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No Critical Thinking, Please
Tweet Thanks to Martha Burtis, who just visited our STEMmED project here in San Juan, I learned that, in a masterpiece of nonsense, the Republican party of Texas issued he following interesting point in its 2012 platform: namely, the abolition … Continue reading
Banks and numerical literacy?
Tweet Should a bank know about digits, dollars and cents? Yes it should. Yet in this case we find that, at least those who design and proof a deposit slip, don’t really know. We may say it doesn’t really matter, … Continue reading
Learning without studying
Tweet Welcome to Popling – The Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Anything Without Studying App Of course one can learn without studying. Running a bike, skiing, talking. But this, I cannot believe. A spamming window that interrupts you while working/studying … Continue reading
The English-speaking Empire
Tweet Intellectuals of today, especially when coming from the English-speaking world, are not so versed in languages as they were a few decades ago. Some tend to understand only their own English-with few exceptions (for instance, eastern Canadians tend to … Continue reading
5-minute University
Tweet Just a quick post with a video from a character of TV stepping, I believe, from the late 70′s NY: Father Guido Santucci preaching about his concept of a 5-minute University: After all, he says, his $20 admission fee … Continue reading
