In Case you are Still Unsure, Trickle Down Economics is a Sham
Republicans in the US have been selling a sham for decades and it's called Trickle Down Economics. Why is it a sham? Have a read of this blog post and the dozens of references within.
Something Really Strange and Curious About the Nepali People…as Revealed by Census Data
The pattern in Nepal's population distribution by single year age, whether one from 1961 or 2011, is peculiar! They have spikes and there's a pattern to them--two too! So the question is why?
Of course, such patterned spikes in age distribution data do NOT generally exist because there's NO reason to!
Caste in Nepal (and India) Can be Triggering. What And How? Depends
Nepali society suffers greatly from the legacies of our long casteist history. One of the legacies is that caste can be triggering. What it triggers and how depends on the individual and more importantly on their caste. However, the abysmally poor quality of education system and poor level of education of the population of Nepal means that most don't know much about that, and worse react inappropriately when those who are triggered speak up.
BUT those who don't know, can learn about all that from those small numbers who are speaking up. All that is required of them is to listen! That's it.
We have a Competition in Nepal…A Competition Among Educators to Give Their Academic Institution The MOST Ridiculous Name
From 1990 onwards, we've has a competition in Nepal...a competition among educators to give their academic institution the MOST ridiculous and/or absurd name. I know because, noticing it, I did a write-up on it and even stalked about it in my FM radio program in 1998. So, after three decades, who is winning? All of them...and naturally education is losing out.
Notes from the Nineties: Educational Institutions and the Ridiculous
Something on education I appear to have written in 1997-98 when I was in Nepal for a longish stay. It's basically some observations about education in Nepal--mainly how appears to be on a path it shouldn't be.
College Papers: Analysis of “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”
Coming across old digital records and documents, I have decided to reproduce many of them in my blog. This is a paper I wrote for my English Literature class as an undergraduate student at Grinnell College from 1990 to 1994. The paper is an analysis of a profound short story by the author Le Guin. The story is about some crucial aspect of the human condition.
Risky Business
Another reproduction of a short story I wrote as a student in Nepal-- this one as a 9th grader. I happen to have a copy of it because I still own a copy of the issue of the school magazine in which it was published!
My Work for the Giant
Reproduction of a story I wrote as maybe a 7th grader in an on-the-spot short-story writing contest. I reproduce it here because the story won first prize!
College Papers: Adaptations of Amazon Rainforest Mundurucu Culture to External Influences
Coming across old digital records and documents, I have decided to reproduce many of them in my blog. This is a paper I wrote for my Introduction to Anthropology class as an undergraduate student at Grinnell College from 1990 to 1994. The paper describe how an ancient culture in the Amazon Rainforest, Munduruc culture, evolved in response to external forces.
College Papers: On The Existence of God
Coming across old digital records and documents, I have decided to reproduce many of them in my blog. This is a paper I wrote for my Introduction to Philosophy class as an undergraduate student at Grinnell College from 1990 to 1994. The paper exploring the question of the existence of the God, compares and contrasts the opinions of the philosophers David Hume and Rene Descarte.