Jwill's Log

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A former Harvard University senior is facing 20 criminal charges for allegedly creating a fraudulent life history that led to his admission to Harvard, and for using forged academic materials from Harvard when he applied for the prestigious Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships.

Just shameful. I hope he has to pay all that money back to the schools and organizations that awarded it to him, because he truly did “steal” it. Even worse, he took the spot of someone who probably legitimately could have gone to the school.

Thanks to my girlfriend for this one – it’s a really good video on how to change word problems to actually encourage real problem solving rather than just blindly looking for the formula.

So why isn’t there enough space to fit this in the event bubble? (Just add a space and a • or something to get the whole thing to show.)

Source: boston.com
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A really awesome article on how traffic lights work. Give it a read if you’re into this kind of stuff.

Source: boston.com
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The major question this article asks:

Could anti-bullying programs be more successful if they dropped their primary focus on bullies and victims and instead took aim directly at the sidekicks and other key members of the bully’s posse? After all, if a supportive audience is what fuels the bully, wouldn’t the sidekicks be the most logical place to try to choke off that oxygen supply?

Definitely give it a quick skim; it’s a long one.