America’s regimented public education system was created by 20th century industrialists in order to create large underclass of docile skilled laborers to serve their ever-expanding industrial empires. It is intended to stamp out your natural curiosity and questioning, your independent nature, and make you a willing drone for the system. This is a standard woke,... Continue Reading →
In this evocative period piece set in the 1990s, a young girl grows alienated from family life as her brother starts behaving erratically.
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In his senior column, Shin reflects on how Stanford has reshaped his aspirations.
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“Autobiography,” the critic John Berger said, “begins with a sense of being alone. It’s an orphan form.” Berger wrote these words weeks after the death of his mother, but he was speaking generally, about the project of remembrance which so many artists take up over the course of their lives. That loneliness—that orphanhood—is a matter of separation, a gap between the self as subject and author.…
Xu remains conflicted on how to cross the bridge between his life in China and America.
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The groom was gobsmacked to hear his name.
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Zhang recalls her memories of her great grandparents.
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State Street, home to Linden Tree Books and A Novel Affair, is just one example of specialty bookstores’ growing prominence.
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I really thought quicksand would be a bigger problem.
I don’t have many photographs from my childhood. Somehow, those moments were lived but not captured, or maybe just lost along the way. That’s why this one feels like a small treasure. It’s the only picture I have with my grandmother. I wish there were more pictures like this. But maybe… this one is enough. … More A Rare Photograph
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—IFL Science reports that an international team of researchers including Ella Been of […]
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In this installment of "Nostalgic Thoughts", Zhang reflects on the restrained but sincere love evoked by classic Chinese pop songs.
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Norwegian PM proposes forcing technology companies to implement effective age-verification systems and ensure compliance.
As parents, we all want to make sure our children have happy childhoods and are raised in a happy home. I mean, that is the Holy Grail, is it not? To raise children who feel safe, and cared for and happy and joyous, and who will fondly remember their childhood one day when they are […]
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A new Swedish study focuses on very high levels of PFAS exposure in drinking water.
In this installment of her column, Zhang struggles with her current state of delayed adolescence.
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Bonus 109: Skipping rhymes, counting chants, and fortune-telling games - Children’s oral culture | Lingthusiasm
Children have a shared culture that’s transmitted face-to-face in schoolyards, summer camps, and all sorts of places where kids do unstructured play with each other. These chants, rhymes, and games are known as childlore, and they’re one of the last vestiges of oral…
Family Weekend means something different for every Stanford student, writes Qian.
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Bing Nursery’s 60th Anniversary Research Panel on Saturday highlighted studies that have shaped scientific understanding of child development — and the unique nursery behind it all.
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Teddy bears. Lionel trains. Baseball cards. Curious George. Barbie. All were made by Jews.
In this installment of "Asking Stanford," Daily staffers recount the years that stick in their memories.
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