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In 2008 a school Camden, NJ forced students to eat their lunch off the floor for 2 weeks after a child accidentally spilled water while refilling a water cooler. 7 students won a $500,000 legal settlement. The vice principal has since transferred. The children’s teacher was fired after encouraging them to tell their parents about […]
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Even for folks who grew up speaking English, the language can be troublesome on occasion (like, all the time). There are tons of pairs of words – lay and lie, who and whom, affect and effect, and yes, farther and further – that just trip people up all the time.
As far as farther and further go, well, we’ve got some thoughts on how you can easily choose the correct word for the correct situation.
It’s easy enough to see why they’re confusing – the describe similar situations and there’s only one letter difference in the spelling. But even though they’re often used as if they’re the same word, grammatically, doing so is not correct.
Though both farther and further are related to progress, it’s the type of progress that lets you choose the correct option.
Farther is reserved to describe physical distance (the car was farther down the street than the taxi), while further is used in figurative or non-exact scenarios (the understudy took over before we got further into the performance).
An easy trick for remembering lies in the first three letters of the words – specifically farther.
Far is associated with physical distance, which should remind you to use it when you’re describing things that can be measured that way.
There are still situations that are trickier than others, but if you want to try your best to use the right word, choose further when you’re not sure – there will be more scenarios that fall under “harder to define” distances or space rather than exact ones.
And if you screw up, well, you’re not alone. The most accomplished of writers have just been winging it for years.
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Many of us are looking for ways to better and improve ourselves, and so much the better if we can do it from the safety and comfort from our own homes. And not only is Yale offering a few courses online for free, they’re offering one in particular that’s so, so applicable to life as we currently know it.
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Their “The Science fo Well-Being” course (offered through Coursera), helps us answer questions like, “why are we so bad at predicting what will make us happy” and “how can we figure out what actually does the trick?”
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Basically, we all know that money and career success doesn’t necessarily make people happier – but we also don’t exactly know what does.
The 10-week course that promises to help you figure it out consists of about 2-3 hours of reading and videos per week, and allows you to work at your own pace, in case you want to cram a bunch of it into a weekend.
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Psychology professor Laurie Santos teachers the class, and leads students through research on how we’re wired to think about our own well-being, and to help you learn how to implement that knowledge to increase happiness in your life.
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If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the vague advice to “be happier,” this task-oriented course that’s geared toward building better habits at home might be exactly what you’ve been looking for – and former students, who have rated the class a 4.9 out of 5 stars (3731 of them) all but agree that it works.
Sounds like a pretty productive way to spend 20 hours of your life if you ask me!
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We live in an uncertain world right now and we hear the terms “fake news” and “alternative facts” thrown around quite a bit.
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This is one of the weirdest facts I’ve ever seen.
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And I guess I’m gonna get a PhD…
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And look what he did with it!
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That sounds absolutely terrifying.
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That’s pretty crazy.
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The Man in Black sure didn’t.
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A brilliant maneuver.
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Did you know this?
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Mother Nature surprises us on a daily basis.
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But people didn’t follow her advice.
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There are only two kinds of people in this world, those who do work in a group project, and those who watch other people do work and then take the credit.
If we’re being honest, we’ve probably been both to some degree, which is ok, as long as you don’t take it to extremes. You know… like do nothing and try to cut out the person who did all the work. Because if you’ve done that… well, stop reading now. This post is LITERALLY about you.
Yes friends… you might just find yourself ensnared in the cunning trap of a motivated student who’s not ready to put up with your garbage. Enter Reddit user sara19 on the ProRevenge page with their tale of a thorough take-down of some classmates who wouldn’t pull their weight.
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Source: saria19 on Reddit
Personally, I’ve never understood people who want to take the time and money to go to college but don’t want to put any effort into learning things while they’re there. Learning IS fun. Being smart IS fun.
But hey, you do you… enjoy the next 20 years of student debt, I guess. Hope you had some good parties.
Have you ever had to deal with a situation like this? Tell us about it in the comments.
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In 2016, a Detroit school was so understaffed that an 8th grader taught math to his own classmates and to the 7th grade for an entire month.
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In 2010, Philadelphia school authorities surreptitiously and remotely activated webcams embedded in school issued laptops the students were using at home in order to spy on the students. They even disciplined a student for his “improper” behavior at home.
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Despite having a PHD in statistics, Carl Gugasian, the most prolific bank robber in American history AKA the Friday Bank Robber, chose a life of crime because he feared that he would never find a job due to spending 2 years in prison as a teenager for robbing a candy store.
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Gabe Sonnier, started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.
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Instead of “pass/fail” Japanese students used to receive college entrance exam results via telegram with a message, “cherry blossoms are blooming” (pass), or “cherry blossoms are falling” (fail).
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