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Reply to We are Unemployed Professors, and we've been writing the things other people don't want to write for 12 years. AUA. by unemployedprofessors
I worked in higher ed for most of my career and agree with your assessment that it's become "capitalist credentialism." What would your top three changes be for overhauling our education system--k-12, college, or both?
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Reply to comment by bibliophile222 in Do you track your reading activity? How and why? by Illustrious_Drop_605
My Mom did this. When she passed away, I grabbed those notebooks and they're the best connection to her I can imagine. I've just started reading again myself after a long hiatus and am starting my own notebook.
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Reply to comment by ezshucks in Mauna Loa eruption 24-hour time lapse from USGS webcam (wait for 00:01:00) by Baconaise
Hope he stays safe. All it takes is a wind shift and things can get dangerous really quickly--those fumes are not nice!
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Reply to comment by unemployedprofessors in We are Unemployed Professors, and we've been writing the things other people don't want to write for 12 years. AUA. by unemployedprofessors
No problem! It's a huge question and every time I think about it, it gets raveled in with larger issues of social stratification and mobility (made thornier by racism and sexism), national economic policies, globalism and corporate responsibility, and broad-based cultural values ... just to begin...