Interesting Links for 28-03-2016

[andrewducker]

Anime girls: Aliens in disguise

(tags: aliens girls anime funny )

The (very funny) Worst of Awful Fantasy

(tags: fantasy funny )

What I wish Stephen Fry understood about mental health

(tags: mentalhealth stephenfry )

The research is clear, let’s ban elementary homework

(tags: school Education children )

My Feminism Will Be Pro-Sex-Work Or It Will Be Bullshit

(tags: feminism sexwork )

Why Standing in One Place Makes Your Legs More Sore Than Walking

(tags: pain blood exercise )

What Disney Princesses Would Look Like if People Would Stop Reimagining Them as Other Stuff?

(tags: Disney funny satire viaSwampers )

Comments

[movingfinger]

The homework study appears only to have looked at US children. There's a strong cultural element in the effectiveness of homework, though, isn't there? If there's an expectation that it should not occur, or that there are choices of other things to do, it becomes more of a burden and the parents don't support it. Surely requiring kids to work through problems, read, or answer questions outside the classroom context encourages more flexible usage of and access to what's learned in the classroom.