Schooling
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On sacrifice.
Young people are scared and angry — and they have every reason to be.
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On education rankings.
Rich untraumatized professors’ kids score well on exams. Poor kids often score worse. Does that tell you how good their teachers are?
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On re-watching The Matrix, twenty years later.
The Matrix was, and is, an incredible film … but now, after all the school shootings, it’s hard for me to watch.
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On suboptimal optimization.
If you’re hoping that self-driving cars will prevent traffic jams, think again. They might be designed to make traffic worse.
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On attentiveness and names.
Some kids are exceptionally attentive to their environment … but we tell them they have an attention deficit.
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On substitutes.
High school classrooms turn chaotic when a sub is running the room … and now they’re sending substitute teachers to maintain order in prisons??
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On Tara Westover’s “Educated.”
How can you learn to trust in a world where your beloved family member’s visage might conceal a monster?
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On Daniel Handler’s “All the Dirty Parts”
Heartbreak hurts. Reading will help. And mayhaps Daniel Handler’s “All the Dirty Parts” is a book kids will actually want to read.
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On college, chance, and Elif Batuman’s ‘The Idiot.’
In Batuman’s ‘The Idiot’ — as in all our lives — seemingly inconsequential moments shape the future.
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On Peggy Orenstein’s Girls and Sex.
Turns out it’s still a good idea to talk to your kids.
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