is generally frowned upon
teachers often talk to their students in ways that would be "generally frowned upon" if it took place outside of teacher-student interactions.
labels your students
To the best of my knowledge none of my students were involved in Occupy Wall Street.
you generalize very quickly
the generalization came after we had a long class discussion (which students' initiated) about Occupy Wall Street.
From a factual perspective, read this: http://lesswrong.com/lw/hu/the_third_alternative/
Please explain what you mean by this.
is generally frowned upon
teachers often talk to their students in ways that would be "generally frowned upon" if it took place outside of teacher-student interactions.
I've explained more what I meant above. But yes, generally frowned upon even for teachers, especially since the label is not education-related.
you generalize very quickly
the generalization came after we had a long class discussion
The quickly does not refer to you not thinking about it. It means "quickly, within the structure of your argument," which gives an...
A study on over 15000 children in 7 African countries shows GlaxoSmithKline's anti-malaria vaccine halves the risk of contracting malaria. The trials were run on children between 6 and 12 weeks old, and between 5 and 17 months old.
Guardian article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/18/malaria-vaccine-save-millions-children
Full paper: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1102287
From skimming the paper, this looks sound. GlaxoSmithKline both developed the vaccine and paid for the study, but that's standard. The disclosure forms don't show anything fishier.
There are ways this could go wrong. GlaxoSmithKline says they'll make it cheap (probably for PR) but this is not sufficient to ensure availability. This could also increase total risk by replacing bed nets, or by making other diseases worse.
Thoughts on the research? Comments on effects? Plans for wild celebration?