Download or read book Weapons of Math Destruction written by Cathy O'Neil and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 2016 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A former Wall Street quantitative analyst sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling, a pervasive new force in society that threatens to undermine democracy and widen inequality,"--NoveList.
Download or read book Weapons of Mass Instruction written by John Taylor Gatto and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn. John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction , now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down , introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling. Gatto demonstrates that the harm school inflicts is rational and deliberate. The real function of pedagogy, he argues, is to render the common population manageable. To that end, young people must be conditioned to rely upon experts, to remain divided from natural alliances and to accept disconnections from their own lived experiences. They must at all costs be discouraged from developing self-reliance and independence. Escaping this trap requires a strategy Gatto calls "open source learning" which imposes no artificial divisions between learning and life. Through this alternative approach our children can avoid being indoctrinated-only then can they achieve self-knowledge, good judgment, and courage.
Download or read book Jokes Unlimited written by Natarajan S and published by AB Publishing House. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of uncategorised joke book for everyone to laugh. Second in the series This book comes in two editions. This one is Black and White Edition. Keep laughing that is too healthy to ignore. Sample: Some one on top A man goes to the psychiatric and says: “Doc, I have a big problem. When I am on my bed I think there is someone under it. When I go under it I think there is someone on top of it.” The doctor tells him he must heal for 2 years. After some time the doctor meets the man on the street and asks him why he did not come. The man says: “A friend healed me for only 10 dollars. He told me to cut the legs of the bed.”
Download or read book Humour for All Ages Occasions and Celebrations written by Mel Bergstresser and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been in a situation where you searched for some humor or wanted to share something humorous with someone and couldnt think of anything or didnt have any humorous sources handy? I have been in this situation many, many times when I wanted to share some personal humor and suitable joke or some interesting story for use as a Master of Ceremonies, so I decided to develop a collection of not only humor but also puns, interesting stories etc., covering 36 subjects that could be used for almost every occasion possible. Enjoy the last of the funny, weird, but good clean jokes, puns and interesting stories!
Download or read book The State of the System written by Paul W. Bennett and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last fifty years, Canada's public schools have been absorbed into a modern education system that functions much like Max Weber's infamous iron cage. Crying out for democratic school-level reform, the system is now a centralized, bureaucratic fortress that, every year, becomes softer on standards for students, less accessible to parents, further out of touch with communities, and surprisingly unresponsive to classroom teachers. Exploring the nature of the Canadian education order in all its dimensions, The State of the System explains how public schools came to be so bureaucratic, confronts the critical issues facing kindergarten to grade 12 public schools in all ten provinces, and addresses the need for systemic reform. Going beyond a diagnosis of the stresses, strains, and ills present in the system, Paul Bennett proposes a bold plan to re-engineer schools on a more human scale as the first step in truly reforming public education. In place of school consolidation and managerialism, one-size-fits-all uniformity, limited school choice, and the "success-for-all" curriculum, Bennett advocates for a new set of priorities: decentralize school governance, deprogram education ministries and school districts, listen to parents and teachers, and revitalize local education democracy. Tackling the thorny issues besetting contemporary school systems in Canada, The State of the System issues a clarion call for more responsive, engaged, and accountable public schools.
Download or read book I Fail to Miss Your Point written by Jim O'Bryon and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O'Bryons new book is packed with quotes, trivia, historical interest, inspiration, and wisdom. (Christian)
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book You Want Me to Teach What written by Norman Joseph LaFave and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem: You feel shaky about being assigned to teach upper-level science and math and need to get up to speed fast. Solution: Follow this concise book's tried-and-true methods, which you can integrate into your classroom and lesson plans starting from the first day of class. You Want Me to Teach What? avoids long discussions of education theory and specific lesson plans. Instead, it concentrates on general techniques for approaching a variety of problems and enhancing your teaching skills in science and math.
Download or read book Aspiring to Inspiring Before Expiring written by Paul Chong and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2022-09-14 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You would remember an old school poem “What is life if full of care, We have no time to stand & stare . . . “ which led on the author’s mind to the notion of sharing & caring in life. Out of this thought, this book is appropriately called “Aspiring to Inspiring before Expiring.” With most books, fiction or non-fiction, you’d read continuously from beginning to end. Here in this case, you can pick & choose to read with ease & pleasure the articles, over 600 of them,on “whatever interests you.” The titles of articles are presented in a non-categorised manner, independent & complete by themselves individually. The book is very readable, easy to comprehend. It can well be your personal bible, a good travelling companion or indeed suitable as a gift for all occasions. Collectively when they first appeared in Paul’s blog https://paulchong.net, they attracted over a million views and Paul has been acknowledged as a very inspiring blogger. Readers will have both the leisure & pleasure of savouring a wide range of subjects in: • love & romance • arts & science • facts & fiction • reminiscences & presence • greed & creed • economics & politics • fantasy & reality • nature & venture • spiritual & secular • life & travel • poems
Download or read book Worlds Funniest Emails con written by Hodder Moa and published by Hodder Moa. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worlds.Funniest.Emails.con. A collection of humorous jokes and anecdotes.
Download or read book General Ashcroft written by N. V. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviled as a fascist and zealot by libertarians and liberals but praised as a great patriot and devout man of God by many conservatives, John Ashcroft may have been the most powerful and polarizing attorney general in our nation's history. Looking past such oversimplified stereotypes, Nancy Baker offers the first in-depth study of Ashcroft's controversial tenure as attorney general-and as domestic commander in our campaign against global terrorism. Addressing new concerns about challenges to civil liberties in the wake of 9/11, Baker provides a critical assessment of Ashcroft's impact on national life within the context of an enormous expansion of presidential power. Baker depicts a man who even before 9/11 was in search of a mission and then found it in the "War on Terror." She explores how Ashcroft's counterterrorism actions eroded checks on executive power, arguing that the attorney general used both the formal and informal powers of his office to expand executive and law enforcement authority—and did so at the additional expense of criminal procedural rights, privacy rights, and government transparency. Baker tells how the war against terrorism, the unique legal policy role of the attorney general, and Ashcroft's presence in that office dramatically expanded the power and impact of executive power in domestic affairs. She identifies Ashcroft's rhetorical tactics that set his actions at odds with the public interest—such as browbeating critics and marginalizing dissent—and challenges the success claimed by Ashcroft and his supporters in safeguarding America by documenting the Justice Department's lack of effectiveness in key prosecutions. She also includes an enlightening analysis of the Patriot Act and its implications for both civil liberties and government power. By documenting the ongoing importance of Ashcroft's legacy—a legacy now continued by Alberto Gonzalez—Baker shows how he dramatically changed the office and disrupted our constitutional system of divided and checked powers. Her close scrutiny of Ashcroft's actions vividly highlights the role that an attorney general can play in shaping presidential power during national crises and provides a cautionary tale for anyone eager to protect our civil liberties.
Download or read book Greatest Jokes of the Century Book 11 written by Thomas F. Shubnell and published by Thomas F. Shubnell. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book eleven, this must be heaven and laughter is good for your soul. Elevated amusement, tantalizing tidbits, great guffaws, favorite funnies, jovial jocularity, juicy jokes, cheesy chuckles, and just plain silly stuff. The nonsense continues is this heavenly tome.
Download or read book The Fool s Best Joke Book Volume 1 written by Neil Hutchison and published by Proglen Trading Co., Ltd.. This book was released on with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the world of humour. What makes human beings laugh can be broadly defined under three headings: someone else's misfortune, someone else's misunderstanding or someone else's stupidity. The keywords here are "someone else's" because, let's face it, most silly things are much funnier when they happen to someone else. Neil Hutchison, creator of The Fool in Paradise, has collected thousands of jokes, then catalogued and listed them in this first volume of the Fool's Best Jokes. Now the many fans of the Fool will not have to be told that the jokes will veer away from political correctness until they are travelling in the absolute opposite direction. Now, if you have never read any of the many books about the Fool be prepared to be shocked. This book is not recommended to be read in situations where others may report you for laughing and talking to yourself. It's not recommended for those of a more liberal bent, be it feminism or any other trendy ism. The author refuses to take responsibility for any medical problems that this book may engender in readers. Life is ShortBreak the Rules Forgive Quickly Love Truly Laugh Uncontrollably ... and ... Never Regret Anything That Made You Smile
Download or read book Lexical Creativity Texts and Contexts written by Judith Munat and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coining of novel lexical items and the creative manipulation of existing words and expressions is heavily dependent on contextual factors, including the semantic, stylistic, textual and social environments in which they occur. The twelve specialists contributing to this collection aim to illuminate creativity in word formation with respect to functional discourse roles, but also examine 'critical creativity' determined by language policy, as well as diachronic phonetic variation in creatively-coined words. The data, based either on large corpora or smaller hand-collected samples, is drawn from advertising, the daily press, electronic communication, literature, spoken interaction, cartoons, lexical ontologies and style guides. The coining of novel lexical items and the creative manipulation of existing words and expressions is heavily dependent on contextual factors, including the semantic, stylistic, textual and social environments in which they occur. The twelve specialists contributing to this collection aim to illuminate creativity in word formation with respect to functional discourse roles, but also examine 'critical creativity' determined by language policy, as well as diachronic phonetic variation in creatively-coined words. The data, based either on large corpora or smaller hand-collected samples, is drawn from advertising, the daily press, electronic communication, literature, spoken interaction, cartoons, lexical ontologies and style guides. Each study analyses novel formations in relation to their contexts of use and inevitably leads to the crucial question of creativity vs. productivity. By focussing on creative lexical formations at the level of parole, these studies provide insights into morphological theory at the level of langue, and ultimately seek to explain lexical creativity as a function of language use.
Download or read book The Connection written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The World of Clean Family Jokes written by Andres Fontanez and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A blonde walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. She says she's going to Europe on a business trip for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for the loan, so the blonde hands over the keys to a new Rolls Royce. The car is parked on the street in front of the bank. She has the title and everything checks out. The bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the blonde for using a $250,000 Rolls as collateral against a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then proceeds to drive the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parks it there. Two weeks later, the blonde returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest which is $15.41. The loan officer says, "Miss, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?" The blonde replies, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return?"
