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Some preschoolers are encouraged to bring in their favorite toy or stuffed animal, while others risk having it confiscated. Layland Masuda/Moment Collection via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Poor preschoolers get fewer chances than wealthier children to bring their prized personal possessions to school. That’s what I found in my two-year comparative ethnographic study of two preschools in Madison, Wisconsin. One of the prescho...

“The word philosophy literally means the love of wisdom. So anyone who values wisdom and wants more of it in their life is a philosopher."

Die Begründung des Herstellers ist haarsträubend: Die achtjährige Garantie auf die Batterie, von der das Feuer ausging, sei mit dem Brand erloschen!