...the goal of educators is to provide a broad spectrum of ideas for the student to draw upon in their future endeavors--whatever they may be.
You've just argued yourself out of the argument.
If students should be offered a broad range of subjects, then why would we force them to take another math class that will likely become forgotten and useless within five years?
Schools have already taken away many choices in arts and athletics due to budget cuts. The last thing students need is more of something they are not interested in. Nothing about Algebra II is going to provide more breadth to a student's experience that Algebra I didn't already provide.
You can simply look to the marijuana prices in Denver (and I'm sure similar places in CA) for proof of the falling price of "legalized" drugs.
I do think, however, that the promise of magical tax revenue from the sale of these drugs was likely overestimated. The prices have simply fallen so low in such a short amount of time.
Personally, these days, I kind of prefer a lot of the simpler and narrower width sites with larger fonts. They become a lot more usable on small touch screens without having to worry much about different layouts for different devices.
Of course, many sites have no business being visited on small screen devices.
having some degree of autism is going to make it difficult for him
I'm sure he'll be fine, so long as math is what ultimately interests him.
An example from my roughly four years as a special ed assistant: It was March 14, Pi Day of course. For math I told the class that the student who memorized the most digits of pi by the end of the day would get a pie.
I did this mainly to see how a few of the severely autistic yet bright kids (mathematically) would respond and take to doing actual work instead of causing behavior problems all day. All of them were void of behavior problems for the day, and all three actually cooperated by testing each other and working to improve their memorization.
There is something about math that can ground the brain of an autistic. I don't really understand why, but it does work and seems to actually alleviate some of common social symptoms.
Personally, I much prefer the two finger tap as a middle mouse click and just leave the right click button alone. This along with two finger scrolling seems to be the most intuitive.
Is it a sign that our world is becoming too PC? Can't we still call it Fort Collins, and not just Collins? Is "Fort" too war-mongering for society today?
The only thing we probably have to seriously worry about, is the disaster after the disaster.
If there is some cataclysmic quake/tsunami on the West Coast, I can imagine plenty of people showing up here shortly afterwards. We are not prepared to deal with a mass influx of Californians.
I guess my survival pack would include:
"Native" bumper sticker
Fake signs pointing the way to the farmer's market.
Public transit pass.
Chainsaw (for firewood, of course)
A pair of those sunglasses that have lenses the size of grapefruits so I don't stick out.
Wheat is one thing. Corn, rice, canola, and soy are another.
Farmers growing from their own seed is great. I commend you for it. Beware, however, that you aren't unknowingly violating some absurd patent on that seed or something. Monsanto, et al has better lawyers than you do.
Besides, this is all just the scary boogie-man stuff. Let's not forget about simply keeping our seeds genetically diverse just because. It seems like a bad idea to me to back ourselves into a corner by using these "higher-yield" seeds and "treatments". A good seed bank might bail us out at some point and it's relatively simple.
Seed stocking is more about preserving genetic variety than anything. We all know the dangers of Big Ag, yet we mock people and call them conspiracy theorists when they do something sensible and stock seeds that can grow plants WITHOUT having to spray them with some kind of activator chemical.
There's just way too many issues for everybody to vote on everything the way that they do in some smaller countries.
Don't expect this to be the case heading into the future. I'm sure at some point Google, Facebook, et al will develop some kind of voting mechanism making it easier for everyone to participate directly in the democratic process.
The days of career politicians playing middle-man for us are numbered. Just as the Internet has allowed people to bypass travel agents, letter carriers, and record producers, government too must eventually succumb to the increased efficiency of communication.
Personally I would love to see more wireless charging electronics with a single home base station. Heard about them a few years ago but no economical applications yet.
There is this. Yes, the applications are not mainstream yet, but it appears to me as though these guys are open for business and ready to go, they're just waiting on clients. This is/., if we had to wait for marketing/finance approval for every interesting new thing, we'd be reading a Sharper Image catalog.
Wait, am I missing something? If the tubes are that much thinner, you can pack them in tighter, giving it gives more surface area, which is why it's better, right?
I had been under the impression that was the main stumbling block in developing better batteries.
After I read TFS, I thought it seemed like an interesting and novel way of dealing with music piracy. I knew, however, that after reading some comments, someone would put things into sense and change my mind.
I do think it will be difficult for various industries to attempt to follow suit, but it seems likely that if this is successful we'll see similar fees for other things.
The increase in cost of Internet service just isn't going to fly for most people. I imagine the solution will be to begin providing ala carte type Internet service, which will probably make everything even worse.
They are getting that idea because there are an unacceptable level of students "graduating" who's skill level is well below par. If everyone get's the same elephant stamp coming out of an institution, it's hard to judge from a set of "qualifications" who is talented, and who simply drank beer for a few years.
That may be how you feel today or even several years ago, but consider that a lot of prominent hackers got their start doing the same script kiddie type of stuff.
Eventually, they will mature. When that day comes, I think it's a safe bet that Anonymous will possess significantly more talent than they do today.
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...the goal of educators is to provide a broad spectrum of ideas for the student to draw upon in their future endeavors--whatever they may be.
You've just argued yourself out of the argument.
If students should be offered a broad range of subjects, then why would we force them to take another math class that will likely become forgotten and useless within five years?
Schools have already taken away many choices in arts and athletics due to budget cuts. The last thing students need is more of something they are not interested in. Nothing about Algebra II is going to provide more breadth to a student's experience that Algebra I didn't already provide.
You can simply look to the marijuana prices in Denver (and I'm sure similar places in CA) for proof of the falling price of "legalized" drugs.
I do think, however, that the promise of magical tax revenue from the sale of these drugs was likely overestimated. The prices have simply fallen so low in such a short amount of time.
Personally, these days, I kind of prefer a lot of the simpler and narrower width sites with larger fonts. They become a lot more usable on small touch screens without having to worry much about different layouts for different devices.
Of course, many sites have no business being visited on small screen devices.
having some degree of autism is going to make it difficult for him
I'm sure he'll be fine, so long as math is what ultimately interests him.
An example from my roughly four years as a special ed assistant: It was March 14, Pi Day of course. For math I told the class that the student who memorized the most digits of pi by the end of the day would get a pie.
I did this mainly to see how a few of the severely autistic yet bright kids (mathematically) would respond and take to doing actual work instead of causing behavior problems all day. All of them were void of behavior problems for the day, and all three actually cooperated by testing each other and working to improve their memorization.
There is something about math that can ground the brain of an autistic. I don't really understand why, but it does work and seems to actually alleviate some of common social symptoms.
Word. Get her something new and decent. Use the old mac book for something else.
Personally, I much prefer the two finger tap as a middle mouse click and just leave the right click button alone. This along with two finger scrolling seems to be the most intuitive.
The transcription will at least get me in the ball park on what the message was.
Here is an actual transcription of a GV voice message from my inbox:
Hi Rosa, 7. We'll be there on the net. Because of sorts. Director. And since. Thank you.
Basically every other voice message I've received has been equally absurd.
It is the trace gases that give it the smell.
And here I thought it was because it was air that came out of your ass that made it smell bad.
As far as I'm aware, the evolutionary effects on circadian rhythms on other planetary bodies is a study that has not yet been conducted.
I guess that means the answer to your question is.... maybe.
Because I was joking.
Is it a sign that our world is becoming too PC? Can't we still call it Fort Collins, and not just Collins? Is "Fort" too war-mongering for society today?
The only thing we probably have to seriously worry about, is the disaster after the disaster.
If there is some cataclysmic quake/tsunami on the West Coast, I can imagine plenty of people showing up here shortly afterwards. We are not prepared to deal with a mass influx of Californians.
I guess my survival pack would include:
I think you're missing the bigger picture.
Wheat is one thing. Corn, rice, canola, and soy are another.
Farmers growing from their own seed is great. I commend you for it. Beware, however, that you aren't unknowingly violating some absurd patent on that seed or something. Monsanto, et al has better lawyers than you do.
Besides, this is all just the scary boogie-man stuff. Let's not forget about simply keeping our seeds genetically diverse just because. It seems like a bad idea to me to back ourselves into a corner by using these "higher-yield" seeds and "treatments". A good seed bank might bail us out at some point and it's relatively simple.
Seed stocking is more about preserving genetic variety than anything. We all know the dangers of Big Ag, yet we mock people and call them conspiracy theorists when they do something sensible and stock seeds that can grow plants WITHOUT having to spray them with some kind of activator chemical.
There's just way too many issues for everybody to vote on everything the way that they do in some smaller countries.
Don't expect this to be the case heading into the future. I'm sure at some point Google, Facebook, et al will develop some kind of voting mechanism making it easier for everyone to participate directly in the democratic process.
The days of career politicians playing middle-man for us are numbered. Just as the Internet has allowed people to bypass travel agents, letter carriers, and record producers, government too must eventually succumb to the increased efficiency of communication.
My apologies, I realized that I was thinking of hydrogen fuel cells.
Personally I would love to see more wireless charging electronics with a single home base station. Heard about them a few years ago but no economical applications yet.
There is this. Yes, the applications are not mainstream yet, but it appears to me as though these guys are open for business and ready to go, they're just waiting on clients. This is /., if we had to wait for marketing/finance approval for every interesting new thing, we'd be reading a Sharper Image catalog.
Wait, am I missing something? If the tubes are that much thinner, you can pack them in tighter, giving it gives more surface area, which is why it's better, right?
I had been under the impression that was the main stumbling block in developing better batteries.
After I read TFS, I thought it seemed like an interesting and novel way of dealing with music piracy. I knew, however, that after reading some comments, someone would put things into sense and change my mind.
I do think it will be difficult for various industries to attempt to follow suit, but it seems likely that if this is successful we'll see similar fees for other things.
The increase in cost of Internet service just isn't going to fly for most people. I imagine the solution will be to begin providing ala carte type Internet service, which will probably make everything even worse.
They are getting that idea because there are an unacceptable level of students "graduating" who's skill level is well below par. If everyone get's the same elephant stamp coming out of an institution, it's hard to judge from a set of "qualifications" who is talented, and who simply drank beer for a few years.
Irony and grammar. BFF.
I think this is pretty cool and all, but in my eyes, JR's talk at TED was the real noisemaker. Watch it if you haven't.
this.
That may be how you feel today or even several years ago, but consider that a lot of prominent hackers got their start doing the same script kiddie type of stuff.
Eventually, they will mature. When that day comes, I think it's a safe bet that Anonymous will possess significantly more talent than they do today.
It's too difficult for Demicans and Republocrats to see beyond party stereotypes? Or, really, anyone for that matter.
...America would be better off...
Depends on your definition of better. Some of us would prefer a simpler lifestyle.