Lesson one: no Orwellian language
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Mike Baker looks at how the language of management has begun to dominate discussions of education.
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Letâs not lose the plot. In defense of âbadâ words in childrenâs books.
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FoTW Inability to follow a story by reason of anger, part 73
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Gabe: You might have seen this story on CNN about the teens that murdered a homeless guy and then equated it to the sort of thrill one might get from a violent video game. There will be plenty of articles focusing on these kids and their crime. I"d like to take a second and talk about the parents of these teenagers instead. It is the job of a parent to teach their children certain rules. Obviously the rules themselves and the emphasis each family places on them will vary, but there are certain universal constants that these parents obviously failed to pass on.
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Sending a teacher to prison for dealing badly with a classroom porn storm does not address the root of the problem: fear that traces back to ignorance. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
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In this new post to the PHP Everywhere blog, John Lim asks an interesting question - why should PHP ever be taught in schools? (in response to this post)   If something is popular but hard to understand then we need an education process. To just shake our heads and give up is simply immature (or trolling). Otherwise we might as well say that English (or any other spoken language for that matter) should not be taught, because spoken languages are illogical, imprecise and therefore ... useless.   John also clears up some of the misconceptions from the other post with equality and type comparison in PHP.
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It&#39;s not about character. There&#39;s no moral lesson. It&#39;s not even about solving a mystery, though the question of what is happening is at first haunting.
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This is not the kind of group you would want as your enemy. Its members have experience, political savvy and an insider's knowledge of how the place is run. They also aren't afraid to talk.
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By Nicholas Craig  Blogs, wikis, podcasts. The internet is spawning a strange new language. More importantly, it is also freeing up old ways of working and learning.
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By Tom Angleberger   tomangleberger@yahoo.com
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You can learn a lot about people in two hours. And you don&#39;t have to take a course in social behavior or even watch Dr. Phil on TV.
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Comment is free: Henry Porter: The views of people such as geneticist James Watson should be countered by logic, not law.
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Never show Jesus Christ or Queen  Victoria. Do not blaspheme or mention homosexuality.
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In a time when the President of the United States can't pronounce the word nuclear, when our public schools do one incredibly stupid thing after another, and our appointed officials can't seem to stay out of hot water for saying something dumb, it's nice to know we in the USA don't have the market on stupidity cornered.
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&#8230;. history has the tendency to repeat itself over and over again. No, humans do not learn from past mistakes of their ancestors. They might learn from their own past mistakes, but that will be gone and forgotten by the next generation already. I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if this little introduction raised an eyebrow or two [...]
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Tycho:  I can really do without a lot of the corporate sniping that happens in this industry.  Plus, as a licensed demagogue, they're horning in on my territory when they say ridiculous things or make baseless verbal assaults!  I mean, I have mouths to feed.  Seriously, I have more than one mouth.
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One of the keys to prospering in America used to be learning English. Some say it still is. No one wants to ban people from speaking their native language.