Education: Profit at a Price?
EN Translation: Education dies because stupidity rules. Photo taken at Erfurt Railway Station Johann Friedrich Pestalozzi, a famous Swiss pedagogic theorist and educator once mentioned that it is of...
View ArticleTruth or Dare? The Guttenberg Story
Here’s a question worth pondering: Which of the professions in the world allows a person to lie the most and get away with it- that is as long as he is not caught doing it fearing that if so, he would...
View ArticleThe Guttenberg Story- update
In connection with the story that was written about the plagarism scandal that is affecting Germany’s defense minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg, here are the latest developments: 1. Guttenberg has...
View ArticleGuttenberg Resigns- A consequence for cheating
After two weeks of being bombarded with news headlines involving his plagarism scandal, an increasing chorus of politicians, academics and even people in general demanding that he relinquishes power,...
View ArticleBerlin Elections 2011: Turning Point in German Politics
The German-named “Superwahljahr 2011” (Super Elections of 2011- if one wants a rough translation) reached its climax on Sunday, as half of the 2.5 inhabitants of the city-state and Germany’s capital of...
View ArticleWulff steps down. Is the End of the Dream Coalition near?
At the beginning of the year, I submitted a piece on the changes scheduled to take place in 2012, which included the end of many eras, like the Euro and Germany’s Dream Coalition. This included...
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