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Hey Social Studies teachers, I like the The Migration Policy Institute's website a lot for "independent, nonpartisan, analysis of the movement of people worldwide." Their Frequently Requested Statistics page is a good place to start. https://t.co/4nbDaKOB6J #uedu5464Fall2017

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@TylerOliver20 @K_Jordan12 @TheFakeDrewR LOL

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@Kimkim8787 @MissT333 Well OK then. : ) Ha Ha

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@AurielDavis34 And hopefully not just an advancement in technology, but society as well. In other words, not solving our problems by shooting each other anymore...

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@TheFakeDrewR No, stop letting people drive at all! #SelfDrivingCars #PublicTransportation

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@K_Jordan12 As I alluded to in my post, I think we need self-driving cars more than we need gun control, but that doesn't mean we don't need gun control. #StopTextingWhileDriving #uedu5464fall2017

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@TheFakeDrewR And that's coming from a school that is not all that liberal if I remember correctly. More liberal than conservative, but I definitely remember some students who didn't believe in global warming, and I'm guessing probably like guns too. We're there any?

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@DanWalter7 Unfortunately we still have a tyrannical government to some degree, but as Sam alluded to, even if we all had assault rifles the Government/military/much bigger weapons would put the smack down in an instant @DanWalter7 #uedu5464fall2017

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From https://t.co/S7kJlerV6M: For more than a decade, on average 68% of murders are committed by firearms. If we took away the firearms would people just kill each other as much, but with other weapons? Stabbing someone does seem harder #UEDU5464Fall2017

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So because more people die from driving cars we shouldn't worry about the 18 mass shootings per year from military assault rifles? Why does any civilian need a military-style assault rifle? Oh, and I can't wait for self-driving cars as well! #UEDU5464Fall2017

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@TylerOliver20 No, people do not always make rational decisions according to the recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Econ. I'm still laughing about it! ha ha

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Econ EQ1: How accurate are cost/benefit analyses in free market economies at factoring in all of the costs and benefits? #EnvironmentalEcon EQ2: Is capitalism a zero-sum game? #UEDU5464Fall2017

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Bill Gates is one of the bad guys of education reform?? My interest is piqued. His int'l aid ideas haven't always =bueno #uedu5464fall2017

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@MarkDoddWhelan Great point. I haven't questioned the source of these standards until now because I have been so worried about fitting them into my LPs. 😳

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@HansonJarrod @Kimkim8787 In AP classes specific content and skills are important, but in other classes students should have much more influence on the content IMO.

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@HansonJarrod Fair enough sir, fair enough. : )

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Did Jarrod intentionally make our class # sooo long so that we have to be even more succinct? : ) #UEDU5464Fall2017

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@Kimkim8787 ha ha

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@MissT333 I agree. I do not think skills of critical thinking, thoughtful listening, and effective communicating will ever become irrelevant. pg.14