Student evaluations: the effect on the pseudo-market-economy of college education

In On Student Evaluations, which Rate Your Students thought was good enough to repost under the title One Year Ago Today: “On Evaluations,” the writer, a seasoned professor, laments the affect that student evaluations have on college education.
“Effect” or “affect,” that is the question
But first, I noticed that I used “effect” in the title, but then I switched to “affect,” because [...]

Christine Dantas, Brazil is more than just Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

In My book has been released!, Christine Dantas is excited to tell us that her new science-fiction book is now available. She says,
Yes! My science-fiction book is now available!
But there’s a caveat. She adds,
However — IT IS IN PORTUGUESE.
If you speak Portuguese and is interested, check out:
Tempo Aberto
Then, it’s like listening to one of the [...]

The Brothers Karamazov, a recommendation to an atheist

In Book Meme, from a list of 106 books, Alejandro Satz marks the books he’s read completely and the books he’s started but hasn’t finished; of note is that he has neither read nor started The Brothers Karamazov.
First, a little story of how I came to read The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky.
I’m not widely read, [...]