I was surprised at how many ads for books there were in London, and how few ads for movies there were there. Kind of the opposite of here in the States.
I take my kids to McDonald's to inoculate them against worse food that they'll probably ingest as teenagers. Sort of like the hygiene hypothesis, but for bad food ;)
I must admit that I haven't followed the situation in Venezuela carefully, but what exactly did the United States do to cause toilet paper shortage in Venezuela?
It's not like the US has a monopoly on toilet paper and is refusing to sell them to Venezuela - I mean, toilet paper is produced worldwide. Venezuela can buy TP from practically anywhere.
It's always convenient to blame external forces on domestic problems (every country does that, including the United States).
When Brave came out a while ago, my wife and I were quite excited to have a heroine that portrayed strength and independence to our daughter. By chance, my wife walked past a group of women (Latina) who complained that they hated Brave - not because Merida wasn't beautiful - but because, unlike other Disney movies, there was no prince to save her. Call it cultural stereotypes or whatever, but that seems to be a popular consensus among some.
Say that good students + good teacher = test score of 10 good students + bad teacher = test score of 8
bad students + good teacher = test scores of 5 bad students + bad teacher = test scores of 3
So you can skew the test scores up by either improving the teachers (and keeping the bad/good student mix you have), or adding more good students (and keeping the bad teachers).
It's not like the US has a monopoly on toilet paper and is refusing to sell them to Venezuela - I mean, toilet paper is produced worldwide. Venezuela can buy TP from practically anywhere.
It's always convenient to blame external forces on domestic problems (every country does that, including the United States).
FTFY!
Say that good students + good teacher = test score of 10
good students + bad teacher = test score of 8
bad students + good teacher = test scores of 5
bad students + bad teacher = test scores of 3
So you can skew the test scores up by either improving the teachers (and keeping the bad/good student mix you have), or adding more good students (and keeping the bad teachers).
Nailed it!