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    Image of Proof You Can Do Hard Things: An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
    Proof You Can Do Hard Things: An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
    blog.nateliason.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    When a precocious yet nonconformist teenager asks why they need to learn calculus, what should you say? You know they will never use it in adulthood, outside of certain career choices. You co...

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    Image of Introduction to Calculus - A carefully worded overview of calculus for nonspecialists and the simply curious (written by the man who created Apple's first successful word processor - Apple Writer)
    Introduction to Calculus - A carefully worded overview of calculus for nonspecialists and the simply curious (written by the man who created Apple's first successful word processor - Apple Writer)
    arachnoid.com link posted by c_prompt in homeworkhelp
    This article provides an overview and introduction to calculus. It's intended for general readers, nonspecialists, and shows the topic's key concepts in a transparent, approachable way. The arti...

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    Image of The examples adults set for children
    The examples adults set for children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why are so many children familiar with the adage "do as I say, not as I do?" The answer should be obvious - because we, as adults, often do things that we don't want our children doing. Let's face it...

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    Image of Excessive grades are discriminatory - let's redistribute them
    Excessive grades are discriminatory - let's redistribute them
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Do you really need a 4.0 grade point average? There's a proposal on the table that we should consider. For far too long, there have been many underachieving students. We're not going to get into t...

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    Image of One nation, under God, and undereducated
    One nation, under God, and undereducated
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For the most part, public education in the US is a disaster. Where the blame lies will be forever debated, but to claim otherwise is to sleep undisturbed in a fantasy world with "stark wake-up calls"...

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    College conspiracy - a worthless piece of paper called a college degree
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    James Fenimore Cooper once said: "All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never ha...

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    Image of Selling organs for education
    Selling organs for education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nowadays, you have to take on massive amounts of debt to go to college, only to graduate and find that there aren't any jobs available. So you leave college, go back to living with your parents, and...

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    Image of The legitimacy of higher education - do we need more scientists and engineers?
    The legitimacy of higher education - do we need more scientists and engineers?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Robert Heinlein once wrote: "Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor." The number of students going to UK universities is falling. Additionally,...

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    Image of Government-run supermarkets and education
    Government-run supermarkets and education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's an adage in economics that goes: people do not walk barefoot because there aren't any government shoe factories. In markets where competition exists (not to be confused with free markets), bu...

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    Image of The ethics of capitalism
    The ethics of capitalism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with morality, and the moral code/ideology used when differentiating between right and wrong is critical (e.g., consider that Hitler used national socialis...

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    Image of Meet the new [education] boss, same as the old boss
    Meet the new [education] boss, same as the old boss
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about a circlejerk... The federal government tells poorly performing schools that, if they fire their principals, they will get additional money. So what do these schools do? They fire the princ...

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    Image of TIL which countries make up the UK
    TIL which countries make up the UK
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned which countries make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), the difference between the United Kingdom (four countries) and Great Britain (England, Sco...

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    Image of Education - a race to the bottom
    Education - a race to the bottom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sometimes you have to wonder if the sole reason that the law requires children go to school is because very few would go if not forced. If schools are intended to give children training as to the wor...

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    Image of Skins - I'm over it
    Skins - I'm over it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I recently read "Conservatives Freak Out Over MTV's "Skins" -- Teenagers Have Sex. Get Over It." posted at the liberal blog AlterNet. If you have any question as to why kids, especially teenagers, ha...

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    Image of Political prejudices
    Political prejudices
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberals call conservatives names, claiming they are the bane of existence and the cause of all the problems in the world. Conservatives do the same to liberals. The hate spreads. The violence spread...

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    Image of The deception of higher education
    The deception of higher education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The typical four-year college degree has large costs, but it's questionable whether the benefits are usually there. In fact, students who secure college degrees are increasingly unlikely to make up t...

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    Image of Leave many children behind
    Leave many children behind
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's easy to predict the future. Take anything that the government says, reverse it, and you'll come pretty close to having a crystal ball. Why? Nietzsche knew: "The governments of the great States h...

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    Image of Teenager sex
    Teenager sex
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What's the fundamental problem that's leading to so many teenagers having sex, including anal sex and even prostitution? Is this the result of poor sex education? Why isn't the $200 million the US go...

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    Image of The ultimate intelligence test
    The ultimate intelligence test
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many have developed tests that attempt to gauge a person's intelligence. There are many high IQ societies that use these tests as membership criteria. However, as of yet, the "secret" of intelligence...

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    Image of Welcome back to failing school
    Welcome back to failing school
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Albert Shanker, the president of the United Federation of Teachers for 20 years, and then the president of the American Federation of Teachers for another 23 years once said: "When school children st...

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    Image of Politicians are nails - who has a hammer?
    Politicians are nails - who has a hammer?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    After providing $900 billion in "stimulus" with zero (and some would argue negative) impact on the economy, increasing the national debt by over $2 trillion (in slightly over 1 year, and it continues...

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    Image of Teaching kids about big brother
    Teaching kids about big brother
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    More and more, schools are adopting zero-tolerance policies. High schools are now filled with armed police, metal detectors, and drug-sniffing dogs. Is that the environment in which children can pro...

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    Image of The war against boys
    The war against boys
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Christina Hoff Sommers wrote in her book The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men that "it's a bad time to be a boy." Certainly, government curriculums in schools is misg...

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    Image of Teaching sex and terrorism to children
    Teaching sex and terrorism to children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1991, John Taylor Gatto, New York City Teacher of the Year (1989, 1990, and 1991), New York State Teacher of the Year (1991), and author of The Underground History of American Education, wrote the...

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    Image of Education school destroying teachers
    Education school destroying teachers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A study at the University of North Carolina concludes that non-education majors who get just six weeks of education training are generally better teachers than those who get a full two years of educa...

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    Image of Self-organized learning environments
    Self-organized learning environments
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are we giving children too much structure when attempting to educate them? Would children improve their ability to think if we gave them a few tools and let them self-organize with minimal adult supe...

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    $1 billion for 100 educators
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I went to a high school in this district many years ago. FTA: "Make sure you notice 'Codell, Neil C.' who is 4th from the top of the list. Career pension of $26,661,604. That's almost $27 million...

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    Image of Passing with lower standards
    Passing with lower standards
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In NY state, the exam to determine whether kids get to move to the next grade has been dumbed down by giving partial credit for very wrong answers. Go figure (pun intended). FTA: "A kid who answer...

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    Problem-solving
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Albert Einstein once said "The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill." Do we expect simple problems? I...

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    Learning how to work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "U.S. colleges and universities, like their counterparts in other Western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for today's workplace. The biggest weakness in the postsecondary-...

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    Image of Stupid in America
    Stupid in America
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you have children in school, or if you are a teacher, you MUST watch this video. Pass it on to anyone who has children. It is THAT important. Why are so many children not learning in America's sch...

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    Image of Consensual sex is rape
    Consensual sex is rape
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As if Duke University's reputation for discrimination wasn't tarnished enough... if you go to school at Duke, don't expect to learn common sense. Is the following a result of the Duke lacrosse non...

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    Say no to drugs - get suspended
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The stupidity in government never takes a break, especially in the public school system. FTA: "It seems to me that it may be time to give all school administrators a course in remedial thinking. Here...

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    School-sanctioned privacy intrusion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home School-sanctioned privacy intrusion? "Schools are only interested in a child's best interests" claim those who ignore knowledge...

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    Sex and intelligence
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    People who practice BDSM are mostly educated, successful people coming from emotional stable families according to a large professional survey (BDSM/Fetish Demographics Survey). Even students at an a...

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    Teaching others
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    A teacher can present information, but there can be no transfer of learning... learners must "act" upon the information to learn it. Can anyone teach something to someone else? DISCUSS! Origina...

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    Science is racist
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    So we had a great discussion earlier today about scientific theories vs. laws, physics, astronomy, and geometry. Science is so amazing! And then I read something like this and it makes me sick. Hi...

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    Top National Education Association lawyer: power trumps children
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    The gist of it is this: there's a video floating around the internet of the top lawyer for the National Education Association specifically saying that the only reason the NEA is effective is because...

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    Adult Education
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    I believe that Adult Education is best described as a continuous learning process through which adults acquire desired knowledge to satisfy their needs at that time. Adult Education is not restricted...

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    The Wars in Our Schools
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    Lisp: Learning to Think about Thinking | Restless Device
    restlessdevice.com link posted by jeffs in programming
    Great podcast about the Lisp programming language and why it's special.
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    Parenting like Ragnar and Kay: how to raise an individualist with high self-esteem (an Objectivist theory for raising children)
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    ATLAS SUMMIT 2014 -- How would children be raised in Galt’s Gulch? Most Objectivist parents want to raise their children with as little coercion as possible, but lack the knowledge of how to do so:...

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    Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Uncoachable kids become unemployable adults. Let your kids get used to someone being tough on them. It's life, get over it.
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    Put the “Ph” Back in PhD. We need big thinkers, but the current system teaches students to think small.
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    By re-embracing the relevant branches of philosophy—a central field of the humanities—scientists will see and think more broadly, perhaps rediscovering what drew them to the field in the first pla...

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    Watch What Happens After A 13-Year-Old Boy Leaves “Public Education”
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    When conformity and rigidity are replaced with free thinking and innovation, the results can be quite stunning. Such was the case with 13-year-old Logan LaPlante, who left the public education system...

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    Rules of Success to Adopt by Age 13
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    I don't agree with everything on his list, but included are many great principles. Here is why you should take me seriously. I was born in 1942. I have seen what works and what doesn't. I hav...

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    Laura Schulz: The surprisingly logical minds of babies (TED Talk). Do I admit too much when I tell you I had tears in my eyes as she finished her presentation?
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    How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schulz shows how our young ones make decisions with a surprisingly strong sense of l...

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    I’ve Been Doing Painting Videos All Wrong
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    For the last year or so I’ve been obsessed with watching instructional videos for painting. I probably own a few thousand dollars worth of videos, plus a subscription to Lynda.com and ArtistsNetw...

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    What If We Admitted to Children That Sex Is Primarily About Pleasure?
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    So the morning of sex ed, I found myself wondering whether they were going to mention pleasure. Or would it be all about disease and pregnancy, all gloom and doom? ...How funny that we can't bring our...

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    "My dad's story": Dream for My Child. Life insurance company MetLife produced a touching video that illustrates the great sacrifices parents make to ensure their child's well-being. Yes, you will cry.
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in parenting
    Have tissues close at hand:
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    How a nerdy kid from nowhere self-published a best-seller and got noticed by Google CEO Larry Page and The Wall Street Journal
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    Last week Larry Page, the CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world, and possibly one of the most powerful people on the planet, released an interview with the Financial Times endorsing m...

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    The Progressive Decline of Freedom (includes list of things that were legal in 1975 but are illegal now)
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    The process by which the progressive mindset causes increases in the size, scope and power of government never ceases. Robert Wenzel, a leading Liberty Movement blogger, posted a list of things th...

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    Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Average High School Senior
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    Artificial intelligence in Japan is getting closer to entering college. AI software scored higher on the English section of Japan’s standardized college entrance test than the average Japanes...

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    Indicting Higher Education in the Arts and Beyond. Why does anyone pursue higher education in the arts?
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    There’s one very clear take-away from the latest report released by the collective BFAMFAPhD: people who graduate with arts degrees regularly end up with a lot of debt and incredibly low pros...

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    A Fan Asks Mike Rowe For Career Advice...He Didn't Expect This Response, But It's Brilliant.
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    After comparing him to a 42-year old woman who can't find the "right man... a soul-mate from her zip code," actor and comedian Mike Rowe (best known as the host of Discovery Channel'...

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    Deep Habits: The Importance of Planning Every Minute of Your Work Day
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    Are Passions Serendipitously Discovered or Painstakingly Constructed?
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    What is Passion Common to most peoples’ thoughts about passion are the following three foundational beliefs: To feel passionate about something is to be engaged and fulfilled by work...

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    Beyond Passion: The Science of Loving What You Do
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    At a high level, SDT [Self-Determination Theory] makes a simple claim: To be happy, your work must fulfill three universal psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. In m...

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    Unschooling - The Case for Setting Your Kids Into the Wild
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    As a growing movement of unschoolers believe, a steady diet of standardized testing and indoor inactivity is choking the creativity right out of our kids. The alternative: set 'em free.
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    Let's teach kids philosophy. You really can't start too soon, I've found.
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    Suppose I said "Love is the answer to the question. Now, what is the question?" To consider this requires you to think abstractly. You likely wouldn't ask this question to a child, but why not? Pe...

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    What's scientific about political science? Nothing.
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    They call it political science. They study things such as the origins of the state, history, political ideologies, law, war, taxes, regulation, international relations, and free trade. They claim t...

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    I'm not a scientist nor engineer nor mathematician. But I wish I was. It's so romantic.
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