Homeschool athletes
There is an article on si.com about the home-school athletes. Regardless of your feelings about homeschooling children, this is an interesting question. Should children that are home-schooled be allowed to play sports for the school district in which they reside? Their housing expenses go towards taxes that pay for the schools (whether you pay property taxes or you pay rent, some of your housing money is going for the school), should they have the right to not enroll in that school, but be allowed to play sports for the school? It’s an interesting question that raises some interesting problems.
I’ll start off by saying I don’t know anything about homeschooling. It appears that in some areas there is an approved curriculum that will be followed by all home-schoolers, but it looks like in other places there are not any regulations. How would the school enforce eligibility requirements? There have been studies that show home-schooled students score better on tests than traditional students, so education might not be a concern for parents/students that are serious about the home-school, but what about the students that are not able to stay eligible, would homeschooling be a way around those requirements? Read the rest of this entry »
CVS
CVS is the god damn devil. I have never been “happy” with the service they have provided for me, but I’ve not been pissed off at them until this last time I tried to get a prescription from them.
I am horrible at filling prescriptions and staying on top of my medication needs. I don’t use [...]
Curious
Most of the things I’ve done with my home pcs have been driven by curiosity. I built a linux box because I was curious, started monkeying with software raid, vm’s…etc…all because I was curious. I didn’t have any real “need” for any of this, but it was interesting to try and figure out. Now I’m [...]
Superbowl
There isn’t a whole lot to say about this game, the team that deserved to win won. The onside kick coming out of 1/2 time was a ballsy call and is really the difference between the Saints and every other team in the league. I heard someone over the wall this morning talking about the [...]
Irvin Fired from ESPN
Micheal Irvin has been fired from ESPN radio after some rape allegations have surfaced. The rape is alleged to have taken place in 2k7 and the woman has filed a civil suit. Irvin’s contract would have expired at the end of the week. ESPN is saying they did not have plans to renew the contract [...]
Measuring Tools
What tools are sufficient for measuring progress while working out? Do you use a tape measure and record circumference of various parts of your body? That’s certainly a valid check depending on what your goal is. I think most people can agree that the scale overall is not the best way of measuring your progress…but [...]
Liberties Denied!!!
In the wake of a snow storm, a state of emergency was declared in King N.C. When a state of emergency is declared it comes with restrictions on the sale of alcohol and the carrying of firearms. The restriction of when you can carry based on a “storm” is pretty ridiculous…but what is more ridiculous [...]
I had to watch this twice to see it, but if you pay attention…at the 10 second mark you’ll see a coach taking out her frustration…
