college

Stanley Fish writes in The New York Times (Jan. 6, 2008):

I'm finally getting back to school in January. First I have to finish my associates before I can transfer to a local 4 year for a B.S. Because I'm a) broke and b) going part time after work, I've decided taking CLEP exams for a bunch of classes sounds like a good idea. They're for most of...

I'm posting this in the Education section because I have a few links that might help other students, but I also have a few opinions I'll be posting. I'm working on finishing my Associates in Applied Science in Digital Communications. I hope to continue my education by earning a Bachelors in...

Two weeks from now, there's going to be an hour-long presentation on my campus that will present the "scientific" possibility of a creator. I'm not expecting any ground-breaking arguments or even any new arguments that I haven't heard already. I'll be expecting the antrophic argument (which I'll...

Recently I discovered that one of my diplomas said something about "undergraduate courses". I was wondering if one of the Americans on this board would mind explaining about this as I have some doubts about the "University level" my English-Danish dictionary claims........ Exactly WHERE on the...

Trena was there when the shootings started. She got out okay. But I've never been this close to a gun crime. It took about an hour to sink in that it could have been Trena hurt, and what I'd feel like. ... Very weird feeling. Not getting much done at work either. :boggled:

I have a quandry in my life journey and I would love to hear any suggestions from such an enlightened group of individuals. I have just received my dream job - a tenure track position as a professor of education in which all of my family's needs will be met as long as I don't screw up. I will...

George Deutsch, a 24 year old Bush political appointee with only a degree from Texas A &M in jouralism, has been silencing NASA scientists on what the Bush adminstraton consider to be political issues (such as global warming). Yet, it appears that: he was offered a position in George W. Bush’s...

I understand that when we vote we're actually voting for electors who vote for the president..I have a few questions about that if anyone could answer. 1.On the ballot for the presidental election...Don't people get confused who don't know anything about the electoral college who are voting...

Story [/b]How reliable can this "gynelogical examination" be in determining one's virginity?

As tens of thousands of engineering jobs migrate to developing countries, many new entrants into the U.S. work force see info tech jobs as monotonous, uncreative and easily farmed out - the equivalent of 1980s manufacturing jobs. The research firm Gartner Inc. predicts that up to 15 percent of...

... so they can celbrate V-Day and P-Day.

In many of the other E.C. threads, I see the claim that the E.C. prevents larger states from bullying smaller states. Would someone give an example of a 21st century issue that might be part of a presidential campaign platform that would result in larger states bullying smaller states?

Does the electoral college decide not to vote in the winning prez's running mate. COuld they say vote in Bush, but then choose Edwards for VP?

An interesting article on the craziness of the electoral college: In electoral tally, small states wield out-sized power

This is ridiculous... how to get into a good college: take the 3000 you were going to spend on "getting-into-college camp" and do something excting. Travel somewhere and write and essay about it. Start a community service organization. Do something!!! What a waste of money... unless you have...

Interesting read. Download the .pdf here Interesting passages so far (feel free to add your own).

There was an article in the Boston Globe about how for the state budget has allocated more money to the Corrections dept than higher education. They had a chart showing the how the steady rise of the corrections budget has caught up to the roller coaster higher ed budget. Kinda sad. Whats up...

Heard this story about people trying to remove beer commercials during broadcasts of college sports. The story came complete with sound bite of parents whos son died binge drinking. Yet another example of babyprooffing the world. Its not like they show kids doing keg stands in the beer...

I recently received this chain mail from a relative of mine : This made me chuckle a little bit. Now God is taking votes for his actions. It is nice to know that the workings of the universe are now a democracy, instead of the dictatorship they have been for the past few thousand years. I...