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Category Archives: Quotes
Five Generic Test Questions
Thanks, Layne, for showing the banner your chem student made of the five generic test questions. It’s a great prompt for your students as they learn the vocabulary of chemistry. Kudos, Student! Terman and Merrill would be pleased that you … Continue reading
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Caroline Herschel 1781 Astronomer
“On Tuesday, 13 March 1781, slightly before midnight, (William) Herschel spotted a new and unidentified disc-like object moving through the constellation of Gemini. This discovery would change his entire career, and become one of the legends of Romantic science.” That … Continue reading
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Glory and Exhilaration of Genuine Effort
“Most people go through life without ever discovering the existnce of that whole field of endeavor which we describe as second wind. Whether mentally or physically occupied most people give up at the first appearance of exhaustion. Thus they never … Continue reading
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Gates Among those "Assaulting" Public Education
(Venture Philanthropy) VP not only pushes privatization and deregulation, the most significant policy dictates of neoliberalism1 by championing charter schools, voucher schemes, private scholarship tax credits, and corporate models of curriculum, administration, and teacher preparation and practice, but Venture Philanthropy … Continue reading
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HOW TO LEAD: Collaboration and Consensus-Building Overrated
Michelle Rhee said in an interview about developing an educated workforce, “I often get in trouble for saying this, but I actually think it’s true—that collaboration and consensus-building and all those things are, quite frankly, overrated. None of you CEOs … Continue reading
Schmidt Predicts Internet in 2014
Jessica Stillman asked Google CEO Eric Schmidt what the Internet will look like five years from now. 1. Chinese language content will dominate. 2. Users will jump from app to app seamlessly as teenagers do today. 3. Distinctions between TV, … Continue reading
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Simon Uses Ubiquitous Presenter with Tablet PC in Classroom
“We are exploring approaches that shift the classroom environment from a unidirectional flow of information to an environment in which students can control their own experience,” says Beth Simon, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at … Continue reading
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212 the extra degree
Sam Parker’s one of the latest secular self-help persuaders to encourage taking that extra step between success and less with his prompt “212 degrees”. I saw one of his T shirts at BMI recently and wondered what the numerals represented. … Continue reading
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7 School Stresses We Create for Ourselves
Steve Robak asks, “Now, how much (of your) stress do you think is self-imposed? What, no hands? Well, I’m not surprised, but you may be in for one.” He lists 7 workplace stresses we create for ourselves and suggests ways … Continue reading
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Misdirected Management Practices
“As fresh eyes on corporate America, newcomers to the world of work sometimes have the clearest view of what’s seriously silly about how a company does business — employees who have been with an organization for awhile accept things as … Continue reading →