Thomas Ramey Watson

I Argued That Class Participation Was Necessary. Then I Heard From Introverts.

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I realized that I needed to come up with new techniques to encourage sharing in the classroom that stemmed from collaboration and joint efforts and offer ways for less verbal students to articulate their knowledge. Cain’s article offered one such technique, called “Think, Pair, Share.” This technique has become one of the most important tools …

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Depression Literally Colors The Way We See The World

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New research published last week in the journal Psychological Science finds that sadness can affect our vision, making the world appear more gray, by impairing the neural processes involved in color perception. As it turns out, there’s a reason we use colors as a metaphor for emotion, with expressions like “feeling blue” or having a …

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Josh Duggar’s Hypocrisy Is Part of a Much Larger Cultural Problem

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From MATTHEW ROZSA’s article: The researchers discovered that individuals who identified as “highly straight” but had latent impulses for sex with other men were far more likely to favor anti-gay policies. In addition, those men were also more likely to call for stricter punishments against gay people who commit petty crimes. “Not all those who …

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Abandon expectations, appreciate everything.

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Jame Hamblin writes: If you think that human nature is good and powerful, then you go around frustrated because the perfect society has not yet been achieved. But if you go through life believing that our reason is not that great, our individual skills are not that impressive, and our goodness is severely mottled, then …

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