Tag: education
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A RANT, IN WHICH THE AUTHOR INEXPLICABLY HAS TO DEFEND DEAD ROMANS
Literature will mess with your head–but that doesn’t mean it should be softened.
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UPDATE ON MY DAUGHTER’S FOOLISH SCHOOL
Institutions sometimes just do not make any sense at all. To wit, some of you will remember my blog post from two weeks ago as I described the orientation for my daughter’s high school. You can read the whole thing by clicking here, but for the point of today’s update, all you need to know…
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THE DILEMNA DILEMMA
I’ve been wrong for over 30 years. I know, it seems impossible, but I have been. I learned about my wrongness on Friday while blogging, of all things. The problem is that I didn’t know I was about to learn something because I thought I already knew it. I hate when I think I know…
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THE ACT AND COLLEGE READINESS
I heard about this while exercising this morning: First, the bad news: Nearly 75% of 2013 high school graduates who took the ACT college readiness exam aren’t fully prepared for college, according to a new report by the organization that administers the test. Now, the (moderately) good: Student performance has improved slightly since 2009, when…