Hmm...I didn't know that other areas were cutting out study hall. My child has a study hall class.

Yes, budgets are being pushed in the school system. Hopefully it will get better. Children need the best education that we can offer to them. They are the future.

Good morning. Yes, we did have a nice exchange of views.

I was just having a little fun there. That's why I used the laughing smiley.

I just woke up and have no idea about that situation but it sure sounds funny to me - Hillary being used for preemptive use.

Oops...you edited. lol

That's what I think too. That makes for a healthy, happy relationship.

Daniel,

Homeroom was a waste of time, wasn't it? It was all about taking attendance and waiting for the bell to ring.

JaneStar,

They won't poison me with their ideologies.

When my child was born, I made their education a priority in my mind. It started with the first book that I read to them. I hope for my child to learn everything that they possibly can and love learning it. I want my child to be able to hold conversations on many topics. So far, it's been working.

We want our children to have a better life then the one that we have had. They also need to be able to survive on their own when we are gone.

They could cut a study hall class.

A philosophy class isn't about a career choice in philosophy unless one wants to be a philosophy professor.

A philosophy class does teach thinking skills and thinking outside of the box. Each class - math, art, etc., stimulate different parts of the brain. I think that the more a child learns about different areas of life the better. I think it would be great for kids to learn about Socrates, Aristotle, and Descrates.

Cheney needs to stay out of it, IMO. He didn't handle things well under the previous administration.

Yes, Obama needs to make decision. I think it's worse if he rushed to do those difficult things.

IMO, Cheney needs to stay out of it. He didn't handle things well under the previous administration.

If they had finished Afghanistan instead of going to Iraq in the first place, we wouldn't be having such a big problem now.

Their idea of news is telling lies about death panels and promoting Tea Party Protests. They show town hall meetings opposed to the health care plan and don't show meetings for it. That's not true news coverage.

I don't know either. lol They seem the same to me though.

Well, if my child doesn't want to get hurt, then they're going to college.

In our time people could have careers without college. I think it is different for my child's generation. I don't even know if a bachelor's degree will be enough. They are more common now.

I took philosophy in college. I think it would be good for teaching independent thinking skills in high school. It also would also offer the children a different perspective. We're only talking about one class, right?

I've seen both sides of her.

http://dissidentvoice.org/Articles8/Gaiek_Faux-News.htm

"Fox News just ran a segment glorifying the pornographic aspect of Gulf Slaughter II. They added beautiful music to video clips of bombs exploding in Baghdad and elsewhere in the besieged country of Iraq. Music videos designed to "wow and awe" their audience of bloodthirsty, vengeful, repugnant, pseudo-patriotic American sheep. It is an obscenity beyond description that has been seen around the world and will only further serve to enrage a very angry world. Fox News has turned war into salacious pornography. They will not show the victims, presumably as a show of their good taste and journalistic integrity. They mock all of humanity"

http://dissidentvoice.org/Articles3/Gaiek_Iraq-FoxNews.htm

Robert Gaiek is a former Army Infantry Captain, earning a Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf, and two Air Medals in Vietnam. He owns his own video production business and is actively opposed to Gulf Slaughter II.

It happened to me too.

Possibly.

What do you like to do on dates?

I'm right even when I'm wrong.