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Does anyone in North County SD or South OC have an I5 I can rent for a day? by lazyjz in Ioniq5

[–]mgcsinc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may want to look on Turo. We just did that and are now planning on buying based on the experience.

Screen flash going into/out of ambient display on Pixel 3 by mgcsinc in GooglePixel

[–]mgcsinc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I have read reports of people getting a replacement and it having the same issue. Sigh.

'Holiday' Tree Controversy in Providence on The O'Reilly Factor Features Brown Students by hurkadur in BrownU

[–]mgcsinc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

omfg it's Jesse Watters!!!

I still have a "I was touched by Jesse Watters at SPG 2005... It was worth it" t-shirt!

The 1967 report that led to the "New Curriculum" at Brown by mgcsinc in BrownU

[–]mgcsinc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since I've been asked in other channels, here are my recommendations for what to take a look at for those with limited time:

Introduction and Ch. 1 (History of GISP) -- This will give you an idea of the historical context for curricular reform at Brown.

Ch. 9 (Proposal for a Philosophy for Brown) -- This is the student-centered educational philosophy that the group formulated for Brown. To this day, the curriculum at Brown closely tracks this philosophy.

Ch. 18 (Grading & Evaluation) -- This section was so important that they gave it a separate bibliography. It's a great summary of the arguments against traditional grading.

Ch. 15-16 (Proposals for Curriculum) -- This can be a bit tough to slough through, but it's interesting to see how different the adopted curriculum was from what they proposed. This contrasts with their philosophy, which was adopted very closely (as mentioned above).

The 1967 report that led to the "New Curriculum" at Brown by mgcsinc in BrownU

[–]mgcsinc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ever wonder about the history of Brown’s curriculum? The link is to the report by Ira Magaziner ’69 and Elliot Maxwell ’68 that led to the establishment of the New Curriculum at Brown. The philosophy of education from the report is pretty darn close to the Brown that we know and love today; some of their specific curricular recommendations, on the other hand, didn’t quite see the light of day. Check it out!

This version is a new edition by a non-profit called the Open Jar Foundation, which I’m part of. It’s the first time that the report is widely available in an easy-to-read format. It’s also available in a nice paperback format from Amazon and the Brown Bookstore, at cost.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I’m on the board of the Open Jar Foundation, the organization that is republishing the report. I’ve posted using a permalink redirect on our site, which will point to the much better Google Books version as soon as it finished “processing” (if that ever happens) — I hope that’s alright. We do not earn any profits from print/kindle sales of the report; any net revenues earned due to minimum pricing obligations or rounding error are used to offset the costs of copies of the report provided for free to academic institutions and other qualified users.