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Pinnacle, Online Grades, Skipping School and More
Ishkibble writes "The Matrin County School
Board has a new way of post a student's
grades online for a parent to check. Pinnacle is the name of the
program, a simple java applet. Not only does Pinnacle log student's grades, but
also attendance and conduct. The way grades are accessed are by inputting the
first 6 digits of your social security number and the first 5 letters of your
last name. With a logon system as simple as this, one has to question the
security and privacy of the students. This has been making my life a living
hell for the past 2 months, every night my parents go on and check to see if i have any homework and won't let me do anything till it's done"
Here's a slightly old article on a Supreme Court case related to this issue.
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"America now rules the world, either directly or by proxy; and there is nothing anyone can do about it."
"Everyone has betrayed everyone. America led the way, abandoning its Jeffersonian democratic foundations in favor of crude economic exploitation and colonial expansion. The Arabs quickly followed suit, abandoning their brothers. Britain turned its back on Europe, while Europe chose lip-service over action when push came to shove. Saddam long ago betrayed his people and so the Iraqi people, in turn, predictably betrayed him. Less predictable, but equally devastating, was the passive betrayal of the Republican Guard. They betrayed their honor and dignity, which we are supposed to believe are the most important things to any Arab man, let alone an Arab fighter.
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Morality, in a word, has been thrown out the window. The only hope now is that the US will somehow be kept in check by those ordinary Americans who, like the vast majority of the world's people, feel betrayed and abused by what the Bush "regime" has done -- all the more so for being carried out under their very noses."
Sen. Daschle suggested that Bush's diplomatic failure made war inevitable. He was attacked as if he were a refusenik during the Soviet era. Senator Kerry, a man who fought for his country and was decorated for it, urgently calls to vote this president out of office only to find himself fighting a war of survival as a politician. Sen. Kennedy, an elder statesman whose American lineage needs no proof, was clear that Bush did not make a convincing case for a war in Iraq. Al Gore, who actually won the popular vote in 2000, did not see any reason to go to war to achieve the objectives of the UN resolutions. We all know where President Carter, who perhaps is the most deserving of the Noble Prize winners this past century, stands.
These people and many more are neither Arab nor anti-American. They are the leaders (chosen and elected) of the United States. They have been silenced, sidetracked, and even accused of being un-American. The one-dimensional clique that rules the White House these days is not only killing our children in Iraq but also polarizing America in a dangerous precedent that might set that country on a track of belligerence, conquest, and lethal unilateralism."