Category: Random
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government schools spending too much?
The Wichita Falls ISD reports that they spend about $5700/student. The district’s total population is 15,013 students K-12 with a total budget of $86,000,000 (inclusive of debt service, maintenance & operations, campus activity funds, special revenue fund). Doing the math, that would equal $5728.37 per student. While this is about $2,000 higher than local private…
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can’t keep a good pope down
Pope Takes 6-Hour Trip Into the Alps LES COMBES, Italy, JULY 8, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Despite the rain, John Paul II left a vacation chalet in the forest of Les Combes this morning and went for a drive in the Italian Alps. It was the Pope’s first long excursion from the chalet since his arrival in…
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an annual event?
Almost a year to the day, I wrote an entry about a news story reporting the the pope took a morning drive and how everso exciting it was. Today, I open my e-mail to find this headliner from the Zenit News Service: Poor Weather Halts Papal Outing LES COMBES, Italy, JULY 7, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Heavy…
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a little dorky
If you notice near the bottom of the sidebar, I added a “total word count” header. That is how many words I’ve typed in this blog. Kinda sick. Also, you’ll notice that every entry now has a word count on it.
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the four year plan
Since I know oh-so-many chemistry majors out there, I’m going to throw out the remainder of my four-year plan so all of you can wait to take your classes until a time where you can take them with me ::grin:: Summer 2004 (4 hours): BIO 213 (Intro Bio: Diversity and Ecology) BIO 214 (Intro Bio:…
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fall 2004: registration? third time a charm?
50055 — BIO 325 (Genetics) — TTh 9:30-11, M 3-4 52560 — CH 310M (Organic I) — MWF 12-1 52805 — CH 431 (Inorganic-W) — TTh 11-12:30, F 9-12 57935 — M 408K (Differential Calc) MTWThF 8-9 I met with my chemistry advisor today for the first time; she suggested a slightly different four-year plan…