Brian Fink
@b_fink
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I herd middle-schoolers & milk goats. faith | family | farm-life | education | sometimes boxing
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Joined March 2018
RT @bennyjohnson: Ban all porn on X X is the town square No one wants pornography broadcast in the town square Please share if you wan…
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Most people, having gained power, work solely to retain it; most people, having lost it, work solely to regain it. That about sums things up.
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RT @walterkirn: Preserving social services is important. Fashioning a system which causes far fewer people to need them is all-important.
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More politicians should have read The Boy Who Cried Wolf when they were kids. There is no believing a liar, even when he tells the truth.
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Every seminarian should do a two year stint with the Swiss Guard.
Ivan Šarić, a former Swiss Guard, is now a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Saint Gallen in Switzerland.
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RT @Vermeullarmine: Judicial interference with legitimate acts of state, especially the internal functioning of a co-equal branch, is a vio…
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@JamesAFurey Do you find that weddings bring out the worst in you? If so, you might consider heeding wise counsel. Then again, you are a risk-taker sooooo....
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RT @TaraAnnThieke: The rejection of artistic realism in children's media is not studied; it's difficult enough to acknowledge overstimulati…
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Need one.
You are not really free until you can purchase this $10k Toyota truck in the U.S. Everything short of this is tyranny.
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The algorithm only shows you what you love and what you hate. No human being can live healthy in that world for very long.
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How come no one high-fived the robot?
Robot successfully hits a hole-in-one at the Phoenix Open.
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So true. In class discussion, my #1 follow-up to a student comment is, "Say more." I'm not asking them to literally say more words, I'm asking them to think more deeply about: 1) the question 2) their response 99% of the time, the students produce a higher quality answer.
Clear writing and clear speaking are simply outputs of clear thinking. @naval
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“We live in an age where everything is permitted and nothing is forgiven.” —Cardinal George
I cannot overstate how much I loathe this emotional blackmail pretending to be concern. My kids, god willing, will be risk takers. They won't think constantly about whether a flippant comment or a wrong viewpoint will follow them around for the rest of their lives. They will tell stupid jokes. They will develop views that they later think are wrong or even gross. I made mistakes as a kid, and thank God I grew up in a culture that encouraged me to grow and learn and feel remorse when I screwed up and offer grace when others did.
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@JamesAFurey Fair enough, and generally true in some subject areas (especially in early grades). But I'd argue it doesn't apply so seamlessly in the context of higher order thinking.
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RT @JeremyTate41: This morning was the 73rd National Prayer Breakfast. One of the most unforgettable speeches in history took place at this…
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RT @ThomasSowell: “The political left seems to regard economic policy issues as litmus tests for whether you are a good person, rather than…
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