October 3, 2024
[image: image.png] When you are trained to take a test but not to read a book…this happens At elite colleges like Columbia, many students are showing up unprepared to read full books. It’s not that they don’t want to, @rosehorowitch <x.com/rosehorowitch> writes. Middle and high schools have stopped teaching them how THE ELITE COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO CAN’T READ BOOKS part one: Jeff Masters: Four ways climate change likely made Hurricane Helene worse Climate change makes the strongest hurricanes stronger, increases rainfall, increases storm surge damage through sea level rise, and increases the probability of rapid intensification events.
Part two: August poll of likely FL voters listed property insurance as biggest issue over immigration, abortion&the economy
Hurricane Helene poses a major test for Florida’s battered insurance market Industry officials and Gov. Ron DeSantis maintain that the storm, which is expected to make landfall Thursday, will not upend progress the market has made.
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