What’s the case for the continued survival of Homo Sapiens?

Homo Sapiens, our species, is responsible for the 1000x faster extinction rate of other species on this planet and, apparently, has put us on the path to the 6th mass extinction event.

So, my question to you is, what is the argument for our continued survival on this planet?! For whom?! For what?!

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A Lesson From Nepal: How to Fail Your Students Part II

In part II of this two-part blog, I shred the contents of a grade 12 chemistry paper the students took last month. It's full of mistakes showing how little attention to details the examiners and board have paid in creating it. The contents also show how the syllabus has NOT been revised and updated at all to reflect newer practices and topics that have evolved over the last few decades etc., indicating how the whole point is just to put the students through a wringer.

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A Lesson From Nepal: How to Fail Your Students Part I

A look at how the board managing the grade 12 examinations have failed the students. The examinations, originally slated for May, was cancelled and, finally, in October, rescheduled for November. The examination, supposed to consist of questions papers in the new format, did go ahead in spite of the student not having seen any sample papers prior to it.

What's more, analyzing the chemistry paper, it had some major issues. The whole exercise, as far as I am concerned, has amounted to putting the students through a wringer.

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