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Archive for June, 2007

Book Review: What You Should be Reading Instead of This Blog

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Reviewed by Sandra Pianin

In 1902, young poet, Franz Xavier Krappus began a correspondence with veteran Czech poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. Their ten letters have come to be published as “Letters to a Young Poet.” Their abiding popularity has been supported by numerous translations into many […]

GED: Generally Egregious Deception

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Having worked in a GED preparatory program for six months, I found it to be as baffling as a Kafka novel. My findings mirrored the quantitative data and qualitative insights of previous researchers (see Brickenhead, 2004; Lostit and Clewliss, 2002a; and Barelythere, Bizzywork, Dud et al., 2001). To whit, GED graduates–five years after obtaining […]

Management Students: Have you ever read a self-help book that you wish had a one-page summary? Now you can.

Monday, June 25th, 2007

The best-selling book–7 Habits of Highly Effective People–which I admittedly read [but in 1/2 an hour]–is one of those common sense books on life management (even yours)–which, according to some self-help celebrities doesn’t even have much common sense, as subtly suggested in another book, Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach […]

Drexel University defends ripping off its students; then reneges and pays back $250,000

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Reminiscent of the fulsome, equivocal denials Clarence Thomas made regarding purported inelegant comments directed at an employee at the EOE, Anita Hill, during hearings to confirm his seat on the Supreme Court (which prompted then Gov. Mario Cuomo to state that Thomas was using the standard tactics of a crook caught with his pants down), […]

On Being Clueless in Academe OR ‘You Call that Clued?’

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

How do you promote critical thinking among college students? This issue has been taken to task by Gerald Graff, a reluctant (but fortunately for him, tenured) humanities professor, who has achieved some fame within the circumscribed world of academe with several books criticizing the way higher education operates or is operated in the U.S.
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Would you quit your corporate job for one that paid 22% of your previous per annum salary? (From teachers.net)

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

I think this might be the most countercultural, uplifting, and inspiring message I’ve seen on the internet in years: I hope it makes some people reconsider their reason for being. Imagine if you earned $100,000 a year and decided to quite for a job paying 22,000 per year:
Re: Becoming A Teacher: The Truth
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