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Fulfillment
John Dewey, the landmark education researcher & philosopher, was famous for asserting that a student hadn’t really learned anything until he or she had taken time to reflect on the educational experience. The last few months have been rich with educational experiences for me personally, often in the context of work. I’ve come to the…
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Calm before the storm
Seriously, y’all. We have done a ton of work at my office in the past month few months year. I am nearly giddy with excitement to know that in just 48 hours, all of this will be over. The 175 celebration extravaganza festival onslaught has been fun and all, but seriously. I have worked…
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Humanities, Religion, and Higher Ed
Sanctuary for the Humanities – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education. ^^ Take a couple minutes to read the article here, by Christopher Noble. Though I find myself deeply sympathetic with his premise, that only “people of the Book(s)” can fully value the humanities, there’s a lot about this article that bothers…
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Get up to speed on #GamerGate
The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It’s Gamergate. ^Good read. Read it. Because threatening women needs to stop. Period. There is a reason why, in all the Gamergate rhetoric, you hear the echoes of every other social war staged in the last 30 years: overly politically correct, social-justice warriors, the media elite,…
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Link: Christian Apologist & Atheist – Improbable Bond
A Christian Apologist and an Atheist Thrive in an Improbable Bond – NYTimes.com Appreciated this. Civility of discourse so often seems lost these days.
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