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Would You Want to Be a Teacher?
The NY Times’ Learning Network asks students to answer and debate this pinless grenade of a question: “Would you want to be a teacher?” I’m sticking with a severely reinforced version of my standard...
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Simple List for High School Seniors
It’s a widely accepted truth that spring term is the most abhorred of the academic year. There’s a good chance it’s one of the circles of hell. High school seniors who’ll be heading off to college in...
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Bots High – High School Robotics Documentary – Official Trailer from Coffee and Celluloid on Vimeo. Here’s the trailer for the new Bots High documentary. High school kids building robots and battling...
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Just something to keep in mind when joining in with the masses regarding how much the education situation here in the U.S. bites: The Girl Effect is a good reminder that at least we have an education...
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Bad SAT Scores? All Is Not Lost
Allen Grove, one of my favorite college-advice guys, has calming and ever-so-practical words of wisdom for any college hopeful who’s recently blown the SATs. Stop panicking, all is not lost. There’s...
View ArticleZack Kopplin for President
Michele Bachmann has officially announced her decision to run in the 2012 presidential campaign. I’d rather have the Baton Rouge teen, Zack Kopplin, who called her out on her creationism/intelligent...
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Michelle Obama Supports Girls in STEM Majors and Careers
The unfortunate phenomenon of elementary-aged girls becoming interested in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) subjects, going off to college intending to major in and then pursue a career in...
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SATs and Chilling Out, For Eff’s Sake
Tomorrow is the Nov. 5th SAT, which I can guarantee is freaking the crap right out of teenagers across the nation. Poor bastards. When I took the Rite of Passage for American High School Students...
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Even Healthy Cafeteria Food Is Rejected By Students
Students have moaned and complained for decades about cafeteria fare. Shockingly, when Mrs. Obama and the Los Angeles School District massively revamped public school lunches in an effort to decrease...
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Poetic Memorization
Hilarious bit about what happens when students are made to memorize great poetical works and can recite them at will for life, even when drunk and wandering the streets in the dead of night. This post...
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