The Valid Fallacy
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“We used to debate whether it was worse to have faith and lose it, or to never know it at all. The debate is no longer relevant because it is clear that as we’ve grown as a couple, become parents twice-over, surpassed challenges in our careers, in our relationship, and in our children’s lives, we have become more faithless. But only in our faith in God. We’ve become more faithful to our belief in, and practice of, family. The conception and birth of a baby, and the moment-to-moment bustle specific to parenting young children, is a constant reminder that life is an act of faith. I wonder, sometimes, if I live each moment more fully than my parents because I believe this life, and every moment I have to stare at my children’s smiles, is all I will ever have.” —My thoughts on raising our children without “religion” over at Kveller.com.
What do you get when an ex-Catholic and a Jewish atheist answer their children’s questions about death? More questions.
How an Ex-Catholic and Jewish Atheist Talk to Their Kids About God | Raising Kvell: Julia Fierro
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Problems with being a male
- Having emotions is seen as weakness
- Admitting weakness is seen as an even greater weakness
- Being called a sexual deviant or a pervert because you were expressing your sexuality
- A girl beating you in any physical competition makes you inferior
- Being superficial makes you a pig but a woman being superficial is fine
- Makeup isn't even an option
- Not living up to the insanely unrealistic ideal of manhood automatically makes you gay
- Being gay is seen as weak
- You can't control the size of your "manhood"
- You can't report sexual assaults because being a male victim is worse than being the rapist
- No male specific support groups or movements
- Unequal parental rights
- Extreme feminists treating you less than human
- Women can blame all men or say they are all the same but if a man blames women they're sexist pigs
- People dismissing your problems automatically because the universe is obviously rigged in your favour in every scenario imaginable
- No one will read this past the title
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when u accidentally hurt ur friends feelings and they insist that its fine but u know it isnt
(via cognition-and-dissonance)
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Haha
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harlotstarlet-queenofconeyisland:
THE GOLDEN RULE OF TUMBLR
my god, we’re all Ross.
Excuse you.
Excuse you
So in conclusion, we are all the men of Friends, combined.
Not just the men.
Phoebe is basically a walking night blogger when she’s got a guitar. Admit it.
In conclusion, we are the show Friends.
we all need this on our blogs
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When a student starts spouting off excuses for the work they haven’t done.
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Overblown students’ egos ignore teachers’ expertise
A challenging article. Here’s an excerpt:
“Ditching the teacher-centred, authoritarian pedagogy many mature academics were trained in…seemed like a good idea,” she writes. “Promoting active and engaged students, appealing to student interest and promoting a more community-based and democratic enterprise made sense.”
However, today’s student-led learning environment, which stresses the importance of student voices and experiences, has led to a loss of teachers’ authority within the classroom, she contends.
Teachers report widespread resistance to critical feedback or evaluation, with students asserting that all opinions are equally valid and dismissing their instructor’s in-depth knowledge of a subject, Dr Watters says.
“If we and our pedagogy encourage such high opinions of student work, can we really be surprised when they take us at our word?” she asks.
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Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley
Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley #TED : http://on.ted.com/eZwu
1. Individuality
2. Creativity
3. Curiosity
