I somtimes rant about corny acronyms in education, such as A.V.I.D. or SOAR

but I think we can do better than this.

http://www.vocus.com/images/pr/sedl_logo.jpg

I hit a bird with my motorcycle today, on the way home.
Or rather it hit me. Dive bombed my headlight and disappeared in a cloud of feathers, just like in the movies.

I cringed ...

... but then I laughed.

T

Uh-huh.

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Just look here. That's all I have to say

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=35&q=60

and here

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=131&q=16

From the Space Race to the Gene pool

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5404678.stm

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Check this out.

From NY Times

"The Da Vinci Code," Ron Howard's adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling primer on how not to write an English sentence

http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/movies/18code.html

But sometimes the news just makes you feel good.

Testing Darwin's Teachers
Sometimes disruptive but often sophisticated questioning of evolution by students has educators increasingly on the defensive.
By Stephanie Simon, Times Staff Writer
March 31, 2006 Leave a comment

The Myth About Girls Going Wild
Why alcohol has become just a handy excuse
By ANA MARIE COX

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1176483,00.html?cnn=yes