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The root of educational failure

Posted by Shawn Olson on Nov 17, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 2, 2011

The reason public education suffers is because the primary participants (students and parents), do not share a love for learning.

why schools fail, educational problems, education, curriculum

MisCon 25

My Adventure with Onkel Sven.

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jun 5, 2011 | Last Updated Jun 15, 2017

I traveled to Missoula, Montana with John Dalmas to participate in MisCon 25. I met several interesting characters including William Warren Jr, James Burk, Jim Glass and others.

miscon, missoula, montana, sci-fi, scifi, science fiction convention, john dalmas

The art of judging

Posted by Shawn Olson on Jan 9, 2003 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

The art of judging has been undermined by misinterpretations of historic flaws in judging.

cultural relativism, social assessment, judging, judgment, good versus bad,

PHP Traits for Implementing Interfaces

Posted by Andrew Penry on Aug 13, 2013 | Last Updated Aug 13, 2013

PHP 5.4 introduced traits. Traits are in many ways like code-assisted copy and paste. They are ways to mix code into a class without inheritance. But what are they good for? When should they be used?

PHP 5.4, trait, interface, abstract, oop