What Should Children Read? Less Literature, More Nonfiction?
From an opinion piece by Sarah Mosle in the New York Times-
Teachers accused in test-taking fraud that spans 3 states, 15 years
“…hired-test takers went to testing centers, showed the proctor the fake license, and passed the certification exam… Then, the aspiring teacher used the test score to secure a job with a public school district,”
And what do we take away from this?
“Prosecutors and standardized test experts say students were hurt the most by the scheme because they were being taught by unqualified teachers.”
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God's Design for Holy Eating
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“Promoting neither legalism nor vegetarianism, Holy Cow! gently challenges you to take a fresh look at how you live out your faith.” - Holy Cow! by Hope Egan. Read the Prologue.
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The "Benevolent Sexism" at Christian Colleges
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“… authors of ‘Women Faculty at an Evangelical University: The Paradox of Religiously Driven Gender Inequalities and High Job Satisfaction’ attribute this paradox to ‘benevolent sexism’ and the high value evangelicals place on personal relationships.”
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Prayer, submission and government authority
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“The words ‘tranquil’ and ‘quiet’ refer to the submissive and peaceable attitude that ought to characterize a Christian’s attitude toward those who are in civil authority.”
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MBBC sends Sandy relief team
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Internet side effects? "I was losing my ability to concentrate"
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The Internet and Brain Science: Interview with Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
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Liar!
Why are some people so eager to call others’ inaccurate statements “lies”?
Since we’re about a week from a major election, the word “lie” is, as usual, getting an intense work out. But this phenomenon isn’t unique to election year politics. Over and over, and in a variety of settings, I’ve observed this: people encounter what they see as falsehood and immediately leap to the judgment that someone is lying—and say so.
I’ve always found this behavior puzzling, and sometimes head-against-wall maddening. Are these accusers unable to see that everyone (including themselves) is sincerely wrong about one thing or another nearly all the time? Have they managed to miss the memo that to err is human?
Maybe it’s a failure to adjust for bias. Could they really believe that if they dislike someone, or strongly disapprove of his ideas or actions, they are entitled to judge his character by a completely different standard than they use against themselves? Could they really not realize that if they want others to judge their character generously, they should judge the character of others generously?
Or do they just not know what a lie really is?
Sadly, opportunities to talk to people in the act of leaping to the “liar!” judgment haven’t shed much light on how they arrived at that conclusion. To them, it was just obvious.
Mysteries aside, it’s clear that Christians ought to be soberly and humbly cautious about characterizing others as “lying” or “liars.” Here’s why.
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