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				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 8, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Thanks. I went through a very traditional memorisation and rote learning approach and always felt I benefitted but after all there were no other options around me so I don’t know many people who did something else. When I read about this stuff (even your link) I encounter plenty of theory but I really struggle to visualise how the actual learning takes place, without writing down facts and then reciting them until you remember perfectly.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
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I guess everyone here are motteizeans by definition. Not American though. Do you mean enrolling for higher level courses basically?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
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Would you say that you were still learning there even though you didn’t have to sit-down-shut-up-and-absorb-frontal-lessons?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
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Hey I live in the Netherlands. That’s why I am asking, as there are a ton of them around. I didn’t grow up here so missing some of the cultural nuances. Could you please explain to me why, even though these are all free enrolment public schools afaict, Montessori attracts a better crowd?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 8, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What is your opinion of "Montessori"? As a label for schools and kindergartens or a philosophy for parenting and education. My spouse is getting quite into those books and we are approaching the age when the kid will soon need some sort of teaching


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I am not challenging your historical assertions, and correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t think Hitler gave much thought to the question of if Yemeni Jews are a part of this Jewish race. I would be surprised if he considered them the same group as the Ashkenazi he was mainly concerned with.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I briefly dated an Asian girl (from Asia) in college and I was really baffled at how she would talk about Asian men. I thought I was well acquainted with internet racist humor and shit-posting at the time and this made me realize that no, I actually get quite uncomfortable with this sort of racism in person. Eventually broke up because even though she was really pretty and willing to commit, she was also batshit insane in many ways.


I thought about this experience a lot later on and I get the feeling that having such a vicious view of your own father/brother/future sons really cannot be healthy for someone. It has to bleed heavily into your own self perception somehow. I am guessing that Westernized Asian women normally won't be so frank about their feelings due to local norms but clearly they feel somewhat similar.




As an Asian-American man, I personally feel the effects of this dynamic as well.




I am curious what you mean with this.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Israel is an experiment in ethnonationalism




Not that I am disputing this, but it is really bizarre as it is also one of the most ethnically diverse places in the World. Iraqis, Yemenis, and Polish people who somehow decided that they constitute one ethnicity.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for October 28, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
My toddler's daycare seems to have a biolab somewhere in the back. We are basically sick every week with something new. Even my partner who basically never experienced sickness that lasted more than 6 hours prior to our baby starting daycare, is regularly down with something. Any tips to boost our immune system that actually works?