I do not worship the ground our military walks on

[AldoLeopold]

242. It does

Just got my 2nd bachelors in Environmental Science - very calc/algebra/stat heavy, and it was like the whole class every time had to be dumbed down to get some of our younger students to even comprehend what was going on. The teachers had to spell out how to manipulate equations and frequently had to give the exact equation just so most of the 18 - 21 year olds could get along.

I'll tell you the truth, I'm seeking employment overseas, and I'm likely to get it. I'm in an "every man for himself mode" these days, and if Americans can't get their heads out of their butts long enough to realize they're about to get it handed to them on a silver platter, that's not really my problem.

My mother teaches at a rich high school in Dallas, TX, and you should have seen the size of their football stadium. I asked her over the holidays what kind of science labs they had - that they could have bought several plasma spectrometers for the price of that monstrosity and she looked at me like I was insane - she just said "well, football is religion around here."

So fuck it, for every fool who is passed along in k-12, that's just another job opportunity for me. We'll just see how well a high school football star gets along in the new economies.