Education
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Elitism Begins in the Cradle
Parents are now sending their kids to Russian math camps. These math camps are based upon a Russian method of teaching math that was developed during the Cold War. Supposedly they teach critical thinking. Sure. Parents are even hiring personal tutors so that they can give their kids a leg up in getting into an…
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Whippings
I’m going to dedicate this article to my mother who died on December 12th of this year. Tonight I saw the movie Whiplash – again. Whiplash sends the wrong message to American youth. It sends the wrong message to all of us. The instructor in the movie, Terence Fletcher, tries to teach his young student,…
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Haiti, the Ruling Class, and Education
Virtually any government anywhere, despite its form – monarchy, representative government, theocracy – will soon come to be dominated by a ruling elite. There seems to be a natural gravitational energy that produces this phenomenon. Since no known civilization has avoided a ruling elite, oligarchy must be imbued or impregnated within our DNA. In other…
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Democracy without Education
Many years ago Nelson Mandela cast off apartheid in South Africa, and the the black people who live there had great hope. Unfortunately, life never seems to work out the way we want it to. Today as we speak, South Africa is descending into a failed state. Widespread looting is rampant. What’s going on? And…
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Mischief Makers
Here are some other Ivy League graduates you should know about. Why? Because they are affecting the education of your children. The first is Wendy Kopp of Teach for America. Wendy is the founder. The second is Richard Barth, her husband, who currently heads KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program). Wendy is a Princeton graduate, and…
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Imagine a World
Imagine a world where there is no homework. Imagine a world where there are no tests. Imagine a world where children are not pressured to get a 4.0 average, and where we don’t know what children’s test scores are because there are no test scores. Does this sound too far out? Would it work? In…
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Student Debt
What can we do about student debt? Well, how about if we allow these students to work off the debt? Why don’t we create a service corps where these students can serve in underserved areas either here in the United States or the rest of the world? The government can match funds generously to help…
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Starstruck
Along comes a savior, named Helaine Olen, writing an article in the Washington Post decrying the benefits of remote education. She states that it’s about time to admit that remote education is a failure. Right on. This is a nice article, Helaine, and I commend you for writing it, but sorry, you don’t get any…
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Bridging the Gap
A few years ago I came across an article on the Internet that was talking about Common Core. I am opposed to Common Core because I believe it is a vehicle of indoctrination. Moreover it will reinforce the idiotic trend of replacing critical thinking with algorithms, memorization, and standardized testing. The article quoted Chester Finn…
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The Harvard Virus
The real virus isn’t the coronavirus. COVID-19 is a chump compared to the real virus. COVID-19 we will eventually beat. COVID-19 is not something I’m worried about in the long run. What I’m really worried about is the real virus. The real virus is of course the Harvard virus. The Harvard virus has been with…
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