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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
This one requires a little lateral thinking. Why not get rid of report cards, or grades, altogether? The use of online platforms where teachers are expected to enter grades in real time sounds like a massive burden on the teachers, not to m
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
What if they don't have smartphones?
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
I don't buy the regulation argument. Regulators will not have a sufficient understanding of the systems they are regulating, and of course regulation is too slow to react to a dynamic phenomenon. Perhaps more basic regulation stipulati
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
(Sorry for long quote, but this is good...) "The story begins in 1971. Richard Nixon was facing re-election. The Vietnam war was threatening his popularity at home, but just as big an issue with voters was the soaring cost of food. If
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
The loss of culinary traditions I mentioned also includes the age-old habit of creatively re-using leftovers to make new things. Cook potatoes one day, grate the leftovers and make potato pancakes the next. In so many ways the vast generati
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
The loss of food culture in the US is partly to blame. All of the loopy fad diets people are describing here are a symptom of the same larger problem that has caused the obesity epidemic. There is no shortage of intact culinary cultures in
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
This is down partly to cultural and lifestyle differences. This sort of communal food culture is still alive and rather widespread in continental Europe but largely dead in the US.
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
That will definitely work, but there must be some other factor at play. There are plenty of populations in the world that consume a lot of grain but do not necessarily suffer from increased rates of obesity.
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
The more you can integrate moderate physical activity into your daily routine as a matter of getting things done rather than as a specific chore you have to do, the better. Cutting sugar consumption should also help. I'd start there an
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
What a terrible menu. It has 'cultural poverty' written all over it. Food is a major manifestation of culture--food speaks volumes about the people who prepare and eat it.
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
A: You hire an external contractor to do work (roofing, pouring concrete, creating a website, etc.), the contractor should have full autonomy (and liability) regarding how, when, and by whom the work is done--the contractor is responsible f
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
On GDPR: Could Facebook users around the world not set their location to somewhere in the EU and/or use a VPN to connect through servers in the EU?
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by rexgallorum2 8y ago
Double check the thresholds in the various EU member states. They differ considerably, and the UK is an outlier in that it is so high.
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by rexgallorum2 9y ago
I live in a middle-sized city in Germany that is also struggling with a housing shortage and rising rents (though not anything like San Francisco). This particular city is somewhat unique in that it is rather sprawling (for Germany) with a
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by rexgallorum2 9y ago
@TomMarius et al.: True. 'Continental Europe' is just meant to exclude the UK and Ireland for obvious reasons. But what constitutes 'speaking English'? https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/
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by rexgallorum2 9y ago
I think we are currently watching a number of cultural currents and counter-currents (re)emerging, and the increasing interest in new urbanism and walkable, mid-density, mixed-use neighborhoods is one of them. You could tie it to a broader
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by rexgallorum2 9y ago
This was definitely aimed at specialists and advocates of new urbanism. The writer is correct to a degree--post war urban planning (sprawl building) in the US has been a disaster and the paradigm is on the verge of changing (and it will be
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by rexgallorum2 9y ago
I will second this. I've lived and taught (and tested) English in continental Europe for a decade. The idea that most people in continental Europe speak English is a misconception, and one should take population-level statistics on lan
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by rexgallorum2 9y ago
Education is a sacred cow for cultural reasons and probably a gigantic waste of resources on the whole. I think it would help to step back (rather like an anthropologist) and ask fundamental questions regarding the social, cultural, and eco
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by rexgallorum2 9y ago
In the case of the US, it's really an infrastructure issue. Attitudes follow from that. I grew up in the US and live in Europe now, and I bike or walk everywhere. The difference is of course staggering. Here, biking is just something o