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Jul 23, 2019
1 min

Writing from my past

I was reminded, so I looked and then found one of my old pieces published in The Chalcedon Report back in 2002. I remember that I was res...

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Troy Kinney

Nov 27, 2018
1 min

Two Ways to Read?

I think there are some interesting things in this piece by Zat Rana: There Are Two Ways to Read — One Is Useless My immediate problem as ...

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Troy Kinney

Oct 24, 2018
2 min

Captain America - Winter Soldier

I found the two following excerpts from the dialogue of the movie quite interesting. I thought they might be worth some discussion, espec...

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Troy Kinney

Aug 20, 2018
1 min

No More Bible Stories

In teaching public high school literature there are very often ideas writers share and connect that are allusions to other literary works...

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Troy Kinney

Aug 20, 2018
5 min

Mr. Anderson, English 102

The second semester of my freshman year in college I had an interesting English prof. His name was Mr. Anderson. He loved to pick on the...

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The Science of Teaching? Part 3: "Killing the Golden Goose"

Troy Kinney

Apr 17, 2018
2 min

The Science of Teaching? Part 3: "Killing the Golden Goose"

It is as if experts in educational practices believe that teaching can be boiled down to a paint by numbers exercise. They've study the ...

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The Science of Teaching? Part 2: Quantifying

Troy Kinney

Apr 15, 2018
2 min

The Science of Teaching? Part 2: Quantifying

The funny thing about art is that it is called art for a reason. Things that are not art will never be art, like reprints (of art), pain...

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The Science of Teaching? Part 1-Painting Parties

Troy Kinney

Apr 11, 2018
3 min

The Science of Teaching? Part 1-Painting Parties

Easels are ready to go, equipped with awaiting canvases. Corks pop and wine flows. The smiles are genuine but the nervous anticipation as...

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The Little Prince and Our Modern Educational Practice

Troy Kinney

Oct 26, 2016
8 min

The Little Prince and Our Modern Educational Practice

Can she get accepted into Werth Academie? The Little Girl had to answer the One Big Question.

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