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by danielford 15y ago
One of my guiding principles as a college teacher is to never make rules I can't enforce. This clearly falls under that category. Even if I was concerned about this, there's nothing I can do about it. If a student wants to sell her notes
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by danielford 15y ago
Maybe I'm approaching this differently since I teach college. My initial response was, "Why was that guy charging a subscription fee for a gradebook?" Granted, the gradebooks that come with the Angel and Blackboard learning management sys
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Yes, College Is Worth It(suburbdad.blogspot.com)
1 points by danielford 15y ago|0 comments
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by danielford 15y ago
Some strains can produce staphylococcal enterotoxins that stimulate the vagus nerve, inducing vomiting and abdominal pain. The article mentions that those strains weren't found as contaminants though.
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by danielford 15y ago
Staphylococcus aureus colonizes the upper respiratory tract in one third of individuals. It's frequently found as part of the normal flora, and some of you are more concerned than you really should be. Yes, many times more antibiotics are
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by danielford 15y ago
Keep in mind that when cheaters are discovered, we're required to maintain confidentiality. I've been tangentially involved in one situation where the professor went full out to give the student a failing grade and get her transcripts mark
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by danielford 16y ago
I used a mechanism that was outlined in the syllabus. My understanding is that the syllabus is a legally binding contract, so no. I'm not going into any more detail than that. I'm sure you didn't mean any harm by it, but it creeps me out
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by danielford 16y ago
I teach college in the US. I have never been offered a bribe. In fact, I've never heard of anyone even attempting to offer a bribe. However, I did wimp out once when a student begged me to increase their grade from a D to a C because they
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by danielford 16y ago
Aren't you engaging in the genetic fallacy here though? Pointing out a possible origin of my belief does not mean that you have disproved the belief.
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by danielford 16y ago
This is true, but it doesn't necessarily mean that I'm incorrect in my assessment. Compare the average Metafilter comment to the average YouTube comment. You'd have a difficult time making the case that there wasn't a discernible differen
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by danielford 16y ago
I've generally found a strong correlation between forum quality and the difficulty of gaining admission. One of my favorite forums put me on a waiting list for three months before they let me post. So I'd prefer the addition of some sort o
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by danielford 16y ago
It's a shame the previous site didn't work out. I remember seeing a frustrated comment by the person who set it up that hackers didn't care about education. Hopefully this one goes better. I've already registered.
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Small Town Boy(chirontraining.blogspot.com)
1 points by danielford 16y ago|0 comments
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by danielford 16y ago
Open admissions and small courses can be found at a community college for a fraction of the price for-profits charge. My main concern about for-profits are reports from their adjuncts that they've been pressured to pass students who perfor
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by danielford 16y ago
I suspect local used book stores are next. As a greater proportion of book purchases become e-books fewer physical books will be available for resale to used book stores. Yes, there are people who would never touch an e-book, but even a s
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Startups and Colleges(suburbdad.blogspot.com)
1 points by danielford 16y ago|0 comments
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by danielford 16y ago
In graduate school, I was once tangentially involved in a group conversation regarding whether or not another grad student was a dick. A few things were mentioned, and then one of my coworkers said, "Yeah, and he's a republican". Everyone
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by danielford 16y ago
"Why Don't Students Like School?" by Daniel Willingham. It's primarily aimed at educators; if that's not your career path you'll find it less useful. So much of education consists of untested fads that it was a relief to see a social scie
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by danielford 16y ago
I'm strongly influenced by stoicism and enlightenment-era deism. I think that God exists, wants us to be decent to each other, and never interacts with the universe. The primary purpose of life is to develop internal strength and characte
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by danielford 16y ago
That can be really hard in certain situations. My background is in biology. One of the more interesting and fun assignments I was given in college was a series of case studies. Basically, the patient has symptoms X, T, and W, what is wro
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by danielford 16y ago
I'm desperately trying to think of any human activity that would substantially improve after ten minutes of practice, three times a week, for six weeks. My general inclination is to agree with their hypothesis, but testing it like this is
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by danielford 16y ago
Given the source, I'm inclined to agree that this is probably his third-to-last convention, rather than the last. That said, it is Harlan Ellison; I don't think he would be making these claims if things weren't winding down, and I'll be sa
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by danielford 16y ago
I see this argument all the time on the internet, from people of every worldview. "Why doesn't group X spend more time speaking out against crazy fringe faction of group X?" Because everyone knows crazy fringe faction is full of crazy peop
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by danielford 16y ago
I'm reaching the point in my intellectual development where arguments from authority are less and less useful. I think a lot of people on hacker news are in a similar position. I need more from an article than, "Distinguished scientist be
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by danielford 16y ago
I'm also confused by this article. It looks like the last three paragraphs are the ones that support the title, but there's no explanation of why Hawking thinks the last three paragraphs are true. It asserts that universes can occur spont
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by danielford 16y ago
His lessons aren't Teaching Company level, and he could definitely benefit from doing multiple takes and splicing them together. Still his style works for me, and I'd happily trade in any math teacher I ever had for Khan. It's an unfortuna
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by danielford 16y ago
You also have to be pretty confident about your teaching ability to put that stuff up on the internet for everyone to see. I'd like to put some of my lectures online in a year or two, but currently they don't meet the Khan standard. Regard
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by danielford 16y ago
He's saying she's being paid eight thousand for teaching fifteen credits of classes in a single semester. Presumably she'd make another eight the next semester and a couple extra thousand in the summer. So probably $22,000 a year.
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by danielford 16y ago
I think your approach to motivation is flawed. You're throwing yourself into a situation where you require an external motivator in order to get things done. Even if that works, you still haven't fixed the root problem, that you lack the
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by danielford 16y ago
I'd recommend the Thomas Jefferson Hour for people interested in early US history or the enlightenment period. http://www.jeffersonhour.org/?id=16 The podcast consists of Clay Jenkinson, a Jefferson impersonator, being interviewed and ans

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