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EYEOPENING DOCUMENTARY FROM THE NATIONAL INFLATION ASSOCIATION – EXPOSING TODAY’S PARASITIC NATURE OF A ‘COLLEGE EDUCATION’
Tragically student loans (while yet another facet of the creation of Money as Debt) are leaving our adult children strapped with debt at the same time job opportunities are dwindling. http://anticorruptionsociety.com/2011/10/09/the-college-conspiracy/EYEOPENING DOCUMENTARY FROM THE NATIONAL INFLATION ASSOCIATION – EXPOSING... more
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First Lady Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ campaign emphasized the importance of keeping kids active to America.
According to Health.com, keeping your kids active physically will help pump up their grades in school!First Lady Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ campaign emphasized the... more
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Craig Ferguson Devotes Entire Monologue To Schooling Joe Wilson
Craig Ferguson, a man who chose to become a U.S. citizen, was ashamed last night at the lack of decorum Representative Joe Wilson showed when shouting, "You lie" at the president during a joint session of Congress.
"I am not getting on Congressman Wilson's case for disagreeing with the president...every congressman has a vote, he should use it, but not in the middle of a speech to the joint sessions of Congress, that's not when you do it. It's not the Jerry Springer Show. You don't stand up in the middle of Congress and go 'oh no you did not.' What the hell is wrong with you? He said his emotions got the better of him--sometimes I want to have sex with a hooker but I don't."
Craig also suggested the president's response to Wilson was boring and that he should take his act on the road to learn how to deal with hecklers.Craig Ferguson Devotes Entire Monologue To Schooling Joe Wilson
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"England's Liverpool Hope University is offering a master of arts degree in The Beatles.
The 7,000-student school in the legendary '60s band's hometown is offering a new course called "The Beatles, Popular Music And Society" that consists of four 12-week taught modules and a dissertation. It can be studied either full- or part-time.
"There have been over 8,000 books about The Beatles, but there has never been serious academic study, and that is what we are going to address," says the university's popular music senior lecturer, Mike Brocken.
"Forty years on from their break-up, now is the right time and Liverpool is the right place to study The Beatles. This MA is expected to attract a great deal of attention not just locally but nationally, and we have already had enquiries from abroad, particularly the United States.
"'The Beatles, Popular Music And Society' marks a seminal advance in popular music studies. For the first time in the U.K. and possibly the world, a postgraduate-taught course is offered to research into The Beatles, the city from which they emerged, the contexts of the 1960s, technology, sound and songwriting, and the industries that have set up in their wake to capitalize on tourism in the city of Liverpool."
While this sounds like a fun and interesting course, students will no doubt spend many "A Hard Day's Night" studying on the "Long And Winding Road" to getting their degree."England's Liverpool Hope University is offering a master of arts degree in... more
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One in five teachers would like to see the cane brought back in schools for "extreme cases", a shocking survey suggests.
The main reason given for teachers backing the return of corporal punishment was the deterioration of class behaviour. According to the Times Educational Supplement poll of 6,162 UK teachers, more support for the cane was found in secondary schools. The TES survey found that 22% of secondary school teachers would support the right to use corporal punishment in extreme cases. However, those working in primary schools were less in favour at 16%.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families said violence against children was illegal and unacceptable. Supply teacher Judith Cookson told the TES: "There are too many anger management people and their ilk who give children the idea that it is their right to flounce out of lessons for time out because they have problems with their temper.
Primary teacher Ravi Kasinathan opposed: "There is justification, or an argument, for bringing back corporal punishment, if only as a deterrent. I believe some children just don't respond to the current sanctions."One in five teachers would like to see the cane brought back in schools for... more
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School sucks and there is scientific evidence why! This article studies the problems of the current educational system and offers some proposals as to how to solve them.School sucks and there is scientific evidence why! This article studies the problems... more
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n previous postings I have presented evidence supporting the following claims: (1) Children's instincts to play and explore on their own provided the foundation for education during our long history as hunter-gatherers (August 2 posting). (2) Children today can and do educate themselves very well, without coercion or adult prodding or direction, if they are provided with an environment that supports their instincts to play and explore (August 13 posting). (3) Conventional schools are what they are today because of historical circumstances that led people to devalue play, believe that children's willfulness must be broken, and believe that everything useful, including learning, requires toil (August 20 posting).n previous postings I have presented evidence supporting the following claims: (1)... more
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Dominic Handford, 11, beat hundreds of hopefuls to secure a place at the prestigious Elmhurst School for Dance in Birmingham. In order to be able to afford to pay the annual £22,000 fees for the school, the parents of the real-life Billy Elliot decided to sell their Welsh family home for a reduced price.
Initially, friends and family pulled together to raise funds for Dominic's first term at the ballet school. But the Handfords decided to sell their home to raise enough money and secure their son's next seven years there. The family went up for sale for £158,000 but eventually had to accept an offer of £135,000.
"We know it is a bad time to sell - but we had to do it. We had to lower the price to sell it," said 43-year-old Mrs Handford. Following the sale, the family including Yasmin, 13, Charles, six, and four-year-old Connor, have moved to stay with Mrs Handford's mother at Pontardulais, near Swansea. "Some people might think we are mad - but this was too good an opportunity for Dominic to miss. It is his dream."
"It's been a big upheaval. We've gone from a four-bed, three-storey house to two bedrooms at my mum's," Mrs Handford added. "And because my mother's home is eight miles away from where we used to live the children have had to start new schools. But nobody is complaining - not even the children who are treating it as an adventure. Dominic was born to be a dancer so we are all prepared to sacrifice so that he can succeed."
Dominic said his parents "were the best in the world" as they supported him and allowed him to pursue his dream. "I'm so excited about starting school. I've always loved ballet and doing it all the time is my dream," he said. "A lot of my friends were dreading their first day back in school but I can't wait. My parents are the best in the world."Dominic Handford, 11, beat hundreds of hopefuls to secure a place at the prestigious... more
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Newborn twin girls, Lexus and Amber Conway, are facing being separated at school - because they were born less than an hour apart into two separate academic years.
Lexus Conway was born in Northampton just before midnight on 31 August, about 45 minutes ahead of sister Amber, who came into the world on 1 September. The twins were born less than an hour apart at the Barratt maternity unit but under current rules in education the twins are due to be split up at school as their birthdays straddle the dividing line for academic years.
Nevertheless, parents Sarah Conway, 37, and Ian Caldwell, 42, are determined the twins will be taught together and the local authorities have promised to look into the case and make a decision nearer the time the twins are due to start school.
Mr Caldwell, 42, a twin himself, said the family would either have the girls taught at home or move to Spain, where he has relatives and where there is a different academic year.
Newborn twin girls, Lexus and Amber Conway, are facing being separated at school -... more
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