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Product reviews for those who yearn to learn; a breakdown of the best back-to-school supplies, test prep manuals, online study tools and other resources for students and teachers alike.
The Evolution of the Timmies Lid
I distinctly recall these older flap-like, waffle-grooved, peel-back Tim-Hortons lids. And though it’s been years since I last saw the original lid, it’s hard to forget the mess they actually made: just consider your car cup holder at the slightest road dip on your commute through the mountains.
By Delusions of Grandeur 16 days ago in Education
The Relational Ontology of Personhood. AI-Generated.
Core Thesis Reality is intelligible through ordered relation. To identify anything as a determinate thing is to locate it within distinctions, boundaries, conditions, and modes of relation that make it the kind of thing it is. A thing is not understood merely by naming that it exists. It is understood by asking what it is, where it exists, when it exists, how it exists, what relations make that mode of existence possible, and whether its mode of being rises to the level of personhood.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast21 days ago in Education
Andreas Szakacs Travels to Somalia to Tell the Stories of Children Fighting for an Education
Andreas Szakacs Travels to Somalia to Tell the Stories of Children Fighting for an Education A documentary journey exploring education, resilience, and the dreams of children growing up against extraordinary challenges.
By Andreas szakacs29 days ago in Education
Are Silver Britannias Worth Buying? An Honest Look at Britain’s One-Ounce Bullion Coin
There is a moment that arrives for almost every steady silver buyer, and it usually happens at a kitchen table. The tube is open. The coins are laid out on a folded towel, because you learned early not to set silver down on bare wood. You have been buying the same American Silver Eagle for years, one order at a time, the way some people buy savings bonds.
By Stefan Gleason29 days ago in Education
Is It Okay to Store Silver in Ziploc Bags? The Honest Technical Answer
A man buys twenty silver rounds, drops them into a zip-top sandwich bag, presses the seal, and puts the bag in a drawer. Four years later he opens it and finds the rounds gone gray at the edges, a few of them fogged over completely. He concludes what most people conclude: the bag did it. The plastic was the problem.
By Stefan Gleasonabout a month ago in Education
Should You Sell Your Old Silver Dollars? The Questions Worth Asking Before You Decide
Let's say someone handed you a collection of silver dollars — from a parent, a grandparent, maybe someone who had a habit of squirreling away "real money" in a way that seemed eccentric at the time. Or maybe you bought them years ago when silver was much cheaper, and now you're wondering whether this is the moment to take some profit.
By Stefan Gleasonabout a month ago in Education
