Online Education
Studying is obviously not a thing young people enjoy doing. It would be true to say that the majority of adolescents prefer more active ways…
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The American Dream
By Nicholas Klacsanzky What is the American dream? It does not pertain only to immigrants, or even native-born citizens. It is rather an ideological premise…
Ego: The Scourge of Modern Society
By Nicholas Klacsanzky There are many scourges of modern society, such as consumerism, materialism, greed, vanity, racism, sexism, and more. However, I believe the most…
Why Students Should Be Allowed to Use Laptops in Class
For hundreds of years, education has been closely connected to writing. Professors had been writing down their lectures, and students had been keeping notes after…
What You Need to Know to Become an Illustrator
The Internet and the availability of education (at least in developed countries) has made it possible for people to pursue whatever careers they want. A…
History of Television
The television has been a cornerstone of entertainment, information, education, and more for generations. Most people, though, do not stop to think about how it…
Importance of Education
If there is one cornerstone that has been supporting the foundations of human civilization for the last five thousand years, I would say it is…
Why You Should Start Learning a Foreign Language
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, a Czech sociologist and philosopher, said once, “As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being.” It is…
In Search of Civilization: Remaking a Tarnished Idea
By Rob Clowes Civilisation is in many respects an unfashionable idea, or at least one that makes many people uncomfortable. Why do we feel this…
Are We Alone in the Universe?
By Richard Swan Imagine standing on the west coast of Ireland a thousand years ago, told to remain on guard against a potential invasion. Then…
The Importance of Postgraduate Education
For many young people, college is mostly a way to get the education they need for further professional activity. Some students study eagerly, others drudge…
Gadgets as a Means of Studying Foreign Languages
Only a few decades ago, studying a foreign language on one’s own was, mildly speaking, difficult. A person who decided to dedicate their time to…
How to Read Like a Writer
By Mike Bunn In 1997, I was a recent college graduate living in London for six months and working at the Palace Theatre owned by…
What You Need to Know When Starting to Learn Chinese
Several decades ago, people wanting to learn a foreign language tended to pay more attention to European languages: Spanish (probably because it is spoken by…
Defining “Nothing”
One of the trickiest things to define is “nothing.” Why is it difficult to define? Once you try to define “nothing,” it becomes something. Even…
Momentum
A conserved quantity of motion Your first encounter with the conservation of momentum may have come as a small child unjustly confined to a shopping…
The Most Difficult Languages to Learn
It is always good to be able to speak more than one language. Polyglots are valued assets in any company, and in general tend to…
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s first law: If the total force acting on an object is zero, its center of mass continues in the same state of motion. In…
Subjective and Objective Existence (Philosophy)
We are not our bodies, our thoughts, or our emotions. Before we are born, we do not decide on the body we will have. Our…
Ultimate Chess Match
I was the fool at school, a member of the “dumb class,” the mentally challenged. I was branded as incompetent in a politically-correct way: a…
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