Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Rick Santorum’s (American politician) recent diatribe against higher education, in which he called US President Obama a “snob” for wanting “everybody in America to go to university,” has reinvigorated the seemingly endless debate over whether university is worthwhile.

Ready, little monsters? Put your paws, er, calculators up! That’s what these Lady Gaga loving teens from Streetsboro High School in Ohio ask students to do in “Derive This Way,” their parody of the singer’s hit track “Born This Way.”

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) will open its doors to prospective Grade 11 and 12 learners, parents and mature applicants at this year’s Open Days on Friday, 11 May 2012 from 14:00 – 17:00 (dedicated to learners accompanied by parents and guardians) and Saturday, 12 May 2012 from 08:00 – 14:00 (dedicated to groups in…

South African schoolchildren are having less sex and watching more television, according to a survey released on Tuesday. The National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey, the second of its kind, was conducted in 2008, the Medical Research Council said.

South Africa’s top students will be gearing up for the first annual National Schools Moot Court Competition this month, which is aimed at increasing awareness of the Constitution amongst the country’s youth and preparing them for careers in the legal field.

Unlike at other universities, instead of paying a registration fee of between R3,000 and R4,000, the CIDA students pay R400 at the beginning of the year and the R164 every month.

In a career that now spans twenty-two years, pro skateboarder Danny Way has accomplished some gravity-defying feats. He’s jumped the Great Wall of China (four times), set the Guinness World Record for speed on a skateboard, taken three straight Gold medals at the X Games, and has been immortalized digitally in his own video game.…

The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) has just been named the No 1 business school in South Africa by the Professional Management Review (PMR.africa). The USB is the highest rated business school with an overall score of 4.14 out of a possible 5 points in the annual national survey of accredited MBA providers.

If Bill Gates is excited about online education, you should be, too. In a recent letter for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates focused on the power of the internet in improving and widening access to education.

KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Senzo Mchunu launched a campaign aimed at reducing the high rate of learner pregnancy and substance abuse by school children this week.