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    I believe in energy but not god.

    Something created all of that. We can infer it was a someone. Maybe theistic evolution? Carl Sagan said something along the lines of "If there is...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Jan 8, 2017 in forum: Religion & Spirituality
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    Scrap the exams from the education system?

    I agree. Every student is different and standardized tests never capture what a given student really knows or is capable of. Mastery-based...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Jan 8, 2017 in forum: Education
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    Do you think it is possible to stay calm in all situations?

    I love the quote. There is so much truth to it. However, at the same time, we know that feelings tell us something about what is happening in the...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 10, 2016 in forum: Philosophy
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    Do you think it is possible to stay calm in all situations?

    It is possible to remain calm in all situations. It may not be probable in a less-than-perfect world. Outside of a perfect world, there are...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 10, 2016 in forum: Philosophy
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    What dictates how we live or think? Our brain structure or our environment.

    It is a bit of both, nature and nurture, according to most theorists and practitioners after the 20th century. Personality, bio-psych, and...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 10, 2016 in forum: Philosophy
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    Is College a Waste?

    A lot depends on the cost of the education. If the cost of getting someone to certify that you read six books a semester and took three multiple...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 10, 2016 in forum: Education
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    Is College a Waste?

    Presuming there is such a thing as higher education, and I am for the moment going to do that, I think it has always been education for its own...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 10, 2016 in forum: Education
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    Homeschool or Public School?

    Home school can be a wonderful option. Contacting the public school district superintendent in your local area may be a good place to start. He...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 8, 2016 in forum: Education
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    What's the difference between addiction and compulsion.

    Theories of abnormal psychology hold that compulsion is mental, or what is referred to as cognitive-behavioral in nature. They explain compulsion...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 8, 2016 in forum: Philosophy
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    Scrap the exams from the education system?

    There are schools and methods which have done away with exams in the sense of a pass-fail model. They are mastery based, and although there are...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 8, 2016 in forum: Education
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    I believe in energy but not god.

    I have always been impressed by the doctrines of eternal life, eternally existing intelligence, and with the no-fall universe that does not entail...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 8, 2016 in forum: Religion & Spirituality
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    I believe in energy but not god.

    There is a biography of Albert Einstein that contains a chapter entitled "Sensorium of God". It is interesting that many people who were...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 8, 2016 in forum: Religion & Spirituality
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    Scrap the exams from the education system?

    Yes, there are probably a great many things graduates will never use in everyday life or in a particular career path. The object of general...
    Post by: MA Fresia, Dec 5, 2016 in forum: Education
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    Parental Involvement in K-12 and Higher Ed Curriculum

    Is there market driving by special interests in the K-12 and higher education curriculum? If so, is it reaching students in a top- down fashion...
    Thread by: MA Fresia, Dec 5, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: Education