tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13434879599172645312011-11-27T17:25:28.334-07:00Isn't It Time We Started Thinking?Mark Holocroftnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343487959917264531.post-43025734944868447932009-05-28T19:09:00.003-06:002009-05-28T19:18:25.626-06:00

I've been thinking recently about high school graduation. Watching my friends getting ready to graduate, and watching how they deal with it. Watching those around me that are younger than me watching the seniors in my school, and how much they want to be like them.Its a slightly humbling, as well as menancholy experience. Its also regretful, because unlike most of those around me, I am not

Mark Holocroftnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343487959917264531.post-88907733813783976692009-04-06T23:00:00.003-06:002009-04-06T23:14:46.938-06:00

I had a post mostly written out for today, but I messed around with a couple settings on my computer, as nerds are want to do, and it crashed. Obviously this was slightly frustrating, but I'm not really too broken up about it. However, it does mean that I'm not going to put the time into rewriting it today, since I want to sleep.I did learn something from this though; finish writing important

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What makes a good friend?Someone that will stick by you no matter what? Someone that will love you unconditionally no matter what you do to them or to someone else? No matter what other people say about you? No matter how many other friends you make? Someone that realizes you aren't always your best you?I'm not going to answer those questions, just think about them.Is it acceptable for

Mark Holocroftnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343487959917264531.post-45672653926919970802009-04-01T19:17:00.004-06:002009-04-01T19:30:49.710-06:00

What is free speech? No, I know, its the freedom to speak freely, that's not what I'm asking. What is free speech?Is it being told by my English teacher that we must willingly submit to at least some censorship? Incidentally, that was the last English class I took.What our debate was about was a disagreement over my score when I told her that based upon her own system, that opinions couldn't

Mark Holocroftnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343487959917264531.post-70816532877260477402009-03-31T18:32:00.003-06:002009-03-31T20:21:08.552-06:00

Whether you believe in global warming or not, this is an interesting video. The link is to part one of eight, not counting part zero, which isn't working anyway. Be advised--this will take roughly an hour and a half.Some things to take into account while watching these.First of all, something I noticed right away is that the ratio of skeptics to supporters of global warming is skewed in favor

Mark Holocroftnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343487959917264531.post-88249133552340401552009-03-29T17:41:00.004-06:002009-03-29T18:09:37.359-06:00

I found myself wandering around the internet when I stumbled upon a fairly interesting article.According to this article the average score that today's top science students would have gotten on tests administered in 1965 is 0%. Now before you go crazy and start lobbying your local political leaders to have me shot for heresy or something equally ridiculous, lets take a look at a couple

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Why School Is Bad For KidsThis article brings up a very good point; the school system is not so much broken as grossly misdirected. What good do grades actually accomplish? Why are kids so poorly motivated? Why do they see so little reason to remain focused or to work hard? Why do they hate learning in so many different instances?Perhaps we should try to learn something from children. I can

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