Minasuk/ May 14, 2016/ Uncategorized

What one of the greatest civilizations in history tells us about Donald Trump | Washington Post | May 2016 Andrew Sullivan is hardly the first to interpret current events through the teachings of Plato. The problem is that he takes Plato a little too literally.

Minasuk/ May 12, 2016/ Uncategorized

“I had to wear Pampers”: The cruel reality the people who bring you cheap chicken allegedly endure | Washington Post | May 2016 A new report by Oxfam America, an arm of the international anti- poverty and injustice group, alleges that poultry industry workers are “routinely denied breaks to use the bathroom” in order to optimize the speed of production.

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Minasuk/ May 6, 2016/ Uncategorized

This man sued his former company because his work was ‘too boring’ | Washington Post | May 2016 “I was ashamed to be paid to do nothing,” Desnard was quoted as saying by AFP. In an interview, he described the time as “hell” and “a nightmare,” which caused multiple health issues, including “epilepsy, ulcers, sleep problems and serious depression.”

Minasuk/ May 6, 2016/ Uncategorized

The 7 things new college students don’t know that drive professors crazy | Washington Post | May 2016 I’ve been teaching for 16 years, first as a high school English teacher, then at the college level for the past four years. I know how tricky the move from high school to college is. While secondary schools pour their resources into

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Minasuk/ October 21, 2015/ Uncategorized

Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting. | Washington Post | October 2015 “Give me liberty, or give me death.”Woman in a Meeting: “Dave, if I could, I could just — I just really feel like if we had liberty it would be terrific, and the alternative would just be awful, you know?

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Minasuk/ July 10, 2014/ Uncategorized

A’s for Everyone! | Washington Post | June 2005 “Why was I given a B as my final grade?” demanded a reporting student via e-mail. “Please respond ASAP, as I have never received a B during my career here at AU and it will surely lower my GPA.” I must say I was floored. Where did this kid get the

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