Okay, we talked before about the Texas curriculum fiasco. To reiterate my basic belief, and my primary problem with what those people are doing: curriculum ought to be set by teachers based on the needs and interests of their students, not on the political whims of elected officials.
But after reading some of the specific recommendations and reasoning from particular school board members involved, allow me to add a few secondary points:
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There once was a guy from Japan
Who’s limerick’s just wouldn’t scan
When told they were short
He’d never retort
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(If Mike goes long enough without giving me positive examples of good leftfielder posts, eventually my posts devolve into things like this…)
I learned from a student recently that the FBI can listen to you through your cellphone, even if your cellphone is off! I don’t have much to say about this, except that I find it incredibly creepy. Sure, the FBI probably isn’t listening to what I say – its not like I ever say anything that would be of interest to them – but the mere fact that it COULD is really disturbing.
I don’t know the mechanism for doing this sort of spying – maybe you need cooperation from the cell service provider for this to be possible. But it also seems possible that some clever electrical engineering students at my university are secretly listening in at faculty meetings…
Can anybody explain to me why it is that people can receive retirement benefits from social security, even if they’re still working? Wages go up over the course of a career, such that older workers tend to have higher wages than their younger counterparts. So, people who have higher salaries are additionally receiving supplemental income from the taxes of people with lower salaries.
I’ve been helping my parents determine when to start receiving benefits, and the more I look at the system, the more broken it seems. No wonder it’s heading towards bankruptcy…
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