Daily Archives: July 6, 2011

Standardized Testing, Still Evil: 44 Atlanta Public Schools Caught Cheating

Last week, I posted on why I believe standardized testing is outright evil.  Here is a video about the scandal in Atlanta, 178 teachers & 44 schools so far caught advancing students that shouldn’t have. Standardized testing: creates a culture … Continue reading

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Facebook & Skype: Will Scholars Now Have Facebook Interviews?

For PC lovers, this is a win-win.  Why? Because Microsoft bought Skype, oh, a little less than two months ago. And Now, I do not have to even join Skype; I just need a camera and recording devices for my … Continue reading

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A #Pyeongchang in Global Politics: The 2018 Winter Olympics

Let the redeemed of YHWH say so, those he redeemed from troubleand gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.- Psalm 107:2-3   Today, South Korea became the second … Continue reading

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Ezra 8:21-23: John Howard Yoder and Jewish Pacifism

A Diasporic Hermeneutic of Peace “For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and calvary to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had to the king that the hand of our … Continue reading

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