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But Ma– I don’t WANNA go to school!

A Blogger commenter I follow, Bomber Girl, is a school teacher. I believe she really does want the best for the kids she teaches, and she really is searching for answers. I don’t believe she has a pre-conceived political agenda, or a political axe to grind of any sort. In short, I [...] [...]

Cultural Negativity?

Here’s some more reasons that I find living around here uncomfortable: This afternoon I had a headache.  It was not an alarming thing, of course, but I certainly found it annoying.  I ruled out a number of common causes, and determined that the best course of action was to lie down and take a nap.  Upon [...] [...]

Education vs Job Training

I just saw a list of the top ten undergrad majors at a large public university.  They are either engineering degrees of some sort, or jobs.  The top one is “Psychology” (which is the catchall program-of-the-week for undecideds).  What happened to the old idea that education and job training were different goals? The Rosen College of  [...] [...]

The cost of education…

Ya know, I spent a lot of my adult life in the private, for-profit sector, so when I started working in the public sector (as a public school teacher) it was only natural that I felt compelled to try to justify my salary in a dollars-and-cents kind of way. Then I discovered that statistically, a large [...] [...]