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Month: May 2015

  • Some unpopular opinions

    Here are some unpopular opinions, for your outrage or delight. 1. One of the biggest but least recognized reasons that American school system sucks—and it most certainly does—is that so many teachers and education professors are just as anti-intellectual as most parents. This is why we homeschool. 2. A large contingent of geekdom is actually anti-intellectual, too,…

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  • How to pop the education bubble

    1. Soul-making and the education bubble One of my biggest pet peeves is the reduction of education to an economic transaction—to the gaining of marketable skills in exchange for fees. That’s all wrong. Professional and vocational education is all fine and well, but education at the K-12 and college level is essentially soul-making. To be educated, we…

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