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Special snowflakes incapable of viewing reality

| April 9, 2015 | 58 Comments
Special snowflakes incapable of viewing reality

Back in the day, adults went to college in order to assimilate themselves into the real world, but in this day and age, children go to college to dictate to the real world their feelings and biases. Take for example, the movie “American Sniper”, an accurate portrayal of a portion of the life of one […]

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Free community college proposed by President

| January 9, 2015 | 69 Comments
Free community college proposed by President

While our national defense is being slashed to the bone, the President announced yesterday on Facebook that he’s going to propose that the government will pay for a community college education for everyone who “works for it”. Post by The White House. The White Hose blog details the plan; The requirements: What students have to […]

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A foolproof degree plan

| December 19, 2014 | 27 Comments
A foolproof degree plan

Once again a liberal academic has gone off the rails and made it clear to the world that she hates Republicans with this published pronouncement: I hate Republicans, I can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa or any of the legions […]

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Pet Dinosaur killed, Student arrested

Pet Dinosaur killed, Student arrested

WCSC form South Carolina reports That Alex Stone was  suspended for completing a creative writing assignment.   Now as Paul Harvey would have said “The rest of the Story” Alex was given a writing assignment on his first day back at school to  write Facebook post based in the future about an event. So he […]

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So, What Do Montana Teachers Have to Say About Plagiarism?

| July 31, 2014 | 31 Comments
So, What Do Montana Teachers Have to Say About Plagiarism?

They’re obviously against it, right?  I mean, it’s one of Academia’s cardinal sins. So they must be aghast at the prospect of a plagiarist being elected to the US Senate, right? Not so fast.  According to Eric Fever, president of the Montana Education Association-Montana Federation of Teachers, it’s no big deal: Husband, father, soldier, straight talking, […]

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In Case You Needed More Proof That Acadamia Is Biased Against the Military . . .

| June 23, 2014 | 102 Comments
In Case You Needed More Proof That Acadamia Is Biased Against the Military . . .

. . . look no further than this little “gem” from Bronx Community College. The linked article discusses a take-home final exam for an English course at BCC, worth 40% of the course grade. Fair warning: reading the linked article will likely p!ss you off bigtime. It certainly did me – although it didn’t much […]

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Publick Ejukashun Inn Shikahgo

| June 10, 2014 | 39 Comments
Publick Ejukashun Inn Shikahgo

Here’s what appears to be a photo of a prom invitation for a Chicago-area high school, Paul Robeson High School:     Sad. Just freaking sad. But what’s sadder even than that is the fact that the average salary for teachers in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system is approx $76,000 per year. Seriously. The […]

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Dear Ms. Jodi Rives Meier; how do you like these apples?

| March 25, 2014 | 46 Comments
Dear Ms. Jodi Rives Meier; how do you like these apples?

I’m sure you remember Jodi Rives Meier, the part-time instructor at Butte College’s Chico, California who, being smarter than us criticized veteran students as generally unprepared and largely unteachable in regards to taking her rigorous classes in Communications. The college president tossed aside her comments and made this statement in support of veterans who are […]

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