Last night I was thinking about shame. When I was growing up, shame was a much-used parental and pedagogic device. Parents commonly called their children “bad,” for example. Teachers purposely made us feel ashamed – not necessarily with the old-fashioned … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Children used to be taught that it was a danger sign if anyone asked them to keep something a secret, especially if that “something” was related to sex. And children were taught that they shouldn’t keep secrets, either. Now that’s … Continue reading →
I missed this story back when it first happened, in April of 2022. This explains what I’m referring to: A large organization that drives the training of U.S. librarians and their use of public funds has chosen a self-described “Marxist … Continue reading →
This is extraordinary: Roughly 5,200 black and Hispanic ex-Big Apple teachers and once-aspiring educators are expected to collect more than $1.8 billion in judgments after the city stopped fighting a nearly three-decade federal discrimination lawsuit that found a certification exam … Continue reading →
I often use Wiki for reference, although I’m aware that it’s better for some things than for others. It’s pretty good on non-political topics, and some historical events. It’s an easy shortcut to getting the gist of a topic, and … Continue reading →
When a debater tries to argue a side that doesn’t favor the left. That doesn’t sound much like a debate does it? And yet it’s come to that, as the Gramscian march continues unabated. I’ll let this high schooler describe … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Because of the Gilot open thread earlier today, I decided to look up Jonas Salk and get up to speed on some of the details of his life. What I found was interesting enough, and relevant enough to today, … Continue reading →
“Republicans are mean” is pretty much the story told by Democrats, and has been for a long time, and it’s often very successful. I don’t think there’s a Democrat I know – and I know plenty of them – who … Continue reading →
They say it was all a joke: Over the weekend, a short video circulated widely on social media of an unidentified person at a New York City march during Pride festivities saying, “We’re coming for your children.” In the 21-second … Continue reading →
What a brilliant idea – “equitable grading”: Self-discipline is just another form of white supremacy, according to the Left, as is the idea that people must actually work for what they want. Thus, testing, grades, and any other form of … Continue reading →
On the Columbia Law School curriculum: Parents are paying $331,350 — or students are going into enormous debt — for what amounts to a three-year reeducation camp at Columbia to produce leftist social warriors who will, as Christian says, “upend … Continue reading →