Read a scathing commentary on the direction of our fine school. Given the de-emphasis on Aggie traditions in recent years, it’s hard not to see the accuracy of this statement. I think it is fair to say that few Aggies are interested in bringing so-called politically correct values to campus. At the same time, it…
Category: Education
Founding Father’s Info Site
Should be required reading for all Americans. And not just the one time you snooze through it in high school.
Texas A&M in the News
First, the bad news: the lawsuit against the school is back on in the case of the bonfire collapse. The thing that gets me about this case is this: what would the kids who were killed want to have happen? I doubt seriously if they would see the years of legal wrangling as the right…
RE: Aggie journalists won’t go down `without a fight’
If the journalism department at Texas A&M is eliminated, as recommended by Liberal Arts Dean Charles Johnson, it would be a great loss to the university, its students, and the country at large. A&M is a rare bastion of relative conservatism in the world of academia and as such no doubt contributes greatly to a…
RE: Teacher salary increases
In the July 20th issue of the Houston Chronicle, John Rodgers congratulates HISD for “rewarding veteran teachers for their years of service by giving them greater increases than those with less experience”. It should be noted that experience is only one factor among many in determining the quality of a teacher’s instruction. Indeed, experience is…
Re-districting Solution?
Usually William Raspberry makes me faintly ill. But his recent editorial about winner-take-all elections and redistricting/gerrymandering actually makes some sense. Of course, that means it will never be implemented…
Women Doing Fine
“The new high-tech economy is leaving women behind,” cries Ellen Smyth, president of the American Association of University Women’s Educational Foundation. That’s hardly the case. As their study says, women have achieved parity with men in obtaining four-year college degrees. Females are simply choosing not to be part of the technology sector. As a participant…
Stay in School, Fool
UT’s point guard T.J. Ford is likely to go pro. I’m something of a basketball player myself, if being a weekend warrior qualifies, and I was subjected to several of T.J.’s games recently last month. This kid is no pro ball player. In my circles, he’s known as “Turnover T.J.” for a reason. Stay in…
School Food, not Exercise
Kids that eat too much junk food and exercise too little are prime candidates for diabetes, one study shows. This makes sense, doesn’t it? So what’s the problem? Are families too busy making ends meet and/or keeping up with the Joneses to play ball with their kids? Spending too much time stuck in traffic to…
HISD Officials Can’t Count
Audit confirms Houston Independent School District’s procedure to count dropouts is in disarray. I quote: “HISD says it has graduation rate of 72 percent, but its school profiles show a dropout rate of 1.5 percent” , unquote. Must be that fancy new math…