I thought so....


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Not in my county:


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Global warming, huh?

Look at them ALL BUNDLED UP!!!

And is that SNOW on the ground?


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That explains the curriculum.

Ahem. What about OUR KIDS?

(Posting stories like these hurt me, readers; I guess our kids are fit for nothing except fighting Israel's wars, huh?)

Related: Harvard Recruits College Students... in China

Why I Should Have Become a Teacher

"N.E. colleges see profit in China's multitudes; Tap into market for online learning ( Read more... )

"Suddenly, economics is popular discipline" by Associated Press  |  November 23, 2008

NEW YORK - Stocks are down, down, down. But student interest in economics appears to be trending upward.

The financial crisis has made the subject more relevant and immediate to many high school and college students, and they are suddenly paying closer attention ( Read more... )

Little too freaky and frightening when I read it.

Worried about prophecies is what I'm worried about.

"N.Y. school renamed after president-elect

NEW YORK - A New York school has already been renamed in honor of Barack Obama before he even takes office. The former Ludlum Elementary School, in Long Island's Hempstead Union Free School District, was ( Read more... )

How many times I have to type it? TRILLIONS for WARS and BANKS.....

"A rite of passage, without the cost; Homecoming on a budget" by Christine Armario, Associated Press | November 21, 2008

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - .... Because of the economic downturn, the homecoming dance, that rite of passage that has become increasingly extravagant in recent ( Read more... )

I love the idea: take taxpayers money and loan it back to taxpayers (with interest). The only ones who win are the BANKS!!! The government (and YOU) would have been better off if they just paid your loans off for you, kiddo.

"Plan will keep loans flowing to students" by Bloomberg News | November 21, 2008

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"America The Illiterate

by Chris Hedges
11-19-8
We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world. It can cope with complexity and has the intellectual tools to separate illusion from truth. The other America, which constitutes the majority, exists in a non-reality- based belief system. This America, ( Read more... )

You'd better be able to handle it, after the trillions in war looting!

"Dept. of Veterans Affairs says it can handle strain of new GI Bill" by Hope Yen, Associated Press  |  November 19, 2008

WASHINGTON - The government sought yesterday to dismiss concerns that it might try to delay rollout of the new GI Bill, pledging to be ready to handle growing ( Read more... )