Newsletter
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By KBell in According to K
Better believe I clicked on this headline first thing Sunday morning: "The Dwindling Power of a College Degree." The NYT article identifies reasons why having a college degree no longer guarantees someone a comfortable, middle-class existence. Some reasons are obvious ...
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That time I forgot to wear pants to work...
By KBell in According to K
More than a few times I've darted up from bed at 3 a.m., convinced I just missed a school board meeting or some early-morning assignment. Quite often, I dream I forgot to submit a photo assignment or failed to put ...
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Gay penguins have rights, too!
By KBell in According to K
I came across this article today, which says the Toronto Zoo is planning on separating Pedro and Buddy, two penguins who for years have shown homosexual mating behaviors. Though zoo keepers don't tend to identify their mating calls, frolicking and ...
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By KBell in According to K
I'm much more inclined to dress up as the Energizer Bunny than I am the Playboy Bunny. In fact, I dressed up as the Energizer Bunny one year when I was very young, decked out with the cool shades and ...
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Are these Halloween costumes racist?
By KBell in According to K
"We're a culture, not a costume." That's the message Ohio University's Students Teaching About Racism in Society are trying to convey with a new campaign just in time for Halloween. Posters featuring photos of a geisha, a Hispanic in a ...
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By KBell in According to K
Whew! President Obama is expected to announce a new plan to help college students climb out of debt. Part of the plan includes tweaking the Income-Based Repayment Plan. Grads now on the plan pay 15 percent of their monthly discretionary ...
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By KBell in According to K
It should perhaps not be surprising that this week's Advocate Top Teacher was nominated by a student who's 13 years removed from the teacher's classroom. Teachers are in a unique position to shape so many lives so dramatically, their impact ...
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By KBell in According to K
Tomorrow morning, I have the honor of visiting a woman, who so far, I've only heard about from her proud, proud, proud husband. I don't want to give too much of the story away, but she is a local woman ...
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By KBell in According to K
There's a fifth-grade memory that haunts me to this day. I was a speller -- one hell of a speller in my day, and at a very young age, I'd made it my purpose in life to earn 100 percent ...
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Hachoo!: 'Bless you' banned in class
By KBell in According to K
Sneezing in one California classroom won't earn any polite "bless you's" -- at least not from students concerned about their grades. Turns out a Fresno, Calif. teacher has banned the saying in his classroom, even going so far as to ...