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Measuring Democracy
UCSD Chinese Studies specialist Karl Gerth describes how the standard view that “America is democratic and China isn’t”, while hardly entirely incorrect, doesn’t really bear up under careful scrutiny.
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Conceptual Rigor
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) describes how too many people associate rigor primarily with methodology rather than basic thinking.
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Faire (to do/make) — Future Tense
Alexa conjugates the French verb faire (to do/make) in the future tense.
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The Empire of Unreason
Author and independent scholar Matthew Stewart argues that much of contemporary America has turned its back on the essential educational agenda promoted by the Founding Fathers.
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French Verbs of Movement
Alexa teaches you the 16 French verbs of movement with a helpful acronym: DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP
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Exploring the States of Matter
Up until now, you may have not even thought about it, but everything in the world takes up space, even you. Of course, it does not all look the same and feel the same, or smell and taste, or act the same, and even sometimes it's...
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Aristotelian Capacities and Flourishing
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes the standard Aristotelian argument of capacities and flourishing.
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What is student loan forbearance and is it right for you?
Student loan payments are set to resume in October after a three-year freeze and getting a forbearance means you could avoid paying for a little longer. But is that a good idea? Here's what you should know.
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Why knowing the gender of a French word is important
Alexa teaches you why gender is important in French.
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Être (to be) in 5 Main French Tenses
Alexa teaches you how to conjugate Être (to be) in 5 main French tenses.
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Why I Use Apple as a PhD Student + Content Creator
Why I Use Apple as a PhD Student + Content Creator
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Why I Joined a DAO, and Why I Left | Friends With Benefits DAO
Why I Joined a DAO, and Why I Left | Friends With Benefits DAO
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Is This $1800 Smart Mattress Cover Worth It? | Eight Sleep Pod Pro Review
Is This $1800 Smart Mattress Cover Worth It? | Eight Sleep Pod Pro Review
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Assessing Intentions
Political theorist Mark Bevir, UC Berkeley, relates his conviction of how political science - and the human sciences in general - differ strongly from the natural sciences in that political science requires acts of interpretation to...
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High Five Facts - Albert Einstein
This video explores five fun facts about Albert Einstein.
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Non-barking Dogs
University of Oxford historian John Elliott describes how one intriguing avenue of historical scholarship lies in trying to develop an understanding for why some historical events didn’t happen.
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The Rhetoric Wars
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), describes the tensions between the Renaissance's rhetorical culture and the Scientific Revolution’s pursuit of absolute truth.
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Inhibiting Idealizations
Classicist Richard Janko (Michigan) speculates that our love of Athenian democracy sometimes prevents us from taking a more objective view of their society.
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Historical Method
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) describes his historical method of trying to understand what, precisely, is motivating historical figures to act in the way that they do.
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Telling time in Spanish - Explanation (Basic)
Telling time in Spanish - Explanation (Basic)
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Learn Spanish! - the Alphabet
In this lesson we'll be going over el alfabeto and working on the Spanish vowels.
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Learn Spanish - ¿Qué hora es? (telling time) part 1
In this video lesson, we'll be covering telling basic time. Make sure to watch the next two in the series for a more complete understanding of time telling!
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Narrative Structure
Students will learn how to create style in narratives through various structures, including flashback and fast-forward.