Posts Tagged ‘slate’
No technology is a great way to teach. Also, PowerPoint is more than two decades old. It doesn’t count as technology anymore.
Rebecca Shuman of Slate writes about the benefits of a low technology classroom, despite complaints by some students that they are not being prepared for a world in which technology is a dominant an essential force. “While exceptions exist, research shows again and again that when people are staring at a screen, or skip-jumping through a…
Read MoreThe truth is sometimes truly better than fiction. This is just such a case.
Sometimes the letters that Slate’s Dear Prudence receives are better than any fiction I’ve read all week long. This is an example of just such a letter: “While cleaning out my late grandfather’s house, my aunt discovered a dildo. She asked me what I thought it was and I could not bring myself to tell…
Read MoreShe’s worried about her husband’s diapers. She should be more worried about her child’s early morning routine.
Slate’s Dear Prudence answers a question from a reader whose husband is a lifelong bed wetter who wears a diaper and rubber pants to bed each night. The reader is worried about the possibility of her children discovering their father’s secret and wants to know if they should be proactive and tell the kids before…
Read MoreThe ad has good intentions, but it doesn’t depict reality, and that could be more damaging to girls than no ad at all.
This new Verizon-sponsored ad, which was made in conjunction with Makers to show how parents unintentionally steer their daughters away from science and math, is receiving a lot of praise for the way it doesn’t focus solely on female body and beauty issues, as well as its willingness to shine the light on the role…
Read MoreIf Bobby Riggs intentionally lost to Billie Jean King in The Battle of the Sexes, it matters. The truth always matters.
ESPN recently ran a feature story about the allegation that Bobby Riggs intentionally lost the famous 1973 Battle of the Sexes match against Billie Jean. I’ve read the piece and then listened to the writer discuss it on a podcast. Am I convinced that it’s true? No. But I think there’s a possibility that it’s…
Read MoreThe thread of melancholy is unavoidable for this parent
Slate’s John Dickerson writes about the regret he feels about not inviting his parents’ friends to his wedding for Slate’s wedding issue. This paragraph, which deals with parenthood, was especially poignant for me: There’s an indefinite point in your tenure as a parent where you start to realize your kids are leaving you. For us,…
Read MoreA pill that reduces the amount of sleep that a person needs? Blasphemy!
Slate’s Matthew Yglesias reports on the economics of a new drug called Modafinil, which appears to let people get by with much less sleep than they do today. When I first read about this drug, I was thrilled. I can’t stand sleep. I don’t like to sleep. I’m appalled by my need for sleep. Sleep…
Read MoreShut up, Torie Bosch.
In a piece about the Decembeaver (I’ll let you read about it on Slate if you’d like), Slate’s Torie Bosch writes: So we’ve made it through Movember, that silly month in which men on your Facebook wall grow out their mustaches “for cancer.” (Because one cannot simply donate to groups like the American Cancer Society—a…
Read MoreThe problem with Slate’s Double X Gabfest
I realize that this will apply to a tiny subset of my audience, but I have to put it out there: I can’t stand Slate’s Double X Gabfest. Not that this should be a surprise, as I have criticized it before. Even so, I continue to listen each week in hopes of improvement but come…
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