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Why Standardized Testing Is Killing Education

For many years, the com­mon polit­i­cal belief has been that our soci­ety would ben­e­fit by requir­ing pub­lic schools to train stu­dents to pass stan­dard­ized tests. Gen­er­ally this has meant that teach­ers must spend a sig­nif­i­cant, if not a major­ity, of … Con­tinue read­ing

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Maybe You Would Be Better Off If It Were a Science Project

Every time I hear the phrase I cringe. I must remind myself that the per­son speak­ing it is sim­ply clue­less. But not only is it deroga­tory, it is just plain wrong. Unfor­tu­nately, many man­agers and many engi­neers in indus­try have … Con­tinue read­ing

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Eureka Moments

Ah ha, now I get it!” … Not really, what usu­ally hap­pens is quite dif­fer­ent. I have actu­ally had what could be called a few real break­throughs in my sci­en­tific career. Noth­ing that is going to gen­er­ate true fame; you will … Con­tinue read­ing

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So Doctorate What

When you work in a tech­ni­cal indus­try, there is often a pre­mium placed upon advanced degrees in a tech­ni­cal field of study. Being some­one upon whom a doc­tor­ate in the­o­ret­i­cal stud­ies of a phys­i­cal sci­ence has been con­ferred, I have … Con­tinue read­ing

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Impatience

It is a hard les­son. One that I sus­pect I will never really ever learn. Most peo­ple just do not solve prob­lems all that fast or ratio­nally. Part of my prob­lem is that I am quick with tech­ni­cal prob­lems, quicker … Con­tinue read­ing

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