Universities are a weird thing. The vast majority of things you learn are either completely irrelevant or quickly forgotten. This is of course not true…
Tag: education
The Insanity and Injustice of College Sports
The Atlantic has an interesting opinion piece called College Sports Are Affirmative Action for Rich White Students. In the US it is quite common for…
Should You Take Collegra?
I stumbled across this interesting article called Most Academic Advertising Is Immoral Bullshit. It makes the interesting point that most of what university advertises has…
Saturday, 08.02.2020 – Why do PISA Results of Immigrant Students Depend so strongly On Country of Origin
Link of the day: Why Do the Results of Immigrant Students Depend So Much on Their Country of Origin and so Little on Their Country…
Saturday, 11.01.2020 – Air Filters May Have Large Educational Gains
Link of the day: Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits In 2015, Los Angeles suffered from the Aliso Canyon gas leak,…