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Former Supreme Court Justice Switches to Video Games
TechDirt is reporting that former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has moved into the one industry that I don't think anyone might have expected, video games. Not only did she speak at a recent gaming conference, she is also working on creating a video game about the courts. "There have been many similar 'civic education' video games out there, like the UN video game to teach kids about world hunger and, my personal favorite, a video game to teach kids how to gerrymander voting districts to get political support. It's not clear how successful any of these sorts of games really are, but it's nice to see a former Supreme Court Justice taking an interest in these sorts of things. Though, some might point out that this could be seen as something of a gimmick, and students might just be better served by adding a decent civics curriculum back into school (it's apparently gone thanks to No Child Left Behind)."
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He is cutting the severely underfunded Man to mars mission, not the entire budget.
Well, by 'fix it' he is effectively getting rid of it.
To be frank, I was being a little flip. If they fix the problems with it, that would be good. It would also be the same in name only.
McCain's view is the same as Bush's. Vouchers, Privitazation, etc...
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You are aware that NCLB included the largest increase in federal funding for schools in history, right?
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
"Again, I've seen many examples of -- well, Senator Kennedy and President Bush worked together on the No Child Left Behind Act. The No Child Left Behind Act may have some flaws associated with it, but I still view it as a major milestone in trying to improve education in this country." --McCain http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0511/03/lkl.01.html Nope, he's not your guy either.