I teach writing. So, one of the things I strive to adhere to is the “specificity principle” of learning. The specificity principle of learning simply means that how your learning should reflect the real world application of what you’re learning. For example, if you want
Logical fallacies and biases. Where do we start? Well, let’s start with a simple video of people comparing the Affordable Care Act vs Obamacare. In case you don’t know, they’re the same thing. What did you notice? You probably noticed that these people had formed
I teach writing. The problem is that you want to test a student’s ability to edit and find mistakes, but you want to follow the rule of specificity, which states that the test you’re using should be as close to a real-world context as you
The Best Ways to Exercise and Recover I started playing competitive sports in the third grade, and over the next 45 years, I have had to learn some things about exercise the hard way. You shouldn’t have to. I have two issues when it comes to exercise.
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“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Stephen King Often students want to know what they should do to become a better writer. There is a universally accepted and very simple answer:
One of the most difficult concepts of grammar and punctuation for beginning writers to grasp is the concept of possession. My comment is always this, “If you don’t get possession, maybe it’s because you’re a commie?” All kidding aside, we use apostrophes for possession. Of
As a driver, I am sure that you are very careful and attentive and that you follow all the rules of the road. I am sure that you care about the other people on the road who, like you, are just trying to get somewhere
Who will decide the truth? Whenever the topic of hate speech comes up, this is often the answer that people give. First off, why do we have to decide the truth? It’s hyperbole. We don’t have to figure out what the truth is. We only
The War on Student Debt Relief Begins The war on student loan debt relief begins with the usual: hysteria and a basic lack of research. The Newsweek article popped up in my Google News feed like many right-wing slanted articles for some reason, which I