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Daughter
you are so
full of spirit
You made
the best mud cakes
in town...
There's not a spunkier
girl around!
Woo Hoo!!
You made them jump
When you won
the race
You made them stare surprized
You always were
an ace!
Now Pumpkin
You enter
A new door
It is
ll your own
Soar!
High above us
But if you're
ever blue
Remember mom and dad
We know
you're true blue!
Lesser Work of a Great Man II
Ok ... So who is this man?
He created his own entire genre of work.
Art in America was totally transformed under his tutelage.
Who is it?
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(John made me do it!)
Lesser Known Work of a Great Man
This artist used symbolism to convey intuition, harmony... his use of the abstraction was developed to a very high level. People called him a genius.
He loved his pipe.He was from Europe.
Who was he?
OKokok ...So please play along... pick a favorite artist,poet or musician, select alesser known piece of work, post it here and tell us about it!
This is John Scalzi's assignment so you can post there too!
The More the Chinese Use Gasoline The Higher the Price
CNN
CNN reporters keep hitting this point: that the more the Chinese start driving cars, the more demand for gasoline will rise.CNN says that this demand will cause our prices to soar over time.
Note: Every summer gasoline prices do go up and right now , people are worried about Iran too.Hopefully these problems are temporary.
However, sharing gasoline in the global market is a huge problem and it is not temporary.
Please write your comments here.
Extra credit: Do you think that the fact that many citiznes in the US and in China are interested in driving hybrids will help ease this problem? Why or why not?
Water From the Moon - Nasa
United Press International
Nasa has announced that we would like to crash into the moon with sufficient force to crash some below the level water to emerge. I've been told that this is important because if water does appear we can settle the moon eventually.
Price tag: 90 million dollars.
Please comment : Is it worth it?
Please write your comments here.
Joke - Adam and Eve and God
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( Please it's just a joke; nothing serious intended!)
God talked to Adam . He said : "I want to give you a companion."
Adam said "What's it gonna' cost me?"
And God said "An arm and a leg."
So Adam said "Would you settle for a rib?"
Teens Dropping out of High School, Part II
Time
April 17,2006
"Dropout Nation" by Thornburgh
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Shelbyville, outside of Indianapolis, is fighting back to keep more teens interested in attending high school according to Thornburgh. The town is creating an alterntive high school, upping the penalties for dropping out, and encouraging the local factory not to hire teens who drop out.
Thornburgh also mentions a student who was encouraged by her school administrator to drop out so she did. She said itwas intimidating to try to aplly at teh community college then because she did not want for people to call her stupid. (wow!)
She even told Thornburgh that things might have turned out better for her if people had asked her to stay the course.
Please leave comments: What do you think is causing this and how can we best change it for the better?
Extra credit: What role do parents and administrators play in this?
