According to your analogy, you are implying that Microsoft did something illegal. If Microsoft's actions are illegal, then I agree with you. However, I don't see any mention of law breaking.
"Gov. Steve Beshear said he does not believe the incentives would violate the principle of church-state separation... which may allow them to discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion."
You are speculating on a couple of the most important pieces of the article. Perhaps this story conflicts with your beliefs and is clouding the objectivity of your post.
I can vouch for the statement on Japanese education. Just last week I was in Japan for 10 days chaperoning American kids as they visited various elementary schools and a Junior High. Occasionally we would bump into an English speaking teacher or administrator and we exchanged cultural differences between our education systems. I left those conversations with a feeling of admiration for the Japanese education system (kids clean the school, begin learning English in 4th grade, no graffiti, respect for teachers and authority, focus on learning) along with an appreciation of our own educational system (range of extracurricular activities, multiple languages offered in curricula, sought after colleges & universities ). Additionally, most people seemed to agree that Japanese students were much more apt to improve on an existing idea rather than come up with a new or inventive idea. Japanese students seemed to take direction very well, but were a bit lost if asked to take initiative or formulate a hypothesis that would then be tested. It was very interesting to see how our kids approached various issues and how they seemed to complement the slightly different approach taken by the Japanese students.
The following link describes the General Motors streetcar scandal, which is likely a contributing reason to why the US mass transit system is so poorly developed.
From the article:
The Great American Streetcar Scandal was the sequence of events in which General Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California and Phillips Petroleum formed the National City Lines (NCL) holding company, which acquired most streetcar systems throughout the United States, dismantled them, and replaced them with buses in the early 20th century. The scandal alleges that NCL's companies had an ulterior motive to forcibly gain mass use of the automobile among the U.S. population by buying up easy-to-use mass light rail transportation countrywide and dismantling it, leaving populations with little choice but to drive.
One thing that has worked for my daughter is to place her books amongst her toys. Because of this, she has associated reading with having fun. Often times I will ask her to get a toy because I need a break from the books.
I'm sure some children will react differently, but this simple idea has worked for us.
You totally missed my point. I agree teachers deserve higher salaries. There's no doubt about that. It's a thankless job and requires a certain type of person. It's interesting that most people arguing this issue are obviously not teachers. Everyone thinks they know what's best for students, teachers, and administrators...especially those who have no direct involvment.
A professional athletic team is much more valuable to a city than you might think. The stadium alone is a source of revenue and advertisement for the city, not to mention the benefits of hosting many other activities (high school sports, monster trucks, professional wrestling, concerts, etc) that benefit citizens. Most stadiums also come with gigantic convention centers that are an additional source of income. If these things weren't making money and benefitting the city, they wouldn't continue to be built.
I disagree with parent. These people are not teaching because of the money. They are doing it because they enjoy working with children. I would argue the problem is not with the quality of teachers, the problem is with administrators (who make big bucks). Administrators are setting the tone of your school and determining the path for success or failure. Dramatically increasing teacher salaries will attract a completely different set of people to the profession. I believe that would be a bad thing.
Somewhat off subject, but still along the same lines of incompetence in the work place... My current client has a production server (Win98 no less) sitting in an employee cubicle. Everytime someone uses the microwave to heat up their lunch, which sits about 15 feet away, the UPS on the production server starts beeping. It's hard to believe, but the client actually said "thank goodness we have that UPS, othwerwise we'd be screwed" without any thought of relocating the server to a more appropriate environment.
This client never ceases to amaze me...
All Simpson's jokes aside, in high school I seriously played basketball against a team that had a player named Jock Burns. Luckily for him, he was a huge guy and was capable of physically dealing with all the jokes. Still, we all felt bad for the guy...
I wonder why he puts the period at the end of his name? If anything, that would make me think that it actually stood for something. I don't think I've ever seen someone write their name as Mike. Davis
Conservatives love killing off all parts of government not associated with the military or law enforcement
Please stop your rant, because it is losing focus. If you think NASA isn't associated with the military, you are sorely mistaken.
I know this isn't a political website, but all the George Bush bashing is getting a little old. For months on slashdot I read about people begging to go to the moon/mars. Now, once it is reported that the *president of the united states* is actually considering action, I see a flood of comments about how terrible G Bush is for even contemplating such a commitment. How about a little consistency here fellas? Of course, there are similar patterns with other topics, but this whole thread of comments really annoyed me.
Can anyone point me to a link that helps explain the difficulties in creating an "airplane" that travels into space? I've honestly tried to find a concise explanation of the issues, but have come up short. Thanks in advance.
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According to your analogy, you are implying that Microsoft did something illegal. If Microsoft's actions are illegal, then I agree with you. However, I don't see any mention of law breaking.
And why is that cheating? Sounds like simple observance in an effort to get improve results.
"Gov. Steve Beshear said he does not believe the incentives would violate the principle of church-state separation ... which may allow them to discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion."
You are speculating on a couple of the most important pieces of the article. Perhaps this story conflicts with your beliefs and is clouding the objectivity of your post.
I can vouch for the statement on Japanese education. Just last week I was in Japan for 10 days chaperoning American kids as they visited various elementary schools and a Junior High. Occasionally we would bump into an English speaking teacher or administrator and we exchanged cultural differences between our education systems. I left those conversations with a feeling of admiration for the Japanese education system (kids clean the school, begin learning English in 4th grade, no graffiti, respect for teachers and authority, focus on learning) along with an appreciation of our own educational system (range of extracurricular activities, multiple languages offered in curricula, sought after colleges & universities ). Additionally, most people seemed to agree that Japanese students were much more apt to improve on an existing idea rather than come up with a new or inventive idea. Japanese students seemed to take direction very well, but were a bit lost if asked to take initiative or formulate a hypothesis that would then be tested. It was very interesting to see how our kids approached various issues and how they seemed to complement the slightly different approach taken by the Japanese students.
If you view the source, you can copy/paste the information you need. It's mildly annoying, but at least I can get to the text that way.
The following link describes the General Motors streetcar scandal, which is likely a contributing reason to why the US mass transit system is so poorly developed.
From the article:
The Great American Streetcar Scandal was the sequence of events in which General Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California and Phillips Petroleum formed the National City Lines (NCL) holding company, which acquired most streetcar systems throughout the United States, dismantled them, and replaced them with buses in the early 20th century. The scandal alleges that NCL's companies had an ulterior motive to forcibly gain mass use of the automobile among the U.S. population by buying up easy-to-use mass light rail transportation countrywide and dismantling it, leaving populations with little choice but to drive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
One thing that has worked for my daughter is to place her books amongst her toys. Because of this, she has associated reading with having fun. Often times I will ask her to get a toy because I need a break from the books. I'm sure some children will react differently, but this simple idea has worked for us.
According to whom? Statements like these need to be supported with references in order to be taken seriously.
Interesting comments. Do you have a link that might provide a little more information? If not, I'm sure I can find something via google.
"most abundant wildlife in the Pacific" According to what source?
You totally missed my point. I agree teachers deserve higher salaries. There's no doubt about that. It's a thankless job and requires a certain type of person. It's interesting that most people arguing this issue are obviously not teachers. Everyone thinks they know what's best for students, teachers, and administrators...especially those who have no direct involvment.
A professional athletic team is much more valuable to a city than you might think. The stadium alone is a source of revenue and advertisement for the city, not to mention the benefits of hosting many other activities (high school sports, monster trucks, professional wrestling, concerts, etc) that benefit citizens. Most stadiums also come with gigantic convention centers that are an additional source of income. If these things weren't making money and benefitting the city, they wouldn't continue to be built.
I disagree with parent. These people are not teaching because of the money. They are doing it because they enjoy working with children. I would argue the problem is not with the quality of teachers, the problem is with administrators (who make big bucks). Administrators are setting the tone of your school and determining the path for success or failure. Dramatically increasing teacher salaries will attract a completely different set of people to the profession. I believe that would be a bad thing.
Somewhat off subject, but still along the same lines of incompetence in the work place... My current client has a production server (Win98 no less) sitting in an employee cubicle. Everytime someone uses the microwave to heat up their lunch, which sits about 15 feet away, the UPS on the production server starts beeping. It's hard to believe, but the client actually said "thank goodness we have that UPS, othwerwise we'd be screwed" without any thought of relocating the server to a more appropriate environment. This client never ceases to amaze me...
All Simpson's jokes aside, in high school I seriously played basketball against a team that had a player named Jock Burns. Luckily for him, he was a huge guy and was capable of physically dealing with all the jokes. Still, we all felt bad for the guy...
"H. C Lane"
I wonder why he puts the period at the end of his name? If anything, that would make me think that it actually stood for something. I don't think I've ever seen someone write their name as Mike. Davis
Conservatives love killing off all parts of government not associated with the military or law enforcement Please stop your rant, because it is losing focus. If you think NASA isn't associated with the military, you are sorely mistaken.
junk food warps minds? i guess it's time to put away the doritos...
great post
I know this isn't a political website, but all the George Bush bashing is getting a little old. For months on slashdot I read about people begging to go to the moon/mars. Now, once it is reported that the *president of the united states* is actually considering action, I see a flood of comments about how terrible G Bush is for even contemplating such a commitment. How about a little consistency here fellas? Of course, there are similar patterns with other topics, but this whole thread of comments really annoyed me.
Can anyone point me to a link that helps explain the difficulties in creating an "airplane" that travels into space? I've honestly tried to find a concise explanation of the issues, but have come up short. Thanks in advance.
This thing must be loud as hell. I wonder if it sounds comparable to dropping a decent sized rock into a clothes dryer.