Apologies for taking so long to get this up.
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5:01 p.m. PATRIOT Committee meets.
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I started by asking whether we’re really qualified to be revolutionizing the school system. I think that maybe doing the project well would require a lot more time and research than we’re actually about to invest. Bob and Josh believe we’re at least […]
Archive for June, 2007
Madame Senator Clinton cannot act her way out of a bag, let alone a mafia hit-job or a staring match with patriarchy incarnate. She seems a bit like Susan Sarandon in Team America: wooden.
Let me start by saying our discussion yesterday went a whole lot faster than did last week’s, so please correct the mistakes I’ve undoubtedly made.
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5:05 p.m. The officially-renamed PATRIOT Committee meets. In the absence of Acting President Masten, President Emeritus Bob Lotfinia presides.
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I asked to be reminded of what exactly PATRIOT stands for. […]
Most good economics blogs have had some debate and discussion lately on so-called heterodox economics. Why should we be any different? Professor Benjamin Smith of the University of Florida, who I had for two classes and consider a friend, has weighed in on the subject on TPMCafe. Here’s what he had to say:
On May 29, […]
Meeting Overview 6/5/07
Published by June 6th, 2007 in UES, Entertainment & Culture, Education and Meeting Records. 0 CommentsPlease let me know if I misrepresented you, so I can keep this as accurate as possible!
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5:00 p.m. The as-yet-officially-unnamed Education Committee meets.
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We reviewed the data that had been collected.
Bob brought to the attention of the committee a useful document, the Florida School Indicators Report.
I explained that, of the five regions we’ve been discussing […]
The recent developments in the feline dialect have certainly made conversations with my cat a little easier. I’m not our resident linguist so I don’t have anything scholarly to say about this. I just wanted to point out the topic: The author of Linguistic Mystic posted a great discussion of LOLcode, a programming language developed […]
I would like to submit this post as an umbrella for comments that might have for our UES School project or web links for others to read.
The Economist: In Freefall? Part II
Published by June 1st, 2007 in International Affairs. 0 CommentsYou know what, when I’m wrong, I’m wrong!
Another example of the survey’s absurd bias: Israel places No. 119, ahead of only Sudan and Iraq. But of course most Israelis would like nothing more than to live in peace, as would their leaders. They are forced into frequent […]
Meeting Overview 5/29/07
Published by June 1st, 2007 in UES, Education and Meeting Records. 1 CommentAt the suggestion of Acting President Matt Masten, a UES committee was formed during our last meeting to undertake an interesting and rather ambitious project. We plan to analyze the public education system currently in place for strengths and weaknesses, brainstorm hypotheses regarding how the system might be improved, and ultimately create a business proposal […]
