Wordchamp lets you view foreign-language web pages with definitions in your language as mouseovers (registration-only).
posted on Jul 5, 2008 - View this thread

Belief and knowledge - a primer on science communication
posted on Feb 26, 2007 - View this thread

The end of cursive? When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2006, just 15 percent of the almost 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive. The rest? They printed. Block letters. "Cursive -- that is so low on the priority list, we really could care less. We are much more concerned that these kids pass their SOLs [standardized tests]."
posted on Oct 11, 2006 - View this thread

Next step: English Video helping kids learn roman script
posted on Aug 20, 2006 - View this thread

When taking lessons in English from the BBC, be sure to follow up with remedial "playground-speak"
posted on Jun 12, 2006 - View this thread

There are 7 words you can't say in kindergarden. Caution: contains foul language and political thought.
posted on Jul 16, 2005 - View this thread

Welcome back, state's rights. As if Dubya's comments following his "ethnic" Cabinet appointments wasn't enough retrograde logic -- roughly: if blacks and hispanics (would only?) work hard and make the right choices in life -- he's now using language that has been used to mask agendas based on race from before the Civil War through the fight against integration. And it looks like that fight ain't over, if you read "states rights" in today's context to mean the right to spend public funds on getting (primarily) white kids out of (primarily) black schools.
posted on Jan 6, 2001 - View this thread

I challenge you to help me learn Tok Pisin
Mi laik i harim Tok Pisin. Olgeta manmeri i tokim long Tok Pisin long Papua Niugini. Mi laik i lukim na stap long PNG! That was some poor Tok Pisin. Tok Pisin is a Melanesia pidgin language extensively used in Papua New Guinea. Help me learn more! Post links for Tok Pisin language learning here!
posted on Oct 24, 2000 - View this thread

First it was safety scissors. Now we can all sleep safer knowing we are safe from dangerous words. Weren't schools rewarding honor students at some point, or is my memory bad? (via obscurestore)
posted on Mar 14, 2000 - View this thread