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More articles, because life right now is boring.
Well, mostly boring. What sort of teacher assigns homework for the last damn week of school? It's not like we don't all know the grades are already in, but no, we have to do the whole song and dance of "Do your homework!" anyway.
The Taliban is threatening to stop polio vaccinations for children if drone strikes continue. Because two wrongs make a right.
Apparently, in a shocking event, some presumably young people don't know about things that happened before they were born, or when they were very small. Well, duh? The way history is taught in schools, how surprising is that?
Here's a quick article on the best map of the US ever, which you will never, ever need because, dude, that's what googlemaps is for.
An article about some politician who said, quite honestly, that if his kids were hungry and the only way to a better life was to enter the US, legally or otherwise, he'd do whatever it took to make that happen. The comments are full of outrage, of course, but they're all hypocrites. Any one of them would do the same, or they're not much of a human being and, frankly, terrible parents.
And one on what happens to donated clothes.
Oh, and an article on the cell phone ban in NYC public schools. As always, most people don't know one thing about NYC, so let's clear this up:
1. "Keep it in their lockers" is not a good solution because most NYC high schools a. don't have lockers b. don't have space to put lockers c. are averse to allowing students adequate time to go from class to class, much less to their lockers and d. don't have money to purchase new lockers anyway.
2. Yes, a two hour commute is not all that unusual for high school students in NYC. It's a little lengthy, but it's hardly unheard of. Both my sister and I easily topped an hour to get to school. "Leave them at home" isn't a good solution because if the student needs a phone because they have after-school obligations that keep them out late, they simply don't have the time, most likely, to run home first and pick up their phone.
3. Cell phone jammers are illegal. Nice idea, but even if they ARE "used in prisons" the solution isn't to make it even MORE obvious that you consider students in your school to be criminals.
4. Cell phones - at least if you have a basic plan - are cheaper than landlines. And no, texting is not going to make you stupider than calling does. WTF?
An unknown component of breastmilk may kill HIV. Well, really, is there anything that stuff can't do?
The Taliban is threatening to stop polio vaccinations for children if drone strikes continue. Because two wrongs make a right.
Apparently, in a shocking event, some presumably young people don't know about things that happened before they were born, or when they were very small. Well, duh? The way history is taught in schools, how surprising is that?
Here's a quick article on the best map of the US ever, which you will never, ever need because, dude, that's what googlemaps is for.
An article about some politician who said, quite honestly, that if his kids were hungry and the only way to a better life was to enter the US, legally or otherwise, he'd do whatever it took to make that happen. The comments are full of outrage, of course, but they're all hypocrites. Any one of them would do the same, or they're not much of a human being and, frankly, terrible parents.
And one on what happens to donated clothes.
Oh, and an article on the cell phone ban in NYC public schools. As always, most people don't know one thing about NYC, so let's clear this up:
1. "Keep it in their lockers" is not a good solution because most NYC high schools a. don't have lockers b. don't have space to put lockers c. are averse to allowing students adequate time to go from class to class, much less to their lockers and d. don't have money to purchase new lockers anyway.
2. Yes, a two hour commute is not all that unusual for high school students in NYC. It's a little lengthy, but it's hardly unheard of. Both my sister and I easily topped an hour to get to school. "Leave them at home" isn't a good solution because if the student needs a phone because they have after-school obligations that keep them out late, they simply don't have the time, most likely, to run home first and pick up their phone.
3. Cell phone jammers are illegal. Nice idea, but even if they ARE "used in prisons" the solution isn't to make it even MORE obvious that you consider students in your school to be criminals.
4. Cell phones - at least if you have a basic plan - are cheaper than landlines. And no, texting is not going to make you stupider than calling does. WTF?
An unknown component of breastmilk may kill HIV. Well, really, is there anything that stuff can't do?