Please don't. E-mail is a horrible way to express emotions. It lets people say thoughtless, mean, nasty, angry, or demeaning things that they would never say in person. Bad things said get passed on to others. Things that might have been said in person and then apogized for instead get left out there. People who read something awful can keep ( Read more... )

Please take a moment and check your friends list. Some people have folks that shouldn't be on the list. For example, Nancy has added some people based on their first names (James, Kathy), and in the process has put on people that are not related to CDS--which means that they can see anything Nancy that you post for your friends. If you go into " ( Read more... )

Poll Is TV a wasteland?

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Recently talked with some students about practical jokes. Details were confidential, but got me thinking more about this topic. Robert Heinlein's book "Stranger in a Strange Land" addressed humor in an interesting way. The main character, Michael Valentine Smith, grows up entirely in the company of Martians, and Martians don't have humor. The ( Read more... )

Poll test polling

I just finished unpacking and testing out all the microscopes. These scopes should allow us to really expand our ability to observe and classify what we see in the farm and garden. The lower power scopes are as easy to use as the supplier said they would be -- which means that even first graders should, with some practice, be able to use them to ( Read more... )

Just trying to see how access to journal entries works for free live journal accounts