We all know the feeling: You're sitting in class, waiting for your midterm to be returned, knowing that the grade scribbled in red at the top of your paper could define how the rest of your semester.
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The Validity of the Grade Curve?
The Validity of the Grade Curve?
We all know the feeling: You’re sitting in class, waiting for your midterm to be returned, knowing that the grade scribbled in red at the top of your paper could define how the rest of your semester. A good grade, and you will be brimming with confidence and pride. A poor grade, and you...
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Being back in Jolly Ol’ England…
Some Colonials have asked me what it’s like being back in the UK… So instead of telling them all individually, I thought I’d do a quick run down of the main differences I’ve noticed about living on the ‘other side of the pond’. 1. The lack of comments on my accent. It was fun...
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Daily Links
Is China Really An Economic Threat? The Vision Of The Left The Harvard Economy “A six-year-old article mistakenly seen by Bloomberg financial news users yesterday reported the bankruptcy of United Airlines and triggered a massive sell-off that nearly obliterated the company’s stock in a matter of minutes.” UK Hiring Mini-Snitches A Letter From Hank...
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Up in Smoke
Some notes on tobacco tax law: I returned to the US two days ago, and just bought a pack of cigarettes. I had been looking forward to this for some time. The cost was $3.56, owing much to the fact that Virginia’s levy on tobacco is $0.30 per pack of 20 cigarettes. Apparently, Virginia...
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Depressing Statistics
This seems particularly appropriate, given the time of year. From RedState: Our World War II veterans are dying at a rate of 1,200-1,500 per day. Also, for the curious: here in the UK, Armistice Day (also called Remembrance Day) is celebrated just as reverently as in the US. While in the US, the ubiquitous...
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I have always seen the similarities
This article in the UK’s Independent describes a certain individual’s laugh as “loud, inappropriate, and mirthless… a scary sound that was somewhere between a cackle and a screech.” Then see this description: “…began to laugh, and the sound was more frightening than screams; humorless and insane…” The first laugher? Hillary Clinton. The second? Voldemort...
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