shamelessacademic.com » Freakonomics http://shamelessacademic.com loving learning, loving life Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:50:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Freakonomics pants http://shamelessacademic.com/freakonomics-pants/ http://shamelessacademic.com/freakonomics-pants/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:55:52 +0000 Ashley http://shamelessacademic.com/?p=327 The Freakonomics blog post today is called “Before the Book, the Pants,” and it made me giggle. You should read it. Don’t worry; it’s clean.

]]> http://shamelessacademic.com/freakonomics-pants/feed/ 0 Good grades = success? http://shamelessacademic.com/good-grades-success/ http://shamelessacademic.com/good-grades-success/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:25:26 +0000 Ashley http://shamelessacademic.com/?p=55 I read an interesting essay on the Freakonomics blog today about whether good grades lead to success. The article does not come to solid conclusions, but provides interesting food for thought. As a shameless academic, I usually got good grades, so I would like to hope that good grades are an indicator of success. However, personal experience suggests that many creative genius types don’t do so well in school. I guess that excludes me from the creative genius category!

Incidentally, I think the Freakonomics book is even more interesting than the blog. It’s an easy read, and a fascinating approach to economics.

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