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Comment Re:I've always struggled reading analogue clocks (Score 1) 167

Calculation are done with a different system, a slower system, than is normal time recognition on an analog clock.

FWIW, I have no trouble reading an analog clock, but I strongly dislike using polar coordinates, even while I recognize that in some situations they are valuable. They aren't the same skill.

Comment Re: This is a parody, right? (Score 1) 167

Even if it's explicitly taught, if it isn't used it will be forgotten...unless the teaching is continued for a long time.

E,g,, at one point I could read German with fair fluency. (Not good, but fair. It never became enjoyable.) These days, I could barely say "That is the oldest car around here.". And I couldn't spell it.

Comment Re:Thiink about that for a minute... (Score 1) 167

At this point I’d love to have a Harvard educated Civics professor explain exactly what the US Department of Education actually does. To the US Department of Education.

Gives out money for special ed, sets standards, and makes sure schools aren't discriminating against black kids (you don't think they would actually do that, do you?)

Comment Re:Bad news for grifters and the UN (Score 5, Informative) 94

Noting that it is good to hear that individual happiness and well being are not correlated to how much money you have.

That's not what the study said. The study said that happiness is not correlated to inequality. Inequality is different than how much money you have.

If you're going to criticize a study, at least think first.

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