A quote on learning, and teaching:
“The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.”
–Jacques Barzun “Reasons to De-Test the Schools,” New York Times (1988-10-11), later published in Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning (1991)
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Apparently, in some places explosives are used to dispose of dead whales.
If explosive charges will be used, the most common procedure today is to tow the whale out to see and then use whatever charges necessary to sink or disintegrate the whale. But back in November 1970 the Oregon Department of Transportation had a dead […]

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Need to polish your shoes? Use a banana peel. They say it works.
http://www.wikihow.com/Polish-Shoes-With-a-Banana
I think it is funny, but I’m not sure I believe a banana peel is really equivalent to shoe polish. Whatever properties a banana peel shares with shoe polish, a banana doesn’t have everything that shoe polish does.
If you give it a try […]

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