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Learnable Moments

By alex | Published: 3/3/2009
Yesterday was a snow day in New York City; the first in five years, apparently. Went out walking with Jasper so he could check out the snow. Lots of dads seemed to have taken their own snow day in order to engage in large scale snowball fights and sledding in the park. A whole range […]
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Obama, Illich, & Pinky

By alex | Published: 3/1/2009
A colleague noted Obama’s call, in his un-State of the Union, his call for patriots to promise to go to higher education for a year. On one hand, I can understand why he was excited. After all, professors are a product of institutionalized education. You might even say we are the “winners” of the educational […]
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My new school?

By alex | Published: 1/14/2009
Did your jaw drop at the end of that? Mine did. Is this a bit like a McDonald’s commercial that temporarily blinds you to the fact that they serve grease on cardboard? Doesn’t make me think any worse of the commercial, though. This caught me at an interesting point, since it seems to wrap up […]
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7 Year-Old Vengeance Ed

By alex | Published: 8/10/2008
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Our seven-year-old guest was literally on the edge of his seat, watching The Princess Bride for the first time, and seeing Inigo Montoya fulfill his lifelong pursuit to avenge the death of his father at the hyperdactyl hand of Count Rugen. “This […]
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