Adventures in Lessons

1 in 10 children in the United States become non-readers after they forget how to write. Some never forget how to write at all, preferring not to learn in the first place.  Scientists studying the phenomenon, and it IS a phenomenon (you can't take that away from them) have pointed their fingers collectively at early cognitive behavioural issues that stem from basically when a child can't read.  But what I'm here to tell you is if you can THINK, then you can WRITE. Because, unbeknownst to many editors, bloggers, celebrities, journalists and especially politicians, writing IS thinking.  Think about it. When you think a word, you are writing the word in your brain. But where does it go? Unlike on the printed page, words written in our minds are never published anywhere. So if you don't write down your thoughts, how do you know you are even thinking? This is why the world's foremost intellectuals, from Foucault to Beyoncé, all write down their thoughts the instant they ...

HOW TO CAT PROOF YOUR BALCONY - 6 tips to cat proof your balcony.  The saying "cats will be cats" has never been more true since Wittgenstein defined tautology in 1921. But what have cats if a balcony is a place for them? It's a popular question, asked by literally everyone and will now be answered with the number of answers in this answer list. Remember, cats are cats.   Make your balcony not unsafe for cats. One of the worst aspects of a balcony for cats that fall off things is they are part of buildings that are high up. Despite persistent myths that "cats always land on their feet" and "cats can survive a fall from a second story building" and "cats are as cats do", science has shown us this is false. It is proven by both or indeed all of Myth Busters AND Jackson Galaxy. In fact, a study in 2011, in Berlin, by scientists, in a science lab, with real cats, from a representative sample of the population of cats in Berlin science labs, and ...