Archive for March, 2010

Why So Few Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math?

Some don’t even complete their intended degree and switch to something less STEM-oriented. What the heck happens? [ READ MORE ]

Rejection In Both Directions

Take my advice: Don’t screw over anyone who has ever been kind to you. [ READ MORE ]

Another New and Exciting Way to Be Driven Over the Edge by Technology

“A website + desktop app for people who want to learn, but lack motivation.” So say the Popling folks. It’s free, so trying it out won’t cost you anything. [ READ MORE ]

Where the Smart Kids Do Their Matriculating

Too late for high school seniors who’ve already chosen their institution of higher learning, but perfectly timed for anyone who hasn’t made their final matriculation decision. [ READ MORE ]

Plagiarism’s Grey Areas

Now I will clear my throat with authority and say, However, plagiarism in its most basic form is stealing. [ READ MORE ]

Health Care Reform and Twenty-Somethings

President Obama’s Health Care Reform bill was passed on Sunday, and that’s good for twenty-somethings: they will be allowed medical coverage under their parents’ insurance until the age of 26. [ READ MORE ]

Diane Ravitch Dares To Keep Thinking

The only humans that can claim open-mindedness are the ones that take in all available information, ponder the hell out of it, and then decide what their opinion is. [ READ MORE ]

Triumphs and Failures

The other half of the time she can take a standard, taken-for-granted, black-and-white truth, flip it over, turn it inside out, and explain what’s really going on. And she’ll be right. [ READ MORE ]

Jaime Escalante Battling Cancer

Sometimes we humans get lucky and are able to experience something more than ourselves because someone amazing stood up and fought to make a difference. [ READ MORE ]

Using the NY Times as a Grammar Learning Tool

While I seem to be able to teach myself any subject an institution of higher learning can throw at me (including calculus, which I’m sure will come in handy when the apocalypse comes), I have never found a grammar how-to manual that explains the concept and then shows you several examples so you can understand how it works in actual situations. [ READ MORE ]