the intense dichotomy in America between the large amount of religion and the almost puritanical drive to remove the sentiment of "Merry Christmas" seems very bizarre.
If you can't see how obviously exclusionary "Merry Christmas" is to Jews, Muslims and Atheists, and how obviously saying "Merry Christmas" means "American theocracy", then obviously you're a racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic Conservative Christian who voted for Trump and Brexit!!
So help yourself to a very large glass of Christmas cheer, overeat on turkey and have a Merry Christmas.
Also what is it with America and it's allergy to saying Merry Christmas?
It's exclusionary to non-Christians, it reinforces the notion that the US is a Christian country, etc, etc ad nauseum.
You're trying to claim this person is more influential than the president?? That seems, um, optimistic.
Back when left wing activists started saying this in the 1980s, people would have said the same thing. Yet, now to say "Merry Christmas" is a big neon sign blinking, "I'm a racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic Conservative Christian."
So... yes, I do believe that she and her ilk are -- in the long run -- more influential than the President.
Politicians get people when they're grown. Educators get people when they're young and opinions/values are still forming. Her opinions are going to affect many more people than Trump will by pointing at a sign that says "Merry Christmas".
Remember the actual objective of a 1-st year introduction to programming course, it's not to assign jobs or decide grad schools, it's to teach the kids to program, give them good fundamentals in CS, and help filter them into the appropriate academic program.
Shockingly, though, it's possible to do that while "demonstrating white male heterosexual privilege". (I know, because a "Programming for Business Majors" class is what encouraged me to change into Comp Sci. Of course, I'm a privileged white male heterosexual...)
I lacks rigorous nature necessary to truly show someone was CS really is.
Because... rigor "(demonstrates) white male heterosexual privilege." STEM educators must "(look) to alternative conceptualizations for evaluating knowledge, welcoming diverse ways of knowing, doing, and being, and moving from compliance to engagement, from rigor to vigor."
When it's time to assign grades, Malan and his teaching fellows have lots of in-depth conversations about how each student has improved relative to where he or she started...
Because precious snowflakes can't handle the reality that computer programs are supposed to work?
asking students to self-identify by comfort level.
(You're employing a standard debating tactic of people without a good argument of their own: attack the opponent and try to change the subject. It won't work.)
I already think it's an excellent example. It's your job to come up with a better one if you think it's so bad.
And you still don't explain what it has to do with left and/or right wing
I never said it was. This is just an example of the tactic, and the ones which I've noticed use it frequently are the Left.
Last I checked, pregnancy didn't skip instantly from "fertilized egg" to 20 inch, 7.5 lb baby. There's a whole lot of growing in between. Thus, your counter-example is woefully poor.
And I have no idea what that has to do with left and right.
It's an example of redefining words to change people's minds.
I have a serious problem with this kind of article redefining what words mean
The Left has been doing it since at least the 1970s. For example, redefining abortion from killing babies to "excising tissue masses" and "freedom of choice".
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Let's go with things we have agreement on, and other things can be addressed later is too rational, and Democrats will block it because it was introduced by a Republican.
Slashdot Mirror
Lead shielding is for pussies.
the intense dichotomy in America between the large amount of religion and the almost puritanical drive to remove the sentiment of "Merry Christmas" seems very bizarre.
If you can't see how obviously exclusionary "Merry Christmas" is to Jews, Muslims and Atheists, and how obviously saying "Merry Christmas" means "American theocracy", then obviously you're a racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic Conservative Christian who voted for Trump and Brexit!!
So help yourself to a very large glass of Christmas cheer, overeat on turkey and have a Merry Christmas.
From one atheist to another... Merry Christmas! :)
floating a cock and bull story about mining sea floor "noudles[sic]" for rare metals
All the better because there are manganese nodules covering 70% of the ocean floor. It's a genius cover story!
Also what is it with America and it's allergy to saying Merry Christmas?
It's exclusionary to non-Christians, it reinforces the notion that the US is a Christian country, etc, etc ad nauseum.
You're trying to claim this person is more influential than the president?? That seems, um, optimistic.
Back when left wing activists started saying this in the 1980s, people would have said the same thing. Yet, now to say "Merry Christmas" is a big neon sign blinking, "I'm a racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic Conservative Christian."
So... yes, I do believe that she and her ilk are -- in the long run -- more influential than the President.
Politicians get people when they're grown. Educators get people when they're young and opinions/values are still forming. Her opinions are going to affect many more people than Trump will by pointing at a sign that says "Merry Christmas".
She's the head of the School of Engineering Education at a very respectable University (Purdue). That's a far step above "some rando on the internet".
Maybe Harvard students aren't as smart as they think they are. After all, Scientists Say that rich people aren't that wise...
Grading programs has never been easy.
Typically, and for this very reason, there are "Intro to $FOO" courses targeted at majors, and "Intro to $FOO for non-majors".
And I answered it immediately: It's an example of redefining words to change people's minds.
Obviously, you did not notice...
Remember the actual objective of a 1-st year introduction to programming course, it's not to assign jobs or decide grad schools, it's to teach the kids to program, give them good fundamentals in CS, and help filter them into the appropriate academic program.
Shockingly, though, it's possible to do that while "demonstrating white male heterosexual privilege". (I know, because a "Programming for Business Majors" class is what encouraged me to change into Comp Sci. Of course, I'm a privileged white male heterosexual...)
It already has: https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11524955&cid=55801275
Using this grading scale punishes someone who always tried the hardest material from the beginning and struggled with it
Maybe one day these uncomfortable snowflakes will learn not to do that.
I lacks rigorous nature necessary to truly show someone was CS really is.
Because... rigor "(demonstrates) white male heterosexual privilege." STEM educators must "(look) to alternative conceptualizations for evaluating knowledge, welcoming diverse ways of knowing, doing, and being, and moving from compliance to engagement, from rigor to vigor."
This is why Western Civilization is collapsing.
When it's time to assign grades, Malan and his teaching fellows have lots of in-depth conversations about how each student has improved relative to where he or she started...
Because precious snowflakes can't handle the reality that computer programs are supposed to work?
asking students to self-identify by comfort level.
Comfort???? I think I'm going to barf.
A fertilized egg is not a baby.
That's a statement, not a question asking for a justification.
It seems that you're the idiot for not knowing the difference.
Then make a better counter example ...
(You're employing a standard debating tactic of people without a good argument of their own: attack the opponent and try to change the subject. It won't work.)
I already think it's an excellent example. It's your job to come up with a better one if you think it's so bad.
And you still don't explain what it has to do with left and/or right wing
I never said it was. This is just an example of the tactic, and the ones which I've noticed use it frequently are the Left.
A fertilized egg is not a baby.
Last I checked, pregnancy didn't skip instantly from "fertilized egg" to 20 inch, 7.5 lb baby. There's a whole lot of growing in between. Thus, your counter-example is woefully poor.
And I have no idea what that has to do with left and right.
It's an example of redefining words to change people's minds.
who's gonna get convicted for not:
1. validating that they're securable, and
2. then securing them?
I have a serious problem with this kind of article redefining what words mean
The Left has been doing it since at least the 1970s. For example, redefining abortion from killing babies to "excising tissue masses" and "freedom of choice".
I'm pretty sure -- no, make that REALLY SURE -- that's not the definition of Communism.
Not only that, but the most dedicated Communists have always been the educated children of the middle and upper classes.
then why are they still poor?
Phosgene makes us feel, too. Send up a few hundred tanks!!!
this seems to be a legitimate news story.
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Long Blockchain Corp. Withdraws S-1 Registration Statement
December 21, 2017
Farmingdale, NY (December 21, 2017) â" Long Blockchain Corp. (NasdaqCM: LTEA) (the âoeCompanyâ) today announced that it has withdrawn its previously filed S-1 registration statement relating to a proposed underwritten public offering, which was filed on November 11, 2017. Earlier this morning, the Company announced that it has approved changing its name from âoeLong Island Iced Tea Corp.â to âoeLong Blockchain Corp.â and is shifting its primary corporate focus towards the exploration of and investment in opportunities that leverage the benefits of blockchain technology.
Let's go with things we have agreement on, and other things can be addressed later is too rational, and Democrats will block it because it was introduced by a Republican.