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Education and the Economy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkrnzu15RpY
This may be some of the most disturbing things I've heard Obama say. Granted I have a very particular perspective as a pre-service social studies teacher. You can take my bias against too much emphasis against the extremely " ( Read more... ) -
Ah, Grades
I had never gotten what I would consider a bad grade as of last year. And by that, I mean that the lowest grade I'd ever gotten for a college course was an A minus. I mean this not as a point that either makes me superior in any way or is deserving of particular praise; in fact, I would argue that it must be considered a major weakness of my life. ( Read more... ) -
The Anatomy of a Chocolate Bunny
Starting a blog is a lot like eating a chocolate bunny. One can never quite be sure where to start. Should I begin with some sort of introduction? Retelling a scandalous story about the time I ate less than 30 minutes before swimming? Discussing the paper that I'm working on about the Decembrist Revolution? Perhaps talking about an awesome B- ( Read more... ) -
Sex, Drugs, and Folk Music
Just so that you know yesterday began part one of my 814 part series of movie-watching: "The New York Times' 1000 Movies to See Before you Die" (minusing what I've already seen thus eliminating the need to see Aardvark: The Movie!)
Today's subject: Alice's Restaurant
This film actually took me by surprise as I had never heard of it before and really ( Read more... ) -
Trench warfare, leg amputations, crossdressing, and one great film
Just finished up watching All Quiet on the Western Front and I can't help but be extremely impressed with its visually striking quality despite its being based upon a book. I suppose this is a positive consequence due to the fact that it was released in 1930; only 3 years after the advent of sound cinema. Thus that which can be shown, is. This is ( Read more... ) -
This last week has been absolutely amazing...
I'm really not going to do it justice in this singular post though that may simply be because I can't do it justice. Considering that I don't have much time on the computer due to taxes, the fact that I didn't write any of it down, and I'm quite fatigued (and somewhat drunk) from the many 2 AM stays at Mary's house, I think I'd be lucky to capture ( Read more... )