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Well Jeb won yesterday, but at least the smoking ban amendment passed. Almost
all the amendments passed, including the uber-expensive class reduction
amendment, which after the speed-train amendment passing last year once again
seems to say that voters go "Gee, that sounds nifty" without even considering
the cost of implementing these things. Sure reducing class size sounds great on
paper, until you relieze it'll cost billions upon billions of dollars raising
taxes and causing other programs to be cut. But of course people think that
soley making class sizes smaller will fix all our educational problems......
yeah....
Which speaking of education, I think a fair share of the blame can be layed on
parents. But it'd be political suicide to even suggest that parents have
anything to do with failing schools. But watching these educational toy
commercials on TV, it's as if people are encouraged to let machines teach their
children instead of taking an active role in their child's education. I firmly
believe that the fact that my mom read to me ALL THE TIME when I was a little
kid and that weekly visits to the library were a normal part of our routine,
helped me out so much in school and in my love of learning. A talking toy is not
an adequete substitute for a parent reading to their child. But it's as if so
many people just expect the school system to do everything for them. It's no
secret that the students whose parents are most active in their lives do the
best in school, but it's so much easier just to just leave it to the teachers to
raise their child. /End Rant
Republicans: "All Your Congress Are Belong To Us"
Watch Me Dance. This guy definitly has
a lot of self-esteem to bust a move anywhere and everywhere. Interesting (if not
a bit frightening) video's though. The Hampster Dance one is classic.
While looking for a Maxwell's Equations
shirt (since we just finished that section in physics) I came across a piece
written by a fellow geek who explains the facination that a lot of science/computer majors
have with nerdy tshirts. I most definitly have it, as about half the shirts I
own come from ThinkGeek, and I do see it as a
"uniform" of sorts because I am proud of my nerdity. Which is reason
#5093493023 why I love college: People think nerds are cool :). And if you ain't
down wit that, tough luck fo'!
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