Category: teaching
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Filling in the memory hole
Following Noah Smith’s lead, I am simply copying John Derbyshire’s ludicrous racist screed to do my bit to prevent it from vanishing down the memory hole once he and his sponsors realize how damning it is. Distributed democracy for the win. Racist nonsense below the fold. UPDATE: Smith has published some thoughts on the screed,…
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My philosophy of education
Edited to correct some grammatical mistakes. The new school year is about to start, and it’s customary to take a moment and philosophize. But I’m really busy, so I’m going to dust off something else and let that stand in. Back in 2010 December, I was nominated for a prize offered by Princeton University Teacher…
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The iPad at two months
I’ve had my iPad for just under two months now and thought it’s a good time to reflect on it. I’ll admit to hesitating before buying one. I’m not really a fan of Apple — they do good hardware but (in my opinion) only so-so user interface work, and I cannot abide the zealots who…
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WordPress and the iPad
So I wonder why my iPhone can run the WordPress app and see Mongrel Dogs but the iPad (running the same app) cannot see the posts (but it -can- see the comments). Odd.
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Excellent headline explaining why we’re headed for the next Great Depression
Bravo, Paul Krugman! “The Invisible Bond Vigilantes Continue Their Invisible Attack” Could we call this the phantom menace? 🙂 The Invisible Bond Vigilantes Continue Their Invisible Attack
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Days of miracle and wonder, indeed
For about ten years, I’ve been running a project in my Honors Physics course called Days of Miracle and Wonder (yes, title taken from a Paul Simon song). In it, the students are asked to create a business case for a product or service not available today but likely to be so by 2030. Although…
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Texas approves explicitly conservative curriculum
The writing was on the wall for a while, but Texas just approved a revision to its history curriculum. It has an explicit conservative bent — I mean, literally, students are to learn about “the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract With America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority…
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Some PSAs on the Health Care Debate
“We’re #37“ And, who’s looking out for the Insurance Companies? Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell