I thought it was just a term, but it appears there were actual “Health
Those no-politically correct of us like to call busybodies who want to interfere in personal choices “health nazis”. It is meant as an insult, to label them as draconian health freaks intent on...
View ArticleAt Wharton there is no ‘Normal’: IV with a Current MBA Student | MBA...
This interview is the latest in an Accepted.com blog series featuring interviews with current MBA students, offering readers a behind-the-scenes look at top MBA programs. And now for a chat with Tim...
View ArticleIs There Hope for English Language Learners in American Schools?
The number of English language learners (ELLs) in American schools is rising faster than that of any other student population. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2012...
View ArticleExperts: Scary problems on California coast — There may be “no food anywhere”...
“Unfortunately we don’t understand the ocean well enough to be able to tell you with certainty what’s happening as it’s happening” – Statement by Andrew DeVogelaere, Research Coordinator Really Andrew?...
View ArticleIs there a way to reduce costs and preserve appropriate student-faculty...
It’s hard to raise much excitement over a chart, but a recent one that breaks down how colleges can reduce the number of sections they teach and reduce faculty time while educating the same number of...
View Articlegrammar – Is there a grammatical term for ‘extra information’ in a sentence?...
When we think of “additional” or “extra” parts of the sentence like this we are thinking about functions not parts of speech or types of phrase. The proper terms for this type of function is ADJUNCT....
View ArticleStanford’s Admission Rate at 5 Percent But Why Stop There?
by Emil Guillermo Tis the season for the fat envelope or the skinny envelope. Did your kid get into (________)? Go ahead fill in the blank. Was it Stanford? If it was, I hope your student was one of...
View ArticleJapan opens up a hotel run entirely by robots – and yes, there are dinosaurs
If you’re thinking about the future days when robots will replace humans, well… those days are already here. The Henn-na Hotel (“Strange Hotel”) is staffed entirely by robots, including a dinosaur...
View ArticleBob and Roberta Smith: ‘Soon there won’t be any kids with estuary accents in
Patrick Brill, aka Bob and Roberta Smith, photographed in 2008. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/Observer Has your election experience made you think differently about how you make art?Yes. I think of...
View ArticleDear Ms Morgan: in grammar there isn’t always one right answer | Michael Rosen
can understand that you may not have had a chance to look at the 2016 sample test [pdf] for key stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling. It suffers from a severe case of terminology-itis. The...
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