That is a great question...why? That question and the question of "What if..." have lead to so many discoveries and changes. Let's hope there is a reasonable explanation for these people in the video that ask Obama "Why?".
I am for choice in education and for vouchers as long as the schools receiving them are obliged to follow federal guide lines regarding discrimination, minimum standards, and certain curriculum matters.
That is a long discussion, but I don't want a private school, even if it is the best in a region, to be awarded federal or state money if it espouses Arianism, teaches that the world is only 6,OOO years old, refuses to accept Mormons or Muslims or whites or blacks, will not allow a gay kid to attend, forces anyone to take a religious class or listen to prayers everyday, refuses to become handicap accessible, teaches that blood transfusions are of the devil etc.
I am for vouchers, but not until the guide lines are set firmly.
That is a very reasonable position to take, but it appears the Washington D.C. program was stopped as a reward for the support of the teachers union - something I think these Obama supporters don't understand.
Next up: Now Translating: Method and Device for Manufacturing Electro-optical Device Translated: Hydrodynamic Bearing Device, Spindle Motor, and Information Device (a fancy name for a hard disk drive) Motorcycle Film Formation Method, Method for Manufacturing Electro-optical Device, Electro-optical Device, and Electronic Apparatus (worth about 23,000 words) Fluid Discharge Method and Fluid Discharge Device (worth about 23,000 words) Method for Manufacturing Printed-circuit Board Source Driver of Display Panel and Drive Control Method Method for Manufacturing Molded Article, and Membrane Element Device for Removal of Intermaxillary Fixation (Something about unbinding a jaw that has been wired shut) Semiconductor Device, Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Device, and Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Package (A method for making semiconductor chips even smaller) Engine Generator (yet a different job, same title) Method for Manufacturing Film Formation Member
Mini Diary
8/12/2009 Final testing today at BYU. I will be glad to finish this annual intensive course that I teach. It's stressful for teacher and students alike. I have a hard time dieting during such courses and I have come to the conclusion that I eat more when under stress. Now that the course is essentially done, I can rededicate myself to losing weight (I think I have rededicated myself several times already this summer!).
8/5/2009 Swamped is not the word for it. I have work coming out of my ears. In the fall semester beginning in September, I have been assigned a new class, Japanese 321 Readings in Modern Document Styles. It is right up my alley. We will read various newspaper articles, magazine articles, technical documents, and so forth. I probably won't be able to keep the class permanently because so much shuffling of faculty assignments goes on every semester.
Notable Picture of the Day, Week, Month, Year (or whenever I update it)
I am a teacher and a translator. I enjoy the former most, but I do the latter the most. In fact, if I am not sleeping or teaching, I am translating. I mostly live a sedentary life at my desk typing into the wee hours of the morning. I am trying to exercise more, but alas, the next project is due and ...
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That is a great question...why? That question and the question of "What if..." have lead to so many discoveries and changes. Let's hope there is a reasonable explanation for these people in the video that ask Obama "Why?".
I am for choice in education and for vouchers as long as the schools receiving them are obliged to follow federal guide lines regarding discrimination, minimum standards, and certain curriculum matters.
That is a long discussion, but I don't want a private school, even if it is the best in a region, to be awarded federal or state money if it espouses Arianism, teaches that the world is only 6,OOO years old, refuses to accept Mormons or Muslims or whites or blacks, will not allow a gay kid to attend, forces anyone to take a religious class or listen to prayers everyday, refuses to become handicap accessible, teaches that blood transfusions are of the devil etc.
I am for vouchers, but not until the guide lines are set firmly.
That is a very reasonable position to take, but it appears the Washington D.C. program was stopped as a reward for the support of the teachers union - something I think these Obama supporters don't understand.
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