Males, females, and our schools
The education system: What can be done for males? Hello Goddess (writes Brian), I’ve just come across your site and I am intrigued and impressed. Having listened to a recording of yours on Keen, I know...
View ArticleLost in Lake Wobegon
Ok, so I’ve been glancing at this free weekly newspaper on the table for days, not sure if it’s worth the effort to read it. But I had the nagging feeling that I probably ought to read it to try and...
View ArticleWritten Assignments
They used to give out written punishments in schools. Sometimes they were deliberately chosen for their edifying moral value, and other times for the purpose of boring the student into not repeating...
View ArticleWhy boys don’t pay attention — breaking research
“New research shows it takes one part of the brain to start concentrating and another to be distracted. This discovery could help scientists develop better treatments for attention deficit disorder....
View ArticleEducation: 10 most useless college majors?
Yeah, lists are popular. It’s fun to poke fun at stuff, especially if you have little or no understanding what it’s about. But they’re often really off the mark, like right here. As many of the...
View ArticleAbstinence-only sex education: FAIL
Guess what? Studies have finally outed “abstinence-only” sex education as the fraud it is. Abstinence-only sex education has no effect on the age at which teens have sex or how much sex they are...
View ArticleRNC picks “teabagger” to rebut President’s education speech
THIS JUST IN: The RNC has announced that its rebuttal tonight of President Obama’s national address to schoolchildren will be delivered by Hiram Walker Jones, a part-time worker at a 7/11 in Oklahoma....
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