Arthur D. Hlavaty

Justice Kavanaugh’s prep school [Vanity Fair]

Drag Queen Story Hour

Thanx to Metafilter

Subtle sex-positive

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Jerry Pournelle said that the schools vaccinate children against reading. Here’s how it works in the UK.

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The continuing farce of pretending the schools can make people equal, giving tests to measure that goal (see Goodhart's law ), judging teachers by the results they obtain, and telling them not to “teach for the test” (which is either the old Mission: Impossible trick or a stunning inability to understand human nature) brings us a Great Moment in Emotional Manipulation.

Thanx to Charles P. Pierce.

University of Iowa hires business suit as Prez. 3% of the faculty approves.

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Let’s Abolish Social Science

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Professor fails his entire class.

I used to think the schools should treat excessive IQ as a disability, but now I figure they'd just mainstream us. (I still think some children should be diagnosed with "Intellectual Curiosity Disorder" so they can get an IEP with lots of reading.) Here's an article about the severely gifted.