Performing to the music of *#$shots this couple claims to be raising money to save the rainforest. However their efforts have not been well received by some:
“I can not see that this helps the work for the rainforest,” said Lars L�vold, head of the Rainforest Foundation Norway,…Not work friendly!
John Venlet brings back to life this interesting 1895 8th grade final exam that, as his commenter Gary points out, has been on the net for a while. You can read the Snopes article and judge for yourself rather this interesting historical document reflects a decline in education standards and achievement. I suspect the success distribution in 1895 was little different from what might be achieved by today’s students on today’s tests.
For instance, here are some sample questions used as preparation for the Washington State 8th grade math assessment exam. After scratching their heads a bit over vacuum cleaners, pizzas and robotics the very brightest of the 1895 8th graders might have cut through the verbal cuteness and been able to solve the math.
Of course, nothing herein should be taken to suggest that huge improvements are not only possible but necesssary in the US educational system.
From time to time I have heard various bush supporting talk jocks actually say something true about kerry: he’s wealthy. They state this, though, in a pejorative manner intended to convince their listeners that kerry isn’t one of them and can’t be trusted.
Of course they fail to point out that, compared to their typical listener, bush is also wealthy.
It looks like Tom is working hard to get the message out that bush is also wealthy.
Ok, dialing the phone is not near as strange as The Hospital but I agree with Ampersand in wanting more numbers!
I take it that Tom Ridge made this announcement:
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Thursday that there is “credible” information indicating that al-Qaida is moving ahead with plans for a “large-scale attack” in the U.S. aimed at disrupting the November elections.to assist in bush’s effort to squash a House attempt to remove some of the more onerous pieces of the patriot act:
The Republican-led House bowed to a White House veto threat Thursday and stood by the USA Patriot Act, defeating an effort to block the part of the anti-terrorism law that helps the government investigate people’s reading habitsNah, they wouldn’t do anything like that….