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iseefearinyoureyeshuman:

reshiham:

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I’ve never laughed so hard at YouTube comments

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theantidote:

Listen as Albert Einstein Reads You A Scientific Essay

It’s his voice, in your ears, from 1941, reading his essay ‘The Common Language of Science’. Words, I do not have them. Enjoy :)

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oliviarrrr:

so about an hour ago my mum came running into my bedroom and told me to look at my window. naturally, i tweeted the scene:

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Cheating or collaboration? Do students really not know the difference?

world-shaker:

Such a fascinating article. Share this with your colleagues-it’ll start a conversation. Here was one of my favorite parts:

Cheating and defenses of it appear to be rampant, even in the best schools in America. Harvard recently experienced its largest cheating scandal ever; half of the nearly 300 students in an Introduction to Congress class were suspected of cheating on a take-home final last year.

Students justified their collaboration on the exam, saying that any similarities in test responses were because they shared lecture notes and conferred with one another and the teaching assistants.

In defense of the student conduct, Slate’s technology columnist Farhad Manjoo wrote:

In this case, it’s the test’s design, rather than the students’ conduct, that we should criticize. In allowing students to consult a wide variety of sources, the Harvard exam was looking to assess something deeper than how well they could memorize and recall facts. Judging from some leaked questions, the test seemed to be designed to measure how students could think about some of the contradictions inherent in American government. (An essay question began, “Do interest groups make Congress more or less representative as an institution?”) But if you want to determine how well students think, why force them to think alone?

Harvard didn’t agree, forcing many of the students to withdraw from the university for a period of two to four terms. (Here is a good Harvard Crimson piece on the internal debate over the university’s actions )

alltimeboners:

things that are enjoyable:

• showers

things that are not enjoyable:

• getting in the shower
• getting out of the shower

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laugh-addict:

Introduction:

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Most of the Body:

The Final Body Paragraph:

Conclusion: 

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molecularlifesciences:

Reblog a million times!

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evil-little-dinosaur:

icoulduseinsouciantmaybe:

mischi3f-managed:

minervamcgonagallisabamf:

How A Key Works.

YES

FINALLY

MYSTERY SOLVED

I LOVE YOU

I have been waiting for a post like this all my [expletive deleted] life.

DUDE WOAH

Why is this so entertaining to watch?

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Advocating Progress: I'm posting more documentaries for you, followers!

omnivorousstegosaurus:

dewognatos:

annabritannia:

• Here is a documentary about the ancient Arab trade-routes.
• Here is one titled “Weapons That Made Britain”.
• Here is one that is a re-enactment of life on a British farm in the 1700s.
• Here is one about Genghis…

barackobama:

Just press play.

#unless you’re against cuteness #in which case avoid this video at all costs

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