Tag Archive 'Teachers'

The joy of teaching

Bookworm on Jul 31 2008 | Filed under: Uplifting stories

I think most of us watched Randy Pausch’s last lecture, delivered when he was retiring due to terminal cancer.  Although the cancer finally claimed Pausch, the messages about getting the most out of life, about living with joy and immediacy, linger on.  Charles Lipson, himself a teacher, concludes that Pausch not only taught life lessons, [...]

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Not that France ever had free speech as we understand it….

Bookworm on Jun 03 2008 | Filed under: Education, France, Free speech

. . . but this is sad:
Brigitte Bardot was convicted Tuesday of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying France.
A Paris court also handed down a $23,325 fine against the former screen siren and animal rights campaigner. The court also ordered Bardot to pay $1,555 in damages to MRAP.
Bardot’s lawyer, Francois-Xavier [...]

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