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POPSYale to post courses on Web for free All information should be free like this. To surpress people by not affording those such knowledge is sinply repressing people so elite and wealthy can hold power over them. Granted - this knowledge won't give people the paper - but it seems there are people with the paper but without the knowledge, so which is bett?
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POPS Republicans unveil $100 million school voucher plan
This is not going to work. This is even worse then the non child left behind gimmick. This also leaves out the middle class. If they want to give out vouchers, then this should be equal for all, not just the poor kids. Personally the reason I think it won't work is that the schools that are having problems are a result of Parents not helping the kids at home. Putting these kids into schools where other kids excel and have the support system at home, will just lower the self-esteem of these kids. Granted there are a few that will be an exception, there are a few that are willing to put in the extra work. There are also social issues that will cause problems. The big difference I feel is that a rich kid (who might be lazy or stupid) will still have the advantage over the poor kid (who might be smart but have no support at home). Since the rich kids parents can push more money toward the school or private tutors to at least get him through. The poor kid will be struggling, probab
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POPS Businesses cater to homeschool families This is where we begin to see the public education system take a turn downward even further. I think in the next 10 years, only those who cannot afford to send their kids to a private school or have the skills to homeschool will be the ones going to public school. Since those doing the other two will demand that they not have to pay school tax - the public school systems will begin to consolidate. Eventually in 15-20 years, the public schools will be not have anyone attending but lower middle class and very few desiring to teach. Sad....but it seems like that is where things are headed. Hopefully I am wrong.
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POPSChinesePod Free Language Learning I have been using this site for a while now, the ChinesePod, which they do free podcasts with useful real life Chinese. This helps me augment my other Chinese language lessons. Download to your iPod or listen on your desktop system, etc. Pretty cool deal.
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POPSPhysics Particle Simulator This is a kick ass little simulator - I hope they expand on this idea. This is a great way to show kids the concepts of some basic principles. Also they did this in DHTML. Would be cool to see a simulator written in AJAX and even one for the other sciences.
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POPSProblems with Education -- A Kid takes the to the Fight Yes! Finally someone understands the problem. Give kids more time to excercise and their mental attitude and apptitude will improve. The problem is our school system sucks at this and they just kep doing things the wrong way. That is why home schoolers and those kids in Montessori or private schools do better. Their academic schedules are broken up and they are not forced to sit all day just listening.
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POPSScience, Optics and You This is a very nice site for learning a bit about imaging and optics. There are some great tutorials and interactive applets that help you learn optics, etc.
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POPSTroubling Education System I think the problem is not the kids, but changing the way kids are taught and the way schools are run. Technology and the way people learn have changed, have evolved, and yet our processes for instilling learning are just so far behind.
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