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Hi, If possible, please change my username to 'patera_silk'. The reason is that I'm trying to reduce my Internet presence (too much content associated with certain usernames). (Also, I would really appreciate it if you didn't log the change in the first post; I don't have any intention of...

robalo: #1) This is probably just personal experience, I suppose. #2) Group work has the potential to be conducive towards learning and education. Regardless, the groupwork I often find myself forced into is with involuntarily chosen group members; surely, if I were to be in a group with those...

This thread seems to have received a level of activity which I am unaccustomed to. I'll try to respond to the general points which have been brought up. One problem which I've noticed in all of my classes is the blend of students (as mentioned by AuraStUrm); the students who are in school...

Quite true. Then again, the fact that we must self-educate ourselves says something about America's education.

Education is the stem of society; it really goes without saying that education is one of the most vital parts of any civilization. It seems to me, however, as though America's pre-college education (grades 1 to 12) are suffering from an appalling lack of quality; it is an universally accepted...