I enjoyed the first part of this article until I began to think of why someone would write it. The whole idea is to get an angry reaction. Once I realized that I was able to pick it apart a bit. Some of the information is very informative however some is simply misleading. Such as
"ICE, of course, has done its part to keep the homeland security campus purified of those not born in the homeland. The American Immigration Law Foundation estimates that only one in twenty undocumented immigrants who graduate high school goes on to enroll in a college--many don't go because they cannot afford the tuition but also because they have good reason to be afraid: ICE has deported a number of those who did make it to college, some before they could graduate."
I feel very sorry for colleges letting ILLEGAL immigrants not make it into college. Maybe if the ILLEGAL immigrants went to college the world would be fluffy. I am sorry the ILLEGAL immigrants get deported when they are found, and the state does not say ohh its ok, you are breaking a law but your going to college so its all better now.
"The record so far is impressive: DHS has doled out 439 federal fellowships and scholarships since 2003, providing full tuition to students who fit "within the homeland security research enterprise."
First 439 scholarships is not impressive, what in the world is going on, I would expect it to be 10000 scholorships in 5 years, that would be adequate for government. If a toilet seat costs $50,000 in the whitehouse I don't see why we can't have less toilet seats and more graduates.
Two hundred twenty-seven schools now offer degree or certificate programs in "homeland security," a curriculum that encompasses more than 1,800 courses.
First are these military schools or private schools? Humm I can't imigine why at all a goverment school might have a certificate in homeland security? Wierd how that works. Second the 1,800 courses number is just a made up number. I'm assuming the writer took the amount of schools times how many classes it takes to graduate with a degree and there our 1,800 courses comes from. This is a fun way to scew statistics, a good example to. Make a big number and people go ohh my word! thats big! its a big number! ack, government + big numbers + toilet seats + the presidents hind end - education = EVIL!.
-Mal
So Microsoft is now going to have to develop a new blood pressure monitor in order to get this to work considering all home based and smaller blood pressure machines are very innacurate. Unless they are actually going to have a hospital blood pressure unit per employee this will not work.
Also, it makes very little sense to me. If I see an attractive co-worker and she comes over and talks to me it's likely my heart rate, b/p, and facial expressions are going to change drastically. There are other umm... ways to increase heart rate and b/p drastically. I wonder what this would look like to those monitering the system.....
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I enjoyed the first part of this article until I began to think of why someone would write it. The whole idea is to get an angry reaction. Once I realized that I was able to pick it apart a bit. Some of the information is very informative however some is simply misleading. Such as
"ICE, of course, has done its part to keep the homeland security campus purified of those not born in the homeland. The American Immigration Law Foundation estimates that only one in twenty undocumented immigrants who graduate high school goes on to enroll in a college--many don't go because they cannot afford the tuition but also because they have good reason to be afraid: ICE has deported a number of those who did make it to college, some before they could graduate."
I feel very sorry for colleges letting ILLEGAL immigrants not make it into college. Maybe if the ILLEGAL immigrants went to college the world would be fluffy. I am sorry the ILLEGAL immigrants get deported when they are found, and the state does not say ohh its ok, you are breaking a law but your going to college so its all better now.
"The record so far is impressive: DHS has doled out 439 federal fellowships and scholarships since 2003, providing full tuition to students who fit "within the homeland security research enterprise."
First 439 scholarships is not impressive, what in the world is going on, I would expect it to be 10000 scholorships in 5 years, that would be adequate for government. If a toilet seat costs $50,000 in the whitehouse I don't see why we can't have less toilet seats and more graduates.
Two hundred twenty-seven schools now offer degree or certificate programs in "homeland security," a curriculum that encompasses more than 1,800 courses.
First are these military schools or private schools? Humm I can't imigine why at all a goverment school might have a certificate in homeland security? Wierd how that works. Second the 1,800 courses number is just a made up number. I'm assuming the writer took the amount of schools times how many classes it takes to graduate with a degree and there our 1,800 courses comes from. This is a fun way to scew statistics, a good example to. Make a big number and people go ohh my word! thats big! its a big number! ack, government + big numbers + toilet seats + the presidents hind end - education = EVIL!. -Mal
So Microsoft is now going to have to develop a new blood pressure monitor in order to get this to work considering all home based and smaller blood pressure machines are very innacurate. Unless they are actually going to have a hospital blood pressure unit per employee this will not work. Also, it makes very little sense to me. If I see an attractive co-worker and she comes over and talks to me it's likely my heart rate, b/p, and facial expressions are going to change drastically. There are other umm... ways to increase heart rate and b/p drastically. I wonder what this would look like to those monitering the system.....