Fear is a part of the American education structure. It seems that the carrot of advancing to another level also serves as the whip. In 6th grade we were taught to work hard so that high school would not overwhelm us. In 7th and 8th grade a common saying by teachers was "they won't accept this kind of work in high school". Making the student who ( Read more... )

It seems to me in the secular America we find in the modern age that marx's claim that religion is the opiate of the people needs some revising. The new opiate in a secular society is sports. I came to this assumption from schools priding themselves and being almost dogmatic about their sports programs. Also from the "ideal Sunday" turning from a ( Read more... )

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I find myself in a precarious situation. On the one hand I feel that competition on the international scale is a catalyst for human progress. On the other I find the current trade deals that America has agreed to as regressive and moving back on gains in environmental protection and fair labour laws. Also how this deindustrialization of America and ( Read more... )

This is Aristotle's Golden Mean, from his Niccomacean Ethics,
And in short means "not too little, not too much, but just enough." This golden mean teaches man to live in harmony and order with himself. Avoid the extremes!

Someone is muscling on the Holy Smokes cocaine deals and they are not amused. Added to this deadly event is the theft of six million dollars from Heathrow Airport making an explosive cocktail. Hot on the trail of the missing money is the Metropolitan Police's most corrupt officer, Detective Inspector Greaves. It's a roller-coaster ride as The Holy ( Read more... )

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It strikes me oddly that in New Hampshire, part of New England, town greens are not common. Derry does not have one, neither do any other town I think of. I always liked town greens and saw them as a practical concept. Public land that is set aside originally for grazing land but open space in a town center is extremely desirable by my preference. ( Read more... )

So in math class the other day my teacher was clumsily typing information into her calculator and said "woops my calculator says syntax" then I proceeded to rant on about New Hampshire sin-taxes on liquor, prepared food, etc. Everyone in the class was baffled and could not follow the path that my intellect had cleared. Mel Thompson was the greatest ( Read more... )

I just want to put my idea to text. Whenever a person reads a book a small amount of the ink is absorbed by the eye which then gets rid of it through the kidneys. The obvious problem with this is that books will become faded and eventually the text will disappear. My invention are glasses that would prevent this from happening.