Maybe next year Scot.
Maybe next year.

Why would anyone watch the NBA playoffs?
The Stanley Cup final starts today – Wings vs. Penguins. Game 2 tomorrow.

2 buses at the Hall of Fame in Canton…what a field trip those kids had!

I bet that you watched the NBA playoffs back in the heyday of Michael Jordan and the Bulls! For today’s fans, LeBron and Kobe are the equivalent. Amazing, amazing athletes.

4. Bring back shop classes – absolutely. Not only because of the value of Trades, but because learning to work with the hands is as important as reading, writing and arithmetic for the development of the mind. Grad students today struggle to learn how to jump in and make things happen – and as with most things it is a hard skill to learn if you don’t start early. When I was in 9th grade our school, for the first time, allowed girls to take shop as electives. I took two classes (metal and wood) and have never regretted it. The skills learned there were as important as the facts I learned in 9th grade science and math for the career path I’ve taken.
6. Rather than text during Faculty meetings – avoid them all together. (or web surf…)
7. Bemoaning announcements – I agree. But field trips and assemblies – these should, and generally do, enhance the experience. We don’t need to teach kids to sit still work, they need to engage and experience.

4. Yes, indeed, bring back shop classes.
Seriously. Schools should require basic life skills classes for all students. Shop class, home ec, how to change a tire/oil… And as I’ve heard from numerous liberal arts majors, basic web design should be a required part of any English or Writing degree.

Baseball has more in common with wrestling than basketball. They’re going to have to open a new wing in Cooperstown. “Down this hall you have real baseball players. This hall . . .” They should set up a house of mirrors kind of thing so kids could see what they’d look like if they used steroids. Maybe not.