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Gently ... composition as a course teaches us how to package ideas to an audience for understanding.
The skill being taught is thinking
The skill being taught is thinking
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Gently ... composition as a course teaches us how to package ideas to an audience for understanding.
The skill being taught is thinking
The skill being taught is thinking
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This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
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I can’t believe a technical solution to a complex social problem didn’t work. Ah well, nevertheless
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I can’t believe a technical solution to a complex social problem didn’t work. Ah well, nevertheless
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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The right wing marched through media with bad faith complaints, cowing one institution after another into frightened overcorrection -- a perpetual defensive crouch from which they are pathetically easy to bully & manipulate.
Now it's running the same play on universities, with similar results.
Now it's running the same play on universities, with similar results.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The right wing marched through media with bad faith complaints, cowing one institution after another into frightened overcorrection -- a perpetual defensive crouch from which they are pathetically easy to bully & manipulate.
Now it's running the same play on universities, with similar results.
Now it's running the same play on universities, with similar results.
Capital One cutting “the chicks will cream” out of their Travolta Greased Lightnin’ Christmas commercial is the height of cowardice
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Capital One cutting “the chicks will cream” out of their Travolta Greased Lightnin’ Christmas commercial is the height of cowardice
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We’ll none of that
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We’ll none of that
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Time to bring back this Patricia Lockwood banger.
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Time to bring back this Patricia Lockwood banger.
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"I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I utter his name" is a biblical-ass curse. that is CONTEMPT
one thing that other candidates need to learn from mamdani is how to deliver the most cold blooded attacks on an opponent with a smile on your face
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I utter his name" is a biblical-ass curse. that is CONTEMPT
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Now 10/10 for 142 yards and 3 TDs. Holy shit.
Darnold 9/9 for 2 TDs and 116 yards
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Now 10/10 for 142 yards and 3 TDs. Holy shit.
Uh… thanks for the heads up, I guess?
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Uh… thanks for the heads up, I guess?
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something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
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Total Dipshit Fans Think Pop-Up Fly Ball Going To Be Home Run
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Total Dipshit Fans Think Pop-Up Fly Ball Going To Be Home Run
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Tulsa Pet Pantry Has NO Food
Asking for monetary and Amazon food donations.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
"I mean, some people get on a bus or three different buses to get here to get food," Lavender said. "So you know they love their pet and they're trying to do right by their pets."
Asking for monetary and Amazon food donations.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
"I mean, some people get on a bus or three different buses to get here to get food," Lavender said. "So you know they love their pet and they're trying to do right by their pets."
Bone dry: Oklahoma Alliance for Animals pet food pantry empty
A designated pet food pantry in south Tulsa usually stores hundreds of pounds of pet food for any owner on hard times, but finds itself on hard times from a lack of donations and skyrocketing demand.
www.kjrh.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Tulsa Pet Pantry Has NO Food
Asking for monetary and Amazon food donations.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
"I mean, some people get on a bus or three different buses to get here to get food," Lavender said. "So you know they love their pet and they're trying to do right by their pets."
Asking for monetary and Amazon food donations.
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
"I mean, some people get on a bus or three different buses to get here to get food," Lavender said. "So you know they love their pet and they're trying to do right by their pets."
I also think it’s interesting that the amount he’s demanding from the DOJ is just about what a 90,000 sq ft ballroom is said to cost, so if he gets that money and then uses “his own money” to pay for the ballroom, then,,, that sure sounds like I’m paying for this thing with my tax dollars
This little item by Luke Broadwater on the abrupt, wholly unannounced destruction of a major component of the White House complex is a microcosm of the dysfunctional relationship the press has with this mendacious administration. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I also think it’s interesting that the amount he’s demanding from the DOJ is just about what a 90,000 sq ft ballroom is said to cost, so if he gets that money and then uses “his own money” to pay for the ballroom, then,,, that sure sounds like I’m paying for this thing with my tax dollars
Got cute at the end trying to bunt Rivas and putting Canzone in. Didn’t lose the game there but sure didn’t do anything to try and win it
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Got cute at the end trying to bunt Rivas and putting Canzone in. Didn’t lose the game there but sure didn’t do anything to try and win it
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Welp. That one’s gonna hurt for a while.
Love love love this team, though. Bring back Naylor and let’s run this shit back.
Love love love this team, though. Bring back Naylor and let’s run this shit back.
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Welp. That one’s gonna hurt for a while.
Love love love this team, though. Bring back Naylor and let’s run this shit back.
Love love love this team, though. Bring back Naylor and let’s run this shit back.
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Double plays are so fun when the Mariners do them
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Double plays are so fun when the Mariners do them
BIIIIIGGGGGGG DUMPERRRRRRR
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
BIIIIIGGGGGGG DUMPERRRRRRR
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My man really took a baseball to the back of the head to try and preserve an out. That's like prison yard shit
God damn, Naylor is a fucking beast
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My man really took a baseball to the back of the head to try and preserve an out. That's like prison yard shit
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Good morning Mariners fam
It’s a great day to stamp our ticket to the World Series 🔱
It’s a great day to stamp our ticket to the World Series 🔱
October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Good morning Mariners fam
It’s a great day to stamp our ticket to the World Series 🔱
It’s a great day to stamp our ticket to the World Series 🔱