tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post7535047818124840068..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: I Foresee "Issues"Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-2747964396245074092016-05-22T11:34:19.315-07:002016-05-22T11:34:19.315-07:00This issue has me really rethinking Trump since he...This issue has me really rethinking Trump since he is very much on record for letting men in the women's bathrooms. I may have to vote libertarian or just sit this one out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-89338634919528196162016-05-19T12:59:55.145-07:002016-05-19T12:59:55.145-07:00I'm guessing you meant this comment for a diff...I'm guessing you meant this comment for a different post :)Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-50547954762366262772016-05-19T09:25:44.432-07:002016-05-19T09:25:44.432-07:00I ran into this recently, by Richard Feynman (in s...I ran into this recently, by Richard Feynman (in spoken in 1964): “…the teaching of arithmetic – but if you try to find out what is really known about what is the better way to teach arithmetic, that some other way, you will discover there is an enormous number of studies and a great deal of statistics but they are disconnected from one another and they are mixtures of anecdotes, uncontrolled experiments and very controlled experiments, so that there is very little information as a result.” (From “Best of Richard Feynman) <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman<br /><br />I don’t think much has changed. I find this remarkable given that there must be at least 250 PhDs granted every year in the US – each requiring a thesis with associated research. Yet there is almost nothing about teaching that can be stated with any certainty.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258236137659205197noreply@blogger.com