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Here’s a million dollars…now do you still want to go to school?

Posted on January 21, 2012 by marklangley

I ask my students students from time to time why they want to “get an education.” These days the expected answer is of course “so that I can get a good job and make a great deal of money.” “Great!” … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Fashion

Posted on December 29, 2011 by marklangley

One of my favorite scientists of all time is that “Homer of the insect world,” that “incomparable observer,” that Frenchman of voluminous knowledge and childlike wonder, Jean Henri Fabre! I just love reading Fabre with students. Unfortunately the “intellectual fashion”of … Continue reading →

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