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  • I love the scary message from the State.

    “In the guidance released Tuesday evening, the education agency said students, teachers or school districts participating in ‘inappropriate political activism’ could face the following consequences: […] Students being marked absent and districts losing state funding.” (source)

    My brothers and sisters, big scary liberal Austin ISD done already marked kids as an unexcused absence if they walked out.

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  • talk about a grand opening

    Mishap Mars Opening of Constitution Museum (registration required) This tripped me out. There was a new constitutional museum being dedicated and opening yesterday up in Philadelpha. From the story: The opening of the National Constitution Center, a museum devoted to the United States Constitution, was marred today when a huge wood and steel frame collapsed,…

  • Financial Aid Reform

    Well, ladies and gentlemen, Midwestern State’s Summer I term has now ended. It’s about time. One thing that bothers me about attending school here this summer is the financial impact it has. I just cut the check for the $825 Summer II tuition payment. Financial aid programs need to do a better job of working…

  • crickets and japan ‘education’

    A Carpet of Crickets in the West (registration required) Victums Say Japan Ignores Sex Crimes Committed by Teachers (registration required) ::crickets:: The LA Times is reporting about a massive plague of crickets that are swarming the western states. It is getting so bad that transportation agency have to post advisory signs warning motorists to slow…

  • search engine

    Okay- the search engine is acting funny. Last time it did this, I just reparied the database and it worked fine except I lost some data (just comments but still). I would like to check out my coding to see if there is anything else I can do to fix that before repairing it again.

  • blogs: politics

    WatchBlog: 2004 Election News, Opinion and Commentary Whoa- this is cool. It is three weblogs side-by-side with Demo, Third Party and Repub views. I don’t know where to even begin on this. Sensory overload seriously. What is cool though, the backend for the site is the same webapp I installed on my server… see what…

  • a sad day in austin

    www.TexasSports.com: NCAA Milestone I don’t feel like a long post tonight. UT was just eliminated from CWS. It was a good close game though- it wasn’t a blowout like many games have been recently.