Gatesonomic 101: Pop quiz edition
Mar 12th 2008nerd alert & rants
the U.S. needs to improve its education system and allow more foreign-born scientists and engineers to work in the
Sticking out our Bureaucratic Tongues
Oct 11th 2007rants
The voters of the state in which I live (not “my state”), last year, passed a referendum forbidding insurance
Free tuition!
Aug 23rd 2007nerd alert & rants
A senator (D, of course) has proposed a $25 billion education package that includes “free tuition” for students majoring in science, math, engineering, and “technology”. (Whatever kinds of “technology” are not included in “science” and “engineering”, that is. Air conditioning repair?) It’s not entirely “free”, since there’s a string attached: “Students must work or teach [...]
Chemistry is too dangerous!
Jun 2nd 2006nerd alert
So apparently, it’s getting rarer and rarer for kids to have chemistry sets at home, because safety concerns mean
Why are you so docile?
Jul 10th 2004General
If I demanded you give up your television to an anonymous, itinerant repairman who needed work you’d think I was crazy;