Category Archives: Projects – Teach Thyself
The Many Headed Hydra: No Child Left Behind didn’t work. What next?
Well folks, it’s been a long weekend. What’s been going on? Let’s see…something something sports, something something birth control. Whitney Houston died, sadly, and no one cares that Chris Brown is a batterer and generally a reprehensible human being. But … Continue reading
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A Step in the Self Direction
Phew! Is Thursday already? I’ve been trying to average at least two posts a week, but this Tuesday I instead dedicated myself to finishing my novel. What’s that? Oh yes! Orfelinat, the novella that I wrote as a Division 3 project at … Continue reading
The Juggernaut: Waiting for Superman
Let’s get this over with. Have you heard of Waiting for Superman? Yes. Yes you have. Ok, I’ll modify that a little. If you can read and if you’re moderately well informed, there’s no way you could have missed this … Continue reading
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Where the Old Broads Sit
Sometimes in life there are boring meetings. There is no escaping this, especially if, like me, you’re interested in laws and how they come to pass (Hint: You’ve seen that video of McNuggets being made? It’s a similar process. That … Continue reading
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Review: The Life and Death of the Great American School System
One of the biggest problems, I’ve found, with developing a sudden interest in education policy is that there is SO MUCH information to absorb, much of it in the form of numbers and ever-changing acronyms. Luckily, for the time being, … Continue reading
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