Why is breaking rules in quotation marks? They did break the rules....

do you really not understand it? or are you asking a rhetorical question to make some kind of point?

So instead of debunking or raising the bar of research into race, gender, sex, and more we should just not have any research into it?

Isn't this just going to fuel that kind of "research" in other places but then stand uncontested?

Might sound good in a meeting but doubt this is the way to go...

Why is it weird to know your teachers first name?

To me it seems absurd not to know your teachers first name.

Growing up in Australia, calling a teacher by their first name as a student was incredibly disrespectful and worthy of being sent to the principal if done repeatedly. This often resulted in students never learning their teachers’ given names. Generally, adults—teachers or otherwise—expected to be called by their title and surname, and would likely correct a kid if addressed wrongly.

I rarely see kids out and about at all these days, and if they are, I never see them interacting with adults other than buying take-away. It’s a bit concerning, really.

> Growing up in Australia, calling a teacher by their first name as a student was incredibly disrespectful and worthy of being sent to the principal if done repeatedly

Same in US. I have been out of school for a long time, but this was definitely was not something you did without consequences.

Where I'm from in the US, I agree that it was very disrespectful to use a teacher's first name, though I don't feel like that made it a secret. I think I knew most of my teacher's first names.

I had the same thing (also Australia), but it was common for us to know what the teacher's name was even if we didn't use it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_household... Top 10 countries by household debt

Switzerland Australia Denmark Netherlands Canada Norway Cyprus New Zealand South Korea Sweden

But you as a European can't understand how people can have so much debt. Well maybe you don't understand that Europe is not homogeneous and vary a lot. So maybe your comment is relevant for a country but it's definitely not for Europe. Saying that you're European tells us nothing since it's to diverse.

Would be nice if you could post some links to where we can read up on your claims. Not saying that you're wrong but my only real sources are from university when we got lectures on the very fringe of the core of my education on GMOs. And the source is of course a professor who work on GMO and was very steadfast on how safe it was, not biased at all...

But seriously, some sources would be appreciated.

Thank you.

I have very little interest at all about GMOs, but I realize that it's good to know things about things I don't really care about. It's not curiosity that will carry me through the paper but more obligation that I should know more about these things.

Some times you have to read through long articles because it might change your mind on current events even if what you really want to do is stick it all in a drawer and never open it again.