I don't know how it is in other states and/or cities, but in Miami, "No Child Left Behind", is leaving children behind.
In my local high school students are required to pass the FCAT ( floridas standarized test). Needless to say, a plethora of students can't pass it. They end up taking it contless times, and all classes in high school revolve around passing this test. Read More »
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President Bush- "The Children Left Behind"
Schools Practically Promoting SEX
SEX
Complicated yet fairly understandalbe.
Kids have sex to be cool, because they're pressured into it. Point blank.
Adults have sex for pleasure and because they feel a connection with that person, however this is not always the case. Read More »
Black Water
Everyone is now aware what hapened withthe provate organizations in Iraq. A "security" organization called Black Water was in the streets of Iraq, "protecting" civillians. All of a sudden they fired their arsenal throughout the streets. American troops seized them and shut down their operation. Read More »
Florida Marlins vs Miami Marlins?
Well today in me economoics class, we were discussing how the Miami governor is trying to have the Florida Marlins converted into the Miami Marlins. He also is pushing for a stadium to be built for the Marlins basebal team. Read More »
The Stranger, My Father
My parents were never married, harsh reality of America. I was born out of wedlock, obviously. I do believe however at one point my parents did have true feelings for one another, but why must I be subject to their own personal misjudgements? Read More »
Disney Messages
I was recently talking to some of my friends about the little snipets of adult humor in movies such as Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, etc., and I don't see what the big deal is? Animators get bored when they're making these movies, so they decide to add a little adult humor to it. The adults have to take their kids to go watch the movie, so why can't they have fun while they watch it too? Read More »
Hedonism Take 2
Many people although not realizing it, practice this philosophical idea. Hedonism is a theory in which people only do certain things to recieve pleasure. If really though about from a morale point of view, this way of thinking is thought of as shallow and ignorant, but don't we all think like that? Read More »
College Purgatory
Hi!
i know i haven't posted a blog in about 3486347 years. sorry. life's rough. well i wanted to touvh up on the subject of college and the application process and just plainly how much it SUCKS.
So i applied to about 7 schools- FIU, UCF, UF, UWF, USF, Penn State, && Hartford. Don't ask why i applied to Penn, miracles happen right? Read More »


