Tag Archives: education
Flippin’ Degrees for Profit
Remember the housing meltdown ? Tough to forget isn’t it. The formula for the housing boom and bust was simple. A lot of easy money being lent to buyers who couldn’t afford the money they were borrowing. That money was … Continue reading
‘What Happens When A 35-Year Old Man Retakes The SAT?” by Drew Magary
All the people I know who scored high on the SAT ended up dropping out of college and becoming potheads. Why? Probably because the SAT isn’t relevant to real life. What Happens When A 35—Year Old Man Retakes the SAT?
Being brave about sex-ed
Meghan Groome talks about teaching high school biology and how sex education is taught in some high schools. My school started at 5th grade, but it was much like what Groome describes here. It was important for the instructor to … Continue reading
Some Seniors Still Paying For College
…the New York Fed estimates that Americans owed $870 billion in student loans during the third quarter of last year, significantly outpacing credit card debt or auto loans. Borrowers age 60 and above accounted for 5 percent of that debt. … Continue reading
Herpderpedia
Twitter account retweeting people upset that Wikipedia is blacked out. What doesn’t look so good is the amount of tweets from people in college…like these: herpderpedia
Solfège/IDM Kids
I like the music in this idm kids video, but the other thing that strikes me about it is how good Russian children are at solfège.
“What Your Old Graphing Calculator Says About Technology” by Alexis Madrigal
How Texas Instruments came to conquer math class. I was one of those students with a Casio calculator that couldn’t follow along. It’s very similar to the struggle students have today if they use something like Pages or Open Office…forget … Continue reading
“How To Get a Real Education at College” by Scott Adams
Yes, the Dilbert guy. The most valuable lessons he learned were not from classes. How To Get A Real Education at College
No way – Business students cheat?
More than 200 students at the University of Central Florida have come forward to admit to cheating after their professor gave a lecture on ethics that has become a YouTube hit. I don’t want to get all stereotypical (I will … Continue reading
4 Things That Your School Probably Ruined For You
Writing Remember writing papers and essays with word and page requirements? Did you try to beat the system by not contracting words (using “is not” instead of “isn’t” to increase your word count) or not getting to the point in … Continue reading