Recommended if only because thezman gives lots of links to books and podcasts about ancient history.
Category: Education
Betsy DeVos’s qualifications and Oakland’s Illegal Immigrants’ Fund
Progressive challenges to Betsy DeVos’s qualifications as Education Secretary, and Oakland, California’s priorities show what’s wrong with Progressives.
Frankly, if you tell me you are a teacher, my first assumption will be that you are dumber than dirt. I say that from experience with my stepson’s high school teachers.
Source: Betsy DeVos’s qualifications and Oakland’s Illegal Immigrants’ Fund
Intolerant Mob Silences Gay Man – Knowledge is Power
“This is what tolerance looks like at UC Berkeley,” Mike Wright of Berkeley College Republicans
Source: Intolerant Mob Silences Gay Man – Knowledge is Power
Exorcizing Discrimination – The Unz Review
University policies prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, disability, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, order of protection status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation including gender identity, arrest record status, unfavorable discharge from the military or status as a protected veteran.
In other words, no consequences for your poor decisions and past actions? I do discriminate based on your past performance and current mental illnesses. Discrimination is a right. It’s called freedom of association.
Use the Fibonacci Sequence to Quickly Convert Between Miles and Kilometers
As Reddit user daneah explains, this is because the golden ratio (~1.618) is very close to the conversion of miles to kilometers (~1.609). Of course, that tiny difference will break down eventually, but for everyday mental conversions, it’s handy.
Source: Use the Fibonacci Sequence to Quickly Convert Between Miles and Kilometers
A day in the life of…
Rich Man Takes Son On Trip To See How ‘Poor People’ Live, Stunned By Response
“…a lesson all of us can learn from…”
Source: Rich Man Takes Son On Trip To See How ‘Poor People’ Live, Stunned By Response
Blog: Professor tweets ‘all I want for Christmas is white genocide’
John Derbyshire for Secretary of Education!: Extreme Times Call for Extreme Measures | Fred On Everything
We have all seen the surveys showing that “college” graduates do not know when the Civil War took place, where Afghanistan might be, and cannot find the Pacific Ocean on a map of the Hawaiian Islands. For most students, most education is a farce, a waste of time and money.
The unintentionally funny anguish of a distraught feminist Hillary voter
It was clearly unintended when a young feminist’s anguished existential howl about Hillary’s loss reduced me to helpless laughter.
I found that feminist’s problem: Ivy League.
“I have always been both a strong woman and a good girl. I got straight A’s. I was class president. I went to an Ivy League school and even gave the commencement address, just like Hillary.”
Source: The unintentionally funny anguish of a distraught feminist Hillary voter