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7 votes
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Middle-class millennials aren’t leaving home
20 votes -
In fastest-growing Texas, rural population is still declining
5 votes -
The fight to make Austin affordable
4 votes -
Why your kid loves the garbage truck so much
17 votes -
I worked for Alex Jones. I regret it
30 votes -
'A present from Norway and it's dead' – Christmas tree unites London in dismay
8 votes -
America's parents want paid family leave and affordable child care. Why can't they get it?
15 votes -
Paul Skalnik is a liar, a con artist and a snitch. The state of Florida is planning to execute a man based largely on his word.
13 votes -
40,000 festive shoppers to hit Swedish superstore – shoppers travel from afar to Gekås Ullared mega-mall, an institution that has its own reality TV show
4 votes -
What's the education system like in your country?
Ok I'll start: Brazil: here the schools are split between the fundamental level, which is 1-9th grade, which is then subdivided onto fundamental I and II, which range from 1-5th (ages 6-11) and...
Ok I'll start:
Brazil: here the schools are split between the fundamental level, which is 1-9th grade, which is then subdivided onto fundamental I and II, which range from 1-5th (ages 6-11) and 6-9th grades (ages 11-15) respectively. Then we have 'medium' level ("Ensino Médio") which goes from 10th-12th grade, and then we have a national test called ENEM, where everyone takes a test to be able to enroll in the many colleges/universities which accept it, where you then reach 'superior' class and take technical courses and the like.
Class goes from 7-12:20 Am for fundamental II and 1-5:20 pm for fundamental I. This is because each day is divided into six periods of 50 minutes (+a 20 minute break, like in most places) for the sake of making subject distribution easier.
There are 8 subjects in fundamental class, Portuguese (grammar), math, geography, history, science, physical education, English (still mostly grammar) and arts. (Unsurprisingly it's more about culture & music than how to draw)
In 'medium' class, 3 more subjects are added, which are biology, physics and chemistry.Funding for education is reserved for the states to decide, although it usually goes from 15-25% of total tax revenue.
16 votes -
In terms of reading test score points per hour of learning, Finnish students came out on top, followed by kids in Germany and Sweden
5 votes -
Is it OK if someone wants to live for years on a bench?
6 votes -
Teacher effects on student achievement and height: A cautionary tale
13 votes -
DEF CON 27 conference - Nina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso money mule
6 votes -
In some towns in Finland, one-person households are now a majority
9 votes -
Ukraine has become the 100th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration – a Norwegian initiative to make schools safer even during war
10 votes -
Why is childcare so expensive?
13 votes -
I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kids
14 votes -
South Carolina's system for magistrate judges is unlike any state in the country: judges can have less training than barbers but still decide thousands of cases each year
4 votes -
ICE creates fake US university, lures international students, collects money, arrests them
21 votes -
Katie Hill, the media, and the limits of revenge-porn laws
8 votes -
People of Chinese descent have long faced prejudice and violence in France. But today a new generation is staking out its rightful place in society
8 votes -
Relentlessly simplify
6 votes -
The homeownership obsession - How buying homes became a part of the American dream—and also a nightmare
35 votes -
Blame over justice: The human toll of the US Navy’s relentless push to punish one of its own
5 votes -
In Denmark, children's homes are places of stability, comfort and support – now a British entrepreneur is bringing the model to the UK
3 votes -
From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square
7 votes -
Baby boomers speaking to us from 1989
15 votes -
Car seat manufacturers and retailers suggest that secondhand ones are unsafe and that they expire every six years or so, but finding any data that supports this is difficult
16 votes -
For my series The Cold Swedish Winter I've spent the last four series cracking jokes about the Swedes – but what kind of thing makes the Swedes themselves laugh?
6 votes -
Burning Out: Search and rescue teams train for the worst conditions. But the worst conditions are getting worse. Are they ready for the next big disaster?
5 votes -
Puolanka was in the news for all the wrong reasons, so locals decided to embrace being the worst
8 votes -
Mexico ambush: How a US Mormon family ended up dead
8 votes -
Dogs don't understand basic concepts like moving
19 votes -
Peter Thiel's Religion
4 votes -
He was hijacked by pirates - and then mistaken for one. One man’s ordeal in the Gulf of Guinea, the world’s most dangerous shipping route
7 votes -
Bay Area students and teachers rally for school funding and Prop 13 reform
6 votes -
A test with no answer: No procedure exists that can prove virginity, yet dangerously unscientific virginity tests occur regularly—even in the United States
14 votes -
Roads from the Past - a short animated history of Britain's Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers
6 votes -
"Children and Politics" - a 3 minute interview with British children before the 1964 general election
This is short, but it demonstrates something that's been missing from tv for a while, which is the simple interview with children that recognises they are children but still takes them seriously...
This is short, but it demonstrates something that's been missing from tv for a while, which is the simple interview with children that recognises they are children but still takes them seriously as humans.
EDIT: Somehow I missed the main link, which goes to a BFI page here: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-children-and-politics-1964-online
There are some amazing old (1960s, 1970s) British tv interviews with children carried out by Harold Williamson. He asks children a question and then just lets them answer. There's no attempt to laugh at the children, and there's no attempt to say "zomg look at what this cute kid is saying".
A few clips here, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tq93b and there are probably more on Youtube: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tq93b
It's showing its age - "what would you do if your husbands went on strike? How would you run a household?" (asked of two girls) isn't acceptable.
7 votes -
Buying a car
I've found myself in the market for a vehicle, and am looking for opinions. What I currently drive is very old, and I'm unlikely to get any meaningful trade-in value for it. Normally I would...
I've found myself in the market for a vehicle, and am looking for opinions. What I currently drive is very old, and I'm unlikely to get any meaningful trade-in value for it. Normally I would simply look to repair what I consider to be a transportation appliance, but due to its age as well as the number and type of issues I've decided it's best to get rid of it. I've been interested in (and have been offered great deals on) the 2019 Nissan Rogue and 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid. I drove options from Honda and Hyundai and was not thrilled. I'm uncomfortable with the fact that there is a network connection to the machine that controls my brakes, acceleration, steering, and safety system in each of these vehicles. Does anyone have any general advice, opinions, or other options I should consider?
17 votes -
The fisherman's secret
5 votes -
Rich robbers: Why do wealthy people shoplift?
10 votes -
Let's talk bags
What are you using to carry your stuff? What stuff are you carrying? What's good/bad about it? What is your dream bag? Anything bag related is welcome.
26 votes -
Those people we tried to cancel? They’re all hanging out together
17 votes -
Avoid News - Towards a Healthy News Diet [pdf, 2010]
8 votes -
Know your Bluecheck: Immigration from the Inside
6 votes -
On October 24, 1975 over ninety percent of Icelandic women refused to work – to show how much society depended on women's labor, from farms and factories to the home
10 votes -
‘OK boomer’ marks the end of friendly generational relations
38 votes