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Category: EducationBy Jim Willis on May 29, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 1 Comment
Taxpayers from the Maine-Endwell School District are being shaken down to pay for new construction at the M-E school to the tune of $59.6 million. Yes, you read that right–nearly 60 MILLION DOLLARS. The money will be spent upgrading four school buildings, a bus garage, and building a brand new 8-lane swimming pool. Let’s hope [...]
By Jim Willis on May 28, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 1 Comment
Out come the obligatory “the sky has now officially fallen” stories for the poor, deprived children of the Chenango Valley Central School District. I can see it now, these poor kids will become waifs by this time next year. (Violins please.) The cause of this calamity? Those greedy taxpayers who voted down the CV budget [...]
By Jim Willis on May 27, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Society & Culture, This Site | 0 Comments
If you read this blog on a regular basis, I would like to point out a little feature in the middle of the page (just to the right of my articles) called Blogroll. That’s a fancy name for “list of links to other sites.” Most of the links are to other blogs that I read. [...]
By Jim Willis on May 19, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 2 Comments
One of the biggest threats to the economic future of our state and our country are teachers’ unions. Let’s just be honest about this, shall we? The unions are responsible for continually draining money out of your pockets. Some of that money goes to teachers, and I certainly don’t begrudge them a pay increase here [...]
By Jim Willis on May 16, 2008 in Education, Memories | 0 Comments
One of the most underrated collegiate “sports” is debating. It is athletics of the mind. Many years ago for a brief period I participated in my college’s debate team. Debating teaches you to think fast, analyze the opposing viewpoint, and put yourself in the other guy’s shoes. It should be a required part of every [...]