BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "education" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2008 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:45 -0500 nomail@example.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) nomail@example.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Ten Awkward Sex Education Characters http://75.101.183.223/rd?type=100&user=andrearosen&buzz=ten-awkward-sex-education-characters-136&c=7C4TB7&u=77XN7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fandrearosen%2Ften-awkward-sex-education-characters-136%2F&rd=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fandrearosen%2Ften-awkward-sex-education-characters-136%2F

Link: http://www.listicles.com/2009/03/10-a...

I can't tell if a character called “Condoman” and anatomically correct stuffed toys are NSFW or just a sad, sad commentary on the state of American sex education.

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]]> http://buzzfeed.com/andrearosen/ten-awkward-sex-education-characters-136 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:08:44 -0400 Pre-Chewed Pencils http://75.101.183.223/rd?type=100&user=letizia&buzz=pre-chewed-pencils-26p&c=73VKG7&u=7CG7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fletizia%2Fpre-chewed-pencils-26p%2F&rd=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fletizia%2Fpre-chewed-pencils-26p%2F

Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/...

A U.K. based design firm Concentrate is attempting to help kids concentrate with pre-chewed pencils. Now you are definitely out of excuses for not getting started on that novel/screenplay/GRE Prep workbook. Cheeky novelties aside Concentrate is developing innovative products by identifying the reasons students might be distracted, uncomfortable or unable to focus.

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The Best Links:

  1. Concentrate - Design For Education
  2. Pre-chewed Pencils by Concentrate
]]> http://buzzfeed.com/letizia/pre-chewed-pencils-26p Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:46:04 -0500 National Punctuation Day! http://75.101.183.223/rd?type=100&user=ries&buzz=national-punctuation-day-6y&c=71K2C7&u=71MQ7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fries%2Fnational-punctuation-day-6y%2F&rd=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fries%2Fnational-punctuation-day-6y%2F

CULTURE BUZZ: Happy National Punctuation Day, the holiday that reminds everybody that “a semicolon is not a surgical procedure”!!! So use your commas, hyphens, parenthesis, and “quotation marks” generously, copy editors have been forewarned.

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  1. National Punctuation Day
  2. Happy National Punctuation Day! Did You Get Me a Present?
  3. National Punctuation Day Special: Language Facts & Figures
  4. Punctuation Art
  5. Have Some Fun With Punctuation!
  6. Punctuation Meat Loaf (pdf)
]]> http://buzzfeed.com/ries/national-punctuation-day-6y Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:55:12 -0400 The Rubber Room http://75.101.183.223/rd?type=100&user=buzz&buzz=The_Rubber_Room&c=7KY97&u=7BA7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fbuzz%2FThe_Rubber_Room%2F&rd=http%3A%2F%2Fbuzzfeed.com%2Fbuzz%2FThe_Rubber_Room%2F

MOVIE BUZZ: The rubber room in the NYC public school district is where they send teachers who get in trouble, but not enough to fire them. It’s also the subject of a new documentary that looks pretty interesting and is currently trying to amass funding. It’s like purgatory for teachers. Kind of like how high school is hell for teenagers.

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  1. The Official Movie Site
  2. Listen to a Story about NYC Rubber Rooms on NPR’s “This American Life”
  3. NY Post Wants to Know: “Why is the city paying 757 people to do nothing?”
  4. Rubber Rooms for Teachers and Retirement Homes for Chimps
  5. This Is Quite the Taxpayer Expense…
  6. The Trailer Looks Interesting
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