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Elephant Test

There are variations of the “elephant test,” usually built around the dictionary definition of an elephant not having enough information to actually draw an elephant, in part because they are difficult to clearly and concisely describe… but you know an elephant when you see one. The “Elephant Test” I came up with recently was way […]

Posted byhowlingpuffinOctober 30, 2020November 2, 2020Posted inCurriculum2 Comments on Elephant Test

QofD: J. Katzman, the left’s game

For the longest time, I wondered “why can’t they just leave me the heck alone?” I figured a major part of tolerance was the understood reciprocal agreement to not bother one another. I’m OK, you’re OK. Good fences make good neighbors. Live and let live. That sort of thing was frequently said by the left, […]

Posted byhowlingpuffinJune 28, 2020Posted inCurriculum, Flawed Teaching, OSP1 Comment on QofD: J. Katzman, the left’s game

Zinn and the Rhetorical Question

One of the problems with Howard Zinn’s People’s History is his insidious use of rhetorical questions. He is a very good writer, and makes excellent use of the his rhetorical skills to hide his poor scholarship in order to push his hard-left views. Most students reading this book (or excerpts from it) are going to […]

Posted byhowlingpuffinNovember 30, 2019December 1, 2019Posted inCurriculumLeave a comment on Zinn and the Rhetorical Question

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