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I was looking for an article, and I found things to link.

Students Retain Information In Print-Like Formats Better
I knew there was a good reason I liked books.

What a 21st Century Education Means To You
Something that is actually challenging; and makes sure that people actually learn something. If students do not learn what they need to, they stay back until they have learned it, NO EXCEPTIONS. Also, get rid of standardized testing. It really does no good.

Is the Internet Killing Our Reputations
The thing about reputations and the Internet is that it makes having a good reputation even harder and more important to uphold while making it easier to destroy one. It only takes a little bit of information in the right place to destroy someone nowadays. When so few people can live publicly and keep a reputation, all those who can, in comparison, seem better. But then some right (or wrong) placed words emerge in a place where it is nearly impossible to destroy information; and yet another person goes down the drain.

GUYS READ

Symposium on Male Studies at Wagner College
As for my opinion: This whole idea just seems like a stupid attempt to try and make some sort of semblance of “fairness” where one is not needed. Though people should not exclude thinking of males when it comes to planning, organizing, or doing any sort thing in public or private.
I'd probably take this course to see what it's like, though it seems to me that all this is covered elsewhere in discussions on psychology and demographics and such.

Increasing Number Of Parents Opting To Have Children School-Homed
Though The Onion is a satire paper, it hits surprisingly close to home about people's attitudes toward public schooling.

Some links for you all

I'll be out for awhile, so here's entertaining and sometimes-informative links.

Compare the House, Senate, and Reconciliation Bills
Top Ten Notable Apocalypses That (Obviously) Didn't Happen
Why Do People Swear?
Narcissism Epidemic Spreads Among College Students

Omega Males and the Women Who Hate Them - this one is a list of stereotypes. I can't really comment on this one, not being in any of the categories listed. Any guys want to add some input?

Enjoy your varied Spring/Easter Breaks and Times, everyone!

Here's a new photo

Tech Camp, Day 2

Today we're going to do digital cameras! We had one, but no one could figure out how to use it. So we went and got a new one. I haven't really done anything with it yet, so today will be a learning experience.

Tech Camp, yesterday

Yesterday we did work with Google SketchUp, which is a 3-D imaging program. These are some I did. How do you like them?

You can download Google SketchUp for free at www.sketchup.com.

Day 1, cont.

So the camp teacher wants us to stick a "voki" a sort of avatar for the blog. To do or not to do? Going to make this as small as possible, because I don't think it looks very good:


Get a Voki now!

Tech Camp, Day 1 or Introduction

So, my first post on my first blog. This whole thing was started as part of the Tech Camp for Girls program, of which today is my first day. So far, its been fun. We learned a bit of basics about computers and the Internet, played around a bit, and started this blog. Later on I think we'll be using Google SketchUp. We had that at our school, but I didn't get any instruction in it because our Applied Tech teachers kept leaving or being replaced every few weeks. It was not very productive, and I had more fun in the classes I was taking before.
I turned up at this thing, which is held at the local community college, and guess what: there was someone I knew from school. Sat next to her, talked a bit, and my math teacher showed up with her two daughters. Awkward. Lots of people from out of town, its amazing how people will travel for some of these things.