Friday, October 23, 2015

Current Events 2.2

1).  One possible cause is an "intentionally set" burn pile in violation of the country's burn ban.  Another is an overheating shredder.

2).  Because he's awesome and has a natural passion for it, and he knows what he's doing.

3).  Lewis Hamilton is the favorite to win the race at Circuit of America.

4).  Ginger Gold, Honeycrisp, and McIntosh.

5).  "Real vanilla" sounds like something I would try - a love for vanilla anything runs way back in our family, so...

6).  We haven't purchased a hard-copy textbook to make up for the online ones, but the online ones definitely aren't reliable.  Yes, the online textbooks have hurt my grades, however minimally:  some nights I can't get the online textbook to work, and I'm not able to do the questions assigned to me, and I have to turn them in late (which is 30-50% off our grades).
      Going digital wasn't a good decision - if real textbooks are a hassle, it shouldn't matter, because it's our work and grades that should matter in the end.  Digital also isn't really an option for everyone, and it doesn't seem like this was considered among the people who made the decision to go completely online.
      This trend (sadly) probably will continue in the United States.  The majority of people will think it's easier or faster, but when it comes to school, it can't be a majority - it has to be all.  Some students shouldn't benefit where others suffer when it comes to materials.  Textbooks may be heavy or hard to distribute (which is probably why they decided to get rid of them), but they're tangible, and everyone is able to use them.  For the internet, this isn't totally true.

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