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School Choice: At the Buffet Without an Appetite

1 Mar 2023 7 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat

Over the past year, much has been said about the need for school choice. A significant portion of this conversation emanates from the fact that test scores fell precipitously as a result of school closures during the COVID-19 shutdowns and online lea...

Access the Proper Way (and fond memories)

27 Feb 2023 4 minute read 0 comments bengy

Unsplash     Unsplash   Ah... so, I have been attached to my old university since I have returned back to Australia as a teacher. And it has been such an honour to be able to be be trusted with the responsibility of helping shape and guide th...

Starting a new academic year...

20 Feb 2023 3 minute read 0 comments bengy

Unsplash     Unsplash   Ah... the fresh new joy of starting a new academic year at university... and for me a mixed weird experience of being a student at one university and a teacher at another! Well, the student part of me is taking a littl...

Decrypt.co Adds NFT & Metaverse Courses

18 Feb 2023 3 minute read 1 comment katerinaramm

Take the course; answer the quiz; earn NFT screen shot by decrypt.co How well are you educated about crypto? Are any of your daily activities crypto-oriented/related? I spend many hours in the day learning about crypto and also doing a nu...

Today in Being Wrong On the Internet: Ahegao (O-Face) in the Context of CP (NSFW)

15 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Rorschach's Journal

Below is a portion of my response to a logophobe who tried to shame someone for liking Ahegao. When I pointed out where she was wrong, she tried (and failed) to convincingly argue that words don't mean what their dictionary definitions state that the...

What a Christian University taught me about my own prejudice.

31 Jan 2023 3 minute read 2 comments ReginaC

I am a transgender student enrolled in the law program of a private Christian university. I chose this school for its student success rate, proximity to where my husband is currently stationed, it beat Harvard in recent competitions and is ranked 12t...

Masters of Teaching Brain Dump #42: Moving into the third year...

29 Jan 2023 3 minute read 2 comments bengy

    Unsplash   You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21. Part 22, P...

Siberian Tigers-How the Education System Fails Us

24 Jan 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Orthodox Girl

When I say I’m Serbian, I’m often met a nod and “Ohh you have those cool tigers!”. I realize they mean Siberia.“It’s so cold there, but your tigers are cool!”, is sadly a reply I hear too often. I still haven’t figured out why or how everyone has h...

Human darkness

24 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Alther

There is a famous work by a female warrior in Indonesia who gave birth in Jepara, named R.A Kartini. The work is a book entitled "Habis gelap terbitlah terang (After darkness comes light)." This in general explains the existence of the struggles of w...

Why Did I Wake Up at 03:30 am?

16 Jan 2023 3 minute read 2 comments katerinaramm

Waking up very early in the morning to take an online exam! Would you do that? Check out my tips for exams & early birds! Image made by katerinaramm in Canva with free elements It’s 09:40 am, I am having my second cold (as always) coffee and...