It is rare that a person accepts responsibility in the private sector, it is even more rare that they accept it in the civil service. It goes to show that this man has a decent moral character.
For those of you who don't know what a bomb looks like, congratulations. For those of you who think you know what a bomb looks like, you are all idiots. A bomb can look like absolutely anything. Now, put yourself in the shows of a law enforcement officer who knows that a bomb may look like anything. If you think they over-reacted, you are delusional, she can count herself lucky that she is in the good old US of A where she was not shot on sight.
In almost every thing the Congress does there is an interest group that funds studies, think tanks, policy white papers all designed to muddy the waters. Should read:
In every thing the Congress does there is an interest group that funds studies, think tanks, policy white papers all designed to muddy the waters.
Your kidding right. We have a right to question the impartiality of the scientists involved on both sides of the Global Warming fence. With people like Richard Branson throwing BILLIONS into the pot, how can you not think that the scientists are not impartial. Global Warming is not just about the warming earth, but it is more about filling wallets.
ICANN was right to reject the.xxx TLD. If it had been implemented, we would see a rash of laws designed to utilize by classifying not only porn, but other material deemed objectionable by just about anyone. These days you cannot use medical terminology without offending someone. Congress would start mandating that all objectionable material be moved to.xxx and they would likely be the body that creates the rules by which objectionable material is classified, WebMD would soon have to be moved to.xxx because they extensively use the words vagina and penis.
If doing homework doesn't show any benefit in how kids do in school, that screams to me that whatever they're doing in school is messed up. Very funny you should mention that. Here in America, teachers are not taught how to give homework. They are never taught how much homework is a good amount, how to create a homework assignment that reinforces what students learn in the classroom and other parts of assigning homework that teachers should learn. Many teachers make homework assignments out of any material that was not taught in class, therefore giving the role of teacher to parents.
My kids just returned from a year through the Finnish school system. They were in first grade and kindergarten. They were never given a homework assignment, now here in America they get two or three a night. In Finland the kids go outside for recess no matter what the weather is like, here in America, no outside recess if there is a hint of cold, rain or snow.
I love how NCLB measures success by use of "Standardized" tests. Who are they standardized for, the professors who write these test, the average students or the rocks in the class. When you start teaching to the average student, most of your students turn out average.
I am in agreement that kids get way too much homework these days. What really bothers me is that the homework is not useful, just monotonous drudgery that teachers require for busy work. It seems that the main reason kids get a lot of the homework is so teachers ensure that parents are parenting. I as a parent of three cannot stand the fact that my kindergartener comes home with any homework, let alone reading assignments and penmanship assignments. This is yet another reason why kids today lack the social skills they need to excel in the world, because teachers are teaching academics at a very young age and not the social skills they need when they are young. It burns me up to see that preschool programs are teaching academics, three year olds don't need to learn math and reading they need to learn how to play nice, share and manners.
McDonalds is not the only contributor of obesity in America, the massive amounts of homework our kids are given is also a major contributor. Sitting on your ass behind a desk is as bad as sitting on the couch watching the idiot box, and if kids are given two hours of homework a night, that is two hours less than they are outside in fresh air running around and burning calories.
Which brings me to another rant, schools are cutting down the amount of time younger kids get to play during gym or recess. Kids need this time to get rid of stress instead of giving them labels of ADHD and a handful of drugs, give them plunty of time to run around and burn some energy.
It is now time to act! The only way we can stop this scourge is to pass a ton of laws to ban everything that could possibly cause this "Colony Collapse Disorder" Congress should act now to pass laws based solely on speculation.
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... that read like it was written by a fourth grader.
I'd pay to have her come to New York to Hammer my local Cablevision office.
It is rare that a person accepts responsibility in the private sector, it is even more rare that they accept it in the civil service. It goes to show that this man has a decent moral character.
For those of you who don't know what a bomb looks like, congratulations. For those of you who think you know what a bomb looks like, you are all idiots. A bomb can look like absolutely anything. Now, put yourself in the shows of a law enforcement officer who knows that a bomb may look like anything. If you think they over-reacted, you are delusional, she can count herself lucky that she is in the good old US of A where she was not shot on sight.
Your kidding right. We have a right to question the impartiality of the scientists involved on both sides of the Global Warming fence. With people like Richard Branson throwing BILLIONS into the pot, how can you not think that the scientists are not impartial. Global Warming is not just about the warming earth, but it is more about filling wallets.
ICANN was right to reject the .xxx TLD. If it had been implemented, we would see a rash of laws designed to utilize by classifying not only porn, but other material deemed objectionable by just about anyone. These days you cannot use medical terminology without offending someone. Congress would start mandating that all objectionable material be moved to .xxx and they would likely be the body that creates the rules by which objectionable material is classified, WebMD would soon have to be moved to .xxx because they extensively use the words vagina and penis.
I love how NCLB measures success by use of "Standardized" tests. Who are they standardized for, the professors who write these test, the average students or the rocks in the class. When you start teaching to the average student, most of your students turn out average.
I am in agreement that kids get way too much homework these days. What really bothers me is that the homework is not useful, just monotonous drudgery that teachers require for busy work. It seems that the main reason kids get a lot of the homework is so teachers ensure that parents are parenting. I as a parent of three cannot stand the fact that my kindergartener comes home with any homework, let alone reading assignments and penmanship assignments. This is yet another reason why kids today lack the social skills they need to excel in the world, because teachers are teaching academics at a very young age and not the social skills they need when they are young. It burns me up to see that preschool programs are teaching academics, three year olds don't need to learn math and reading they need to learn how to play nice, share and manners.
McDonalds is not the only contributor of obesity in America, the massive amounts of homework our kids are given is also a major contributor. Sitting on your ass behind a desk is as bad as sitting on the couch watching the idiot box, and if kids are given two hours of homework a night, that is two hours less than they are outside in fresh air running around and burning calories.
Which brings me to another rant, schools are cutting down the amount of time younger kids get to play during gym or recess. Kids need this time to get rid of stress instead of giving them labels of ADHD and a handful of drugs, give them plunty of time to run around and burn some energy.
It is now time to act! The only way we can stop this scourge is to pass a ton of laws to ban everything that could possibly cause this "Colony Collapse Disorder" Congress should act now to pass laws based solely on speculation.