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POPSOregon Measures I'm extraordinarily happy the two education initiatives did not pass. Measure 60 was poorly worded and even more poorly thought out. Sure, in the corporate world it makes sense to pay employees based on performance. In the world of education, those same standards would sell students short and punish teachers who are doing a wonderful job of reaching hard-to-teach students that don't meet some "undefinable" definition of succeeding. As for the latter, limiting ESL education to two years would have been devastating for the more than 40% of public school kiddos who don't speak English as their first language. Yes, they should learn in English, speak English and so on, but to learn, there has to be a trade off. Finally Oregon made some solid choices.
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POPSAllergies Ouch, at least we know why my heads ready to pop off now.
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POPSExpensive! Damn. I paid $4.09 today and thought it was overpriced and now I see that's actually a dime shy of the average price here. WTF!
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POPSBaseball I've found this story twice today while shifting through the news. In light of all the doom and gloom floating about, it's a wonderful story.
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POPSTechnology in Classrooms? Actually, this doesn't surprise me one bit. There are no computers in classrooms in my building. My lab it outdated by a solid ten years. I have two mobile carts totaling less than 30 computers for student use . And my teachers are illiterate and unwilling to learn technology standards for use in their classrooms. Face it, K-12 technology still has a long way to go.
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POPSLunar Eclipse! The News says that it'll be available for most people North America to see, weather permitting. Which of course means in rainy, cloudy Oregon we won't likely get a chance to see it. If it's clear tonight where you are, could be a neat event to watch. :D
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POPSRights I firmly believe that the government should have no power in our interpersonal relationships. The more power we give the government on how we live or who we love undermines our most basic freedoms, choices, and desires. I may be a somewhat conservative Christian but I fully support this initiative and where ever it may lead for human rights.
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POPSFootball I have to be honest, I really could have cared less which Oregon team won the civil war game last night. As it was, it was an interesting game to watch and, of course, make fun of. At least to me, it didn't seem like either team did a wonderful job - Beavers had it in the beginning and then fell apart, only to come out winning by a touchdown, where as the Ducks started weak, made up for it quickly and then got cocky. *shrugs*
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