Friday, March 19, 2010

Kathleen's Links

Google executives referred to YouTube as a 'rogue enabler of content theft,' whose 'business model is completely sustained by pirated content' before going ahead with the 2006 purchase of the video site, according to documents unsealed today in Viacom's $1 billion copyright lawsuit against Google.
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For the first time last week, Facebook traffic passed Google's, although the margin was thin. View Full Story

"Is it time to sell google stock?"


Every day, workers at Devils Slide get 5 feet of rock closer to conquering the longest, most-ambitious tunnel project in modern California highway history. They detonate dangerous explosives, mine rock, lay rebar, spray concrete '” over and over again, in rotating shifts 24 hours a day.
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"I wonder if they are offering field trips."


Letters to the Editor: March 17, 2010 View Full Story

"I think Joan Weidman just nailed the problem with our education system. She said, "Education is more than teaching reading, writing, math, science and history from books in a classroom. The most powerful learning happens when academics become relevant to the real world. On March 4, the lesson for the day was democracy.'As a mother I prefer schools teaching our children just reading writing, math, science, REAL History, not Howard Zinn History . I will do the rest. Thank You. Now ,get to teaching what is relevant Weidman or you're out.'"

In an effort to better prepare students for college-level work, the California State University approved a controversial policy on Wednesday that requires academically needy students to take remedial coursework before they start their freshman year. The new 'Early Start' policy, which will start in 2012, demands that students who fail Math and English proficiency tests take CSU-sponsored courses at high school, online or in summer schoolView Full Story

"Here is something nice. No one will be left behind.  (clap clap clap)"


Submitted by Kathleen Rogan

2 comments:

Kathleen Rogan said...

In a letter to Pac Trib, Joan Weidman's comment about teaching our children democracy needs to get a close look at what could be her true intentions. If we are to fix our community's we need to keep our children in school. I do not thing school districts should be in the business of teaching our children how to protest. Money that has been stolen from the teachers pensions by the state is not my fault. Tell the teachers instead of looking in my pockets to look in sacramento. Keep the kids in school.

Kathy Meeh said...

Very good Kathleen, nice work in collecting links which will not cause civil political war and cause the weak and disgusted to run. If you're up to it, maybe this could be a weekly column for you.

With regarding to CA State Universities remedial classes, it seems some of these are needed because students come in with various skill levels even though they have been approved at a benchmark academic level by the university.