JusTalkin » Education

PRAISE THE GREAT LEADER OBAMA!

Steve — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:04:06 +0000

And they said that we were crazy for being upset when he sent out a lesson plan to use around his speech.

If this doesn’t scare you then you must be one of them!

Rhode Island school reaches deal to rehire fired teachers, union says – CNN.com

Steve — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:56:41 +0000

Rhode Island school reaches deal to rehire fired teachers, union says – CNN.com.

Union wins again; students lose again. Consistency is what’s important here.

Sorority Girls Gone Wild – May 24, 2010

Steve — Tue, 25 May 2010 02:18:04 +0000

Sorority Girls Gone Wild – May 24, 2010.

-For the second time in recent weeks, a chapter of the Pi Beta Phi sorority is being accused of drunkenly trashing a facility during a formal dance. At a March 6 party sponsored by the group’s Ohio University chapter, attendees engaged in sex acts, used plates as “missiles” during food fights, vomited on carpets, defecated in urinals, and tried to tear off the clothes of a female bartender, according to a letter written by the director of the West Virginia art center where the formal was held.

Their parents must be so proud!

True straight talk

Steve — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:03:00 +0000

You don’t hear enough of this. Governor Christie isn’t pulling any punches. He’s putting it out there like every politician should. Most politicians try to pacify everyone into voting for them again. Apparently Governor Christie doesn’t play by those rules. He’s playing the straight talk and honesty game that usually gets politicians attacked like he is in this video. The great thing is, if you have the facts on your side you don’t have to resort to bullshit attacks. So far, I like this guy.

Videogames Cause Short Attention Spans? Not So Much, Say Researchers | Maximum PC

Steve — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:38:49 +0000

Yet another example of don’t believe anything that you read without some serious research of your own or corroboration.

Remember that study that told you to pull the plug on your kid’s gaming corner if you didn’t want him/her to have the attention span of a dog with its head stuck out a car window? Well, it’s kind of wrong. Or at least, the experimenters in question blew their study way out of proportion and conducted some seriously sloppy research. So say Christopher Ferguson of Texas A&M and T. Atilla Ceranoglu of Harvard Medical School.

via Videogames Cause Short Attention Spans? Not So Much, Say Researchers | Maximum PC.

Turnitin’s Different Messages To Students, Teachers – Slashdot

Steve — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 01:39:03 +0000

In college I was accused of plagiarizing some work in a psychology class once because of one of these stupid services that my professor used. I appealed it and once he actually reviewed it himself, he withdrew is accusation though he never apologized for the false accusation. Asshole. Anyway, be careful out there.

Economist David Harrington (spotted via Tyler Cowan’s Marginal Revolution) charges anti-plagiarism service Turnitin with “playing both sides of the fence, helping instructors identify plagiarists while helping plagiarists avoid detection.”

Turnitin’s Different Messages To Students, Teachers – Slashdot.