[tips] The state of American Education

2010-11-19 Thread Pollak, Edward
There's a very important report on the state of education published at: http://www.theonion.com/articles/department-of-education-study-finds-teaching-these,18461/ I present it without comment. Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-19 Thread Beth Benoit
I second Mike Palij's post. If you don't want to read a long, carefully written post, then don't. No one should chastise a TIPSter who posts an academic, referenced post, because it's "too long." I love the scholarly expertise that some of our more erudite TIPSters offer. I love that Allen Este

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-19 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:00:41 -0800, John Serafin wrote: >To be as succinct as possible: I agree with Michael Smith here. >Stop the thesis level posts. Allen can respond for himself. All I want to say is no one on Tips is obligated to read all of the posts that are made. If one does read all of

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-19 Thread Serafin, John
To be as succinct as possible: I agree with Michael Smith here. Stop the thesis level posts. You know, Allen, you regularly remind us not to accept anything that someone else has written. Good advice. But then you regularly quote what others have written. Mike P, you regularly cite sources, and th

Re:[tips] NYU Faculty First In "Backward Looking" Technology!

2010-11-19 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:34:15 -0800, William Scott wrote: >Which begs the question, "Who will be watching the video feed >from our professor's occiput in Qatar, ... and why"? Well, the exhibition of images will be at "Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art" in Qatar, so I assume it will be Qatari local

Re:[tips] NYU Faculty First In "Backward Looking" Technology!

2010-11-19 Thread William Scott
Which begs the question, "Who will be watching the video feed from our professor's occiput in Qatar, ... and why"? Bill Scott >>> "Mike Palij" 11/19/10 10:11 AM >>> On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:50:44 -0800, Allen Esterson wrote: >On 18 November 2010 Mike Palij wrote: >>Even in NYC I think people forg

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-19 Thread Michael Smith
It is tiring and unnecessary (I think) to wade through a lot of verbiage particularly on a list-serve. Perhaps what Chris meant was, instead of essays: skip the quotes make it point form with concision (of course the same criticism could be leveled at M. Palij who also tends to be an essay write

Re:[tips] NYU Faculty First In "Backward Looking" Technology!

2010-11-19 Thread Mike Palij
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:50:44 -0800, Allen Esterson wrote: >On 18 November 2010 Mike Palij wrote: >>Even in NYC I think people forget how often they are under >>surveillance. A situation like initially seems shocking until >>one realizes, oh yeah, there's someone watching us >>most of the time. > >P

Re: [tips] Daytona State prez gets $1.2 million

2010-11-19 Thread Christopher D. Green
Gee, I wonder if I can get them to fire me (ahem, force me to resign) as well! Chris Green York U. Toronto michael sylvester wrote: > > > > > Daytona State president,Ken Sharples, was forced to resign and was > given a $1.2 million severance package.He gets another half million

[tips] TIPSTER OF THE WEEK

2010-11-19 Thread michael sylvester
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[tips] Daytona State prez gets $1.2 million

2010-11-19 Thread michael sylvester
Daytona State president,Ken Sharples, was forced to resign and was given a $1.2 million severance package.He gets another half million for benefits extended through 2014. And guess what? He gets to keep the college's SUV. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are curr

Re:[tips] NYU Faculty First In "Backward Looking" Technology!

2010-11-19 Thread Allen Esterson
On 18 November 2010 Mike Palij wrote: >Even in NYC I think people forget how often they are under >surveillance. A situation like initially seems shocking until >one realizes, oh yeah, there's someone watching us >most of the time. Purely on the accuracy of this statement (with no intention to sta