is being abandoned by many college professors. This phenomenon is due to a number of factors: the pressure of teachers to entertain students, the imposition of the scientific method onto the humanities, and an increased preference for “active learning” methods. But in a New York Times article this past Sunday, Dr.
READ MORECould the traditional 5-day school week actually be a drain on students and teachers? That’s a subject explored in a recent study published by MIT Press Journals. A number of schools in Colorado have made the switch from a 5 to a 4-day school week in recent years, largely in an effort to manage budget
READ MOREHave American attitudes towards guns changed as a result of shootings such as the one at Umpqua Community College? When it comes to buying guns the answer might be yes. According to Gallup, “Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct
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