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Czech it out!
One of my wilder students, Meagan Woodford, will be blogging from abroad starting in January. Check out her blog as she gives the world the gory details of Study Abroad. Read more
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I can’t afford free software
After reading about it in the Oct/Nov 2010 issue of MAA Focus, I really would like to use WeBWorK for student exercises and homeworks. BUT! It’s a standalone course management system that would only interface with Blackboard via CSV files, it has a limited question bank for probability and statistics, and it begs for experienced Read more
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What happened to “equal protection under the law?”
Sorry white folks, you can’t play your Race Card during a Black Presidency. “There are career people who feel strongly that it is not the voting section’s job to protect white voters,” the lawyer said. “The environment is that you better toe the line of traditional civil rights ideas or you better keep quiet about Read more
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I want that Space Cadet job!
What Denver Brain Trust came up with this cockamamie scheme to create a sinecure? (Yeah, it would be no cost to start, but bureaucracies have a way of growing, don’t they?) The website is about what you’d expect. Tip from Jonah Goldberg, who knows a cushy gig when he sees one. Read more
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A shovel-ready rant
I am in awe, farookin’ awe, of this guy’s rant. Tip from American Digest, where the posts are less frequent, but more potent. Update (23 October). This little number spotted at the Belmont Club is a bit calmer, but will get you fired up just the same. Read more
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Heretics! Burn them!
Just as UTSA begins to ramp up its Quantitative Scholarship program to inject mathematical reasoning into every crevice of our curriculum, heretics are beginning to doubt the whole enterprise. Part of the problem is that most remedial and math literacy programs (and textbooks) are filled with bullshit applications and examples (“the rate at which the Read more
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Inappropriate…ya think?
Are these folks anything else but time-serving tax eaters? Hell, I teach at a state university, and even I think this is unethical. Imagine what my neighbors with private sector jobs must be thinking. Read more
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Elite?
“Thinking a man will be a great leader because of one speech, two books, and the crease in his pants is a sign of poor judgment.” Tip from the Instapundit. Update (24 October). Charles Murray explains how we came to this sorry pass. He admits that The Bell Curve was an underestimate. Read more
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Can you say “whitewash?”
How convenient. Just in time for Fall Pledge Week, NPR is restricting its employees from attending political rallies. Mustn’t get caught publicly supporting any lame-ass progressives, dontcha know. Slanting coverage is still OK though. Update (21 October). The NPR-ness of it all continues with the firing of Juan Williams. If this perennial thumbsucker is too Read more
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