Random links
- The Myth of Chinese Super Schools
- "Chinese students regularly win any competition that depends on test performance. Where they fall short is creativity, originality, divergence from authority. The admirers of Chinese test scores never point out that what makes it the 'best' education system is also what makes it the worst education system. It is very effective in 'eliminating individual differences, suppressing intrinsic motivation, and imposing conformity.'" Reminds me of How Schools Kill Creativity, though far predating the industrial-revolution-created environment that Ken Robinson talks about there.
- Father gets custody of child despite rape
- "In his ruling, McCurtain County Associate District Judge Michael DeBerry found that Melonie Hamm Knutson had indeed been the victim of second-degree rape by John Keith Tucker, who was about 40 years old when Knutson conceived their first child at age 14. ... However, the judge ruled that the father, despite his "reprehensible" actions, could provide the most stable lifestyle for the 5-year-old boy."
- The idea that milk prevents broken bones is an udder sham
- "no correlation between stronger bones and milk consumption" and "higher milk consumption correlated with higher rates of death."
- Media Companies (and Executives) on the Hot Seat in 2015
- "Certain new realities are beyond argument: Clutter is up — more ads, more channels, more content — advertising rates continue to drop, and audiences are programming their own universe in text, video and audio. Consumers don’t want to watch commercials, are fleeing networks, hate reruns, are increasingly bored by reality programming, shun print products and, oh, by the way, don’t want to pay much for content either."