People are dumb. I know I'm not really shocking anyone by this statement, but I feel that I must reiterate this idea. As I've said before, I don't really care what political views people have, I believe that everyone has the right to believe in what they will, but sometimes, stupid people, shouldn't be allowed to think at all. Case in point. I was driving down the road Friday morning and I was astounded by the sheer stupidity of a political bumper sticker that I saw. The bumper stick...

I really used to hate the solistation call we used to get. The worst were the ones where the phone would ring, you'd pick up the phone and say "hello" but there would be no one there for a second, then you'd hear something like "please hold someone will speak to you shortly about something you could not possibly give a rats ass about." On the other hand, I don't mind getting the phone and answering surveys. I can't really explain it, but the surveys just make me feel like I'm helping someo...

So I'm a student here at the University of Texas at Austin, and we have a pretty spiffy computer network running here called UTDirect. Its pretty helpful for finding out information and taking care of business. You can register and add/drop classes, you can check your grades, you can figure out what books you need to buy for you classes. You can find out the email address for a professor and the web page, if any for a particular class. All in all its a pretty nifty class. To get into this ...

I went to observe a freshman science classroom today. It was fantastic, I hope that one day I will have a class something like this. One thing that caught my eye was one of those cheesy posters that teachers put up on the wall. This one was sort of a mind teaser, you can find the original here True Colors from Mindware . Anyway I've recreated the poster here. What your supposed to do is say the name of the color of each word out loud as fast as you can. I've tried it, and its not very ...

Alabama : Hell Yes, We Have Electricity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alaska : 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arizona : But It's A Dry Heat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ California : By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorado : If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connectic...

Alabama : Hell Yes, We Have Electricity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alaska : 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arizona : But It's A Dry Heat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ California : By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Colorado : If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connectic...

Kids do say the darndest things. I'm reminded of two stories that I thought I'd share with anyone that cares to read. So I'm a student hoping to become a teacher one day. Until recently I worked for a Child Development Center (Read: Day Care). So one day I am working with the "Grizzly Bears" (all of the classes are named after animals), a class of approximately 18 4-year olds. We're out on the playground on this morning, and I noticed that Jonathan was playing with two plasic balls from...

Kids do say the darndest things. I'm reminded of two stories that I thought I'd share with anyone that cares to read. So I'm a student hoping to become a teacher one day. Until recently I worked for a Child Development Center (Read: Day Care). So one day I am working with the "Grizzly Bears" (all of the classes are named after animals), a class of approximately 18 4-year olds. We're out on the playground on this morning, and I noticed that Jonathan was playing with two plasic balls from...