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I have filled a lot of blog space in the last year writing and presenting a variety of perspectives about education (secondary and post secondary education in the USA),and since there is so much tumult and so little coherence, a lot of my coverage has been more negative of this industry than I would have [...]
Back in the day, many kids got chemistry sets, erector sets, and other platforms for technical exploration on Christmas Day. The modern equivalent is the Arduino board. This small piece of hardware (which you can get as a completed board, or solder up yourself) is an interface (via USB) between your computer (where you write [...]
If you have ever considered a few rather obvious questions, such as: · With the competitiveness of the global market increasing, with the rapid changes in technology and our society…just how well is a traditional liberal arts degree serving new graduates as they enter the workforce? · Are college tuitions increasing so rapidly as to [...]
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The two articles I have linked for this post relate to some of the slowly increasing problems inherent in our education system. The growing push to spend more time upon issues like self esteem and less upon traditional ‘work’ by students would seem to have a measurable impact upon student outcomes. I can’t say that [...]
I guess that the parrot being shown in the video (see below) is part of what a rather small controversy is regarding whether this is, in fact, the parrot which Winston Churchill had in the 1930’s. This would make the parrot about 104 years old! Winston Churchill’s Pets http://www.historyinanhour.com/blog/read_16661/winston-churchills-pets.html
