Orders of Magnitude from Thucydides to Poe
…history as we know it. To some degree, this would happen whether Thucydides intended it or not. We don’t share our worldview with Greeks from the fifth century BC, so…
…history as we know it. To some degree, this would happen whether Thucydides intended it or not. We don’t share our worldview with Greeks from the fifth century BC, so…
…whom don’t do any teaching. [Related: “How Junk Citations Have Discredited the Academy: Part I”] The athletics department is another source of cost overruns. Very few university athletics programs are…
…About EVs and to Peek Behind the Curtain”] Regarding learning how to manage time efficiently, (Suggestion #3: “College requires time management”) two students wrote, Most students don’t realize how much…
…admissions officers can make decisions that don’t make rejected applicants feel that they never had a chance against the lucky few, who, in former times, got ahead through test-prep courses,…
…they don’t change. If I were to distill their arguments into a single, general proposition, however, it’s pretty simple: they all believe that improvements in legal training come from more…
…Protestants. I don’t know if he’d have endorsed the struggle against Spain as did our realist novelist Mark Twain or the insufferably populist poet Walt Whitman. I’m left to assert…
…you must prepare for and learn to benefit from conflict. [Related: “What is a Nation-State?”] I still quote verbatim from a man whom many of us adopted as “our Donald.”…
…these protected categories. If you’re like me—a white, Christian, conservative, heterosexual man (or woman)—you probably think that you don’t belong to a protected class. But you do. Historically speaking, you…
…this is “infantile leftism.” If a “hateful” speaker visits campus, just make lots of noise to shut him down. Don’t even bother rebutting his research. Expressing “good views” outranks doing…
…or humanity if we don’t allow it to be a starting point for dialogue off the platform. And that’s where WSU has failed its students. Don’t perform the piece I…
…But the most important precondition for your acceptance of the article’s argument is: don’t read it. Because if you do, you’ll find within the first page that the whole thing…
…my grading procedures be examined because of my FOIA lawsuit. Don’t see a connection? Of course not, because none exists. Did you expect anything less, though? You don’t dare investigate…
…of graphemes relate to the content of White Guilt. Does the error merit attention? Should police be polite? Does systematic correction amount to white supremacy? Are readers who don’t see…
…don’t even attempt to approximate a traditional university, but they are valuable for those seeking to learn for learning’s sake. It’s a cliche, to be sure, but we should all…
…mirror,” (1Corinthians 13:12). The Message puts it like this: “We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist.” Jesus Christ entered into this world…
…should I school this person you now? Will I look proper and will, how will they see me? I don’t give a shit because I’m bringing all of my authorized…
…National Association of Scholars don’t have an institutional view on aesthetics. Just as we favor freedom of inquiry in the search for truth rather than settled conclusions, so we favor…
…Practices Before classroom education, the younger generation learned through play and imitation. Complex society constrained learning largely to the classroom. Yes, there are peers, social media, entertainment technology, membership in…
…at which we learn our own political science: “it tends to establish magistrates’ influence and to spread legalistic attitudes.” A jury offers experiential learning about how republican government works and…
…chemical and pharmaceutical industry with my students. They have benefited from these conversations. I learned many things at that first job, among them, I learned that despite a tome of…
…three things which I’d like to share with you. First, if you are like me, a white male of a certain age, don’t expect the presenters in any of the…
…don’t expect it took much convincing to found these centers on American campuses—after all, CIs have come under intense scrutiny in recent years, which makes them a public relations scandal…
…But expert training and Olympic-level fitness don’t fully explain why some people die and others live. Habits of mind prove much more decisive, such as being present, being supple, refusing…
…reminds you of Pink Floyd’s popular song “We don’t need no education,” you are in the right room. Children’s literature moves the discussion into a relevant and effective teaching style,…
…down. They are self-immolating quite nicely on their own—all we’ll have to do is watch the wreckage unfold. I hope we don’t reach this point, but everyday it seems a…
…say that your license is actually your ticket to learn (don’t tell the passengers or your students that). It doesn’t mean that you’re not qualified; in fact, you are highly…
…– we fight well above our weight class. Of course, this also means that our woke colleagues don’t particularly like what we do.” Watson says he has already seen a…
…types of ideas that are acceptable to teach, the pedagogical techniques that educators are permitted to utilize are becoming less diverse. Educators who don’t adjust their content and assessment strategies…
…about how people who see this might react. They don’t know who wrote this; it might be a faculty member, grad student or anyone else. The implicit message is, “Don’t…
…New York City Teacher of the Year award. “The truth is that schools don’t really teach anything except how to obey orders.” Gatto said in his speech that U.S. students…