Get their minds right...for their own good.
How?
by robinson » Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:46 pm
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It’s not hard when a matter is a non political one
But if it’s a matter of faith and belief, very very hard
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No government body wants to teach kids to question what they are told.
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Oldspeak is unmutual
by Pyrrho » Fri Dec 30, 2022 5:30 pm
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I hadn't heard of this one until today.
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Avian flu or price gouging?
Seems Mexican eggs are dirt cheap. So of course the border patrol is cracking down on egg trafficking.
How ironic....
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College
by Anaxagoras » Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:17 pm
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So, is the next logical step that college should be free? Maybe Grad school too? Why not?
Why should high school be free? Or elementary school?
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So, is the next logical step that college should be free? Maybe Grad school too?
They could also do without a lot of the tenured fossils who...
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Tools for Fools
by Rob Lister » Sun Jun 28, 2020 4:14 pm
This thread is about all things tools.
Let me pump some schmoo on you.
Automagic schmoo squirter.
You'll have to exsqueeze AvE. He's Canudian....
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Last post by Pyrrho Sun Jul 31, 2022 2:15 pm
Free Science Books
by Llacheu » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:41 pm
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Well some of them are real science books/papers. Some are questionable, so read before downloading. But there are some good reads there too.
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As Abdul now has way too much time on his hands, and Anax nearly as much, I'm sure they will dig in. :mrgreen:
I have to say thank you for this....
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College admissions bribery scandal
by Pyrrho » Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:10 pm
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Yeah well whatever.
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday indicted dozens of people — including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin — in...
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Basically a slap on the wrist if memory serves, but at least a slap that's hard enough to sting a bit. They'll each spend a few months in jail, do a...
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For their own good...
by Pyrrho » Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:31 pm
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Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands
When Syracuse University...
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Good point Pyrrho! Should be. Further, professor evaluation should be directly tied to professor salary.
That'd weed out the fucking ineffective...
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Last post by sparks Wed Dec 25, 2019 9:18 pm
IQ. Do UQ? A Sojourn Among the True Believers.
by Pyrrho » Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:43 pm
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Come the revolution, only stupid people will be smart.
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I took the MENSA test when I was a young man and qualified to join with an IQ of 148.
Then decided not to join because beer, music and girls seemed...
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Last post by Rob Lister Tue Nov 19, 2019 3:49 pm
The education rat race
by Anaxagoras » Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:34 am
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Longish article by George Packer in The Atlantic :
When the Culture War Comes for the Kids
Caught between a brutal meritocracy and a radical new...
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MFY fans.
–J.D.
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School funding
by Pyrrho » Sun May 05, 2019 11:48 pm
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On the one hand, teachers having to buy supplies themselves.
On the other...
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P. – S.
Reminded me of this I'd seen recently:
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Last post by Witness Mon May 06, 2019 12:12 am
The Most Segregated Public Schools In The Country
by Anaxagoras » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:55 am
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New York’s Most Elite High School Admits Just Seven Black Students in a Class of 900 :cowbell:
Yes, the new spin is to use the loaded word...
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I think you are describing inner city schools pretty well. The problem is that when you identify the real problem you are then a racist. Much better...
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Is this offensive/racist? A course of study
by ed » Sat Sep 01, 2018 11:57 am
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It is increasingly important for all of us to recognize offensive and/or racist material with nothing more than a glance.
This thread will help us...
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↑↑↑ Kitsch, especially well-meaning kitsch, is always offensive. (To Humanity, of course.)
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Last post by Witness Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:13 pm
The campus political correctness thread
by Anaxagoras » Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:40 am
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Figured we should have a catchall thread for the wackiest examples of political correctness at universities.
So here's an opening bid:
Facial, not...
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USD law school: Hawaiian Day party is offensive. Hawaiian state rep: No it's not.
The University of South Dakota Law School pressured the...
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Finally the human race is getting back to normal
by Anaxagoras » Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:47 am
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Kinda makes sense to me. Also gratifying to know, as a child of the 70s.
An analysis of some 730,000 IQ test results by researchers from the Ragnar...
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Well people are honestly getting dumb each day with technology getting at the finger tips. Glad to know this.
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Fat Studies (ping ed)
by asthmatic camel » Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:42 pm
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Oooh, be careful, Abdul LackofAbs, the Lord of Lard can be terrible in his wrath.
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The Free Market TM remedies forever! 8)
I like that! :mrgreen:
From the Oregon State University catalog:
PSY 466. FAT STUDIES (4) . Is...
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Sold only to the teaching profession ...
by JEROME DA GNOME » Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:32 pm
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:D
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Fuck you AA. You will die horribly in an unusual lift accident. It will take hours, nay, weeks, with no hope of useful medication... :)
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More on Chromebook: Education
by Rob Lister » Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:17 am
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The headline:
Chromebooks: 1 Million Sold in 3 Months
Isn't very impressive. Unless you consider who bought them.
iPads are still the apple of...
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More on this for anyone here that cares about our children. :)
The Windows S machines are more or less tailored to classroom use. It makes many...
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Last post by Rob Lister Mon May 08, 2017 11:57 am
What is truth?
by sparks » Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:34 pm
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Pomona college student Steve Shallow says.......
....nothing of interest.
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Contrary to his denial, I've come to think that Abdul is actually our board philosopher. :twisted:
As Pillory is our bard. :D
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Last post by shemp Sun Dec 25, 2016 3:21 am
Bored at school? There's an app for that.
by Pyrrho » Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:39 am
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A Chinese university lecturer is using facial-recognition technology on his students to help determine the level of interest in his classes, a tool...
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He is My Bitch.
He cannot escape from me.
--J.D.
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Last post by Rob Lister Fri Sep 30, 2016 5:18 pm
Charter schools
by Anaxagoras » Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:25 am
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Charter schools are like private schools funded with public money. The theory is that by allowing competition, the best schools will prevail. Some...
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Charter schools are like private schools funded with public money.
No true, they are just slightly less regulated than the typical public school....
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Last post by Witness Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:48 am
Adler University, Chicago.
by Anaxagoras » Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:30 am
Nope. But you can read their mission statement there. I won't quote it because I don't want a night in the box.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Thu Jun 30, 2016 3:30 am
Reading fantasy gives you brain damage, man
by Pyrrho » Sat May 14, 2016 10:29 pm
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Graeme Whiting, the headmaster and founder of the Acorn School, an independent private school in Gloucestershire, U.K., wrote a convoluted blog post...
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--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Sun May 15, 2016 6:08 am
5 Awful Things Only Homeless Women Experience
by Rob Lister » Sun Apr 17, 2016 9:45 pm
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say this ...
is her.
Snip ...
I'n a recently indoctrinated philosopher specializing in Philosophy of Language...
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Granted, I don't know how a PhD stacks up to a plain old Bachelors degree in the income department. But degree holders overall make more money than...
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Last post by Nyarlathotep Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:43 pm
999 and then some
by Pyrrho » Fri Mar 25, 2016 12:13 pm
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I wonder what parts of this story are actually true and/or really happened:
What's the largest number you can represent with 3 digits? Nope....
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Piffle.
There is no largest such number.
If 9^(9^9) is legit, you can go arbitrarily humungous by adding any number of factorial signs.
999...
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Last post by gnome Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:21 am
Texas, educated
by Witness » Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:37 am
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Texas education board dreads possible return of culture war with anti-gay candidate
AUSTIN – Mary Lou Bruner has at least twice said President...
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Speaking of Texas news, has anyone brought up Robert Morrow yet?
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Last post by Anaxagoras Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:52 pm
UConn plans to build special housing for black males
by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 04, 2016 7:04 am
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With the totally hip name of ScHOLA²RS House . :notsure:
Civil rights group challenges UConn over black-only dorm plans
A civil rights...
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Bite response perhaps?
No.
Wait...
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Last post by sparks Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:02 pm
Pay for protests
by Pyrrho » Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:16 pm
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And the food needs an upgrade!
Oberlin College Students Protest The Cafeteria Food Not Being “Culturally Accurate” Enough, Demand To Be Paid An...
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--J.D.
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Goodbye "No Child Left Behind," Hello "Every Student Succeeds"
by Anaxagoras » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:02 am
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The law itself may be fine and all, but don't you just looove the way they name these things?
Every Student Succeeds , gimme a break. :roll:
As...
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It's really perfectly simple: Double teachers salaries, halve the class sizes and if any are still 'not succeeding' throw their dumb asses in some...
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Last post by Pyrrho Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:47 pm
Navy to teach Navigation
by Rob Lister » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:35 pm
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It Will Take More Than Celestial Navigation to Hack-Proof the Navy
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Navigation nowadays, however, isn't a skill to be practiced and perfected so...
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--J.D.
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Last post by Doctor X Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:20 am
Lectures are discriminatory
by Anaxagoras » Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:10 am
DOES the college lecture discriminate? Is it biased against undergraduates who are not white, male and affluent?
The notion may seem absurd on its...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:10 am
Looting as legitimate political protest
by sparks » Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:49 pm
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How do you get from 'tenured prof at Yale' to 'faction of the ruling class that's OK with it'?
Just because a bunch of white guys gave tenure to a...
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Jade Helm
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Last post by DrMatt Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:09 am
UCB: The Harrison Bergeron School of Mathematics
by EvilYeti » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:31 pm
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They don't call it the People's Republic of Berkeley for nothing.
Their CIO accused me of being racist, btw, for having the temerity to suggest that...
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If not renewing your contract means they have to hire someone else to take your place, that means it's a firing. If not renewing the contract is...
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Last post by EvilYeti Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:49 pm
California lowers standards retroactively
by sparks » Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:15 pm
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unseSFWjuqs
Oops. Boobtube insert is still fucked, eh? (Or am I doing it wrong now that shit has been reworked?)
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The State should also pay their bills:
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Last post by Witness Fri Oct 09, 2015 4:32 am
Want 100 grand? Take the challenge!
by Paulie Cicero » Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:16 am
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Got a challenge? Fuck you, pay me!
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I assume the desert they wandered in for 40 years was the Sinai, right? It took them 40 years to walk from Egypt to Israel? I mean how hard can it...
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A Game of Tag
by Pyrrho » Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:10 pm
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Not really banned...just reimagined.
The cause for concern, the school district explained, were some “isolated incidents of unfortunate...
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They should introduce British Bulldog
Bunch of pansies. Not, of course....
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