public schools

I do not claim to be the most educated person around, not by far. But since when did the presence of a state standardized test equate to no more arts in schools? And if not no arts, then considerably less. Can someone explain this to me?  Read More »

Part II
I put this in two parts because I prefer to keep my blogs short, and easier to read. This seemed like a good way to divide it.  Read More »

Once, in high school, while discussing the constitution, a teacher told the class that in school, we did not have all the rights that are granted to us in the constitution. For example, the school had the right to search our lockers without reason, and without our permission, and it was not illegal search and seizure. While this may sound crazy, that made perfect sense to me.  Read More »

My neighbor always says, “If you don’t know Spanish already, you’d better learn it, because the Latinos saved Phillips; we owe them that much.” In the 1990’s, a wave of immigration increased the Hispanic population of the Phillip’s neighborhood by over 500% (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). Today, once vacant Lake Street retail space is occupied by Latino-owned businesses.  Read More »

Separation of Church & State  Read More »

Ben Stein's new movie got me thinking about the whole evolution and creationism debate and public schools. Personally, I am a Christian but I do believe in evolution, which is more common than a lot of people would have you think. As for intelligent design, I suppose I actually do believe in it, as I think that it was God's intention for humans to evolve as we did.  Read More »

"I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another." Benjamin Franklin.

I live in Texas. In a small eastern section defined politically, as "blue". The rest of Texas is therefore a "red state". I think somewhere around Midland/Odessa it must be purple.  Read More »

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