one of the student teachers asked that question tonight in class. actually, she asked why she'd need to know anything about how the seasons work, the revolution of the earth around the sun, and the tilt of the axis.

oh, let's see... for social studies teachers (like she is)...

• seasons influence agriculture. climates influence crop selection.
  
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republicans in multnomah county have threatened a lawsuit. they say that new voters cannot be confirmed as legitamate voters. coincidence? i think not. multnomah contains portland, and was one of the counties in the country to start issuing marriage licences to gay couples (although that was suspended).

all oregon's voting is done by mail. ( Read more... )

here's news that wasn't, from project censored

i have a problem with people who say "math is hard." most people now know that you're not supposed to tell that to your girls like teen-talk barbie did, but that doesn't stop the majority of society from thinking it. girls are, statistically, behind boys on standardized math scores, and boys tend to take more advanced math classes than girls ( ( Read more... )