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We all do it…right?  I do it.  My mother does it.  Even my grandmother does the text messaging.  There is just something strangely satisfying about communicating with someone without the use of oral language.  I suppose it makes life easier when telling that certain someone that you prefer the company of a sweaty sock over [...]

Just a quick movie of bike stunts. I was always fascinated by people who could do stuff like this. I just lack the balance (among other stuff). Please don't try this at home...

This Youtube video is the same one that all of your teachers watched at the beginning of this school year.  The one fact that shocked me more than anything else is, "There are more honor students in China than there are people in North America."

This fascinates me to no end.  If I was to ask you if education is important, most of you would raise your hand.  Although, when I asked if you would support "year-round schooling," you starting grumbling things like, "That is stupid" or "I wouldn't go to school anymore."

How are we supposed to compete with other countries that place so much emphasis on education?  What can we do to compete with these other countries?  Or should we just wait and see if things will just "work themselves out"?  What is going to happen if students keep taking the "easy" way out and placing little to no emphasis on education?