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Sunday, May 13, 2007

One Thing Wrong With Our Schools…

My wife and I were talking the other day about the tests that they give to elementary school kids. Apparently the tests are designed more to confuse the kids, not give an indication of what they have learned. The test also wants the kid to figure out something that wasn’t necessarily explained in the instructions given with the test. The ambiguity of the test confuses the kids and the teachers too.

If we are going to have an education system that excels worldwide we need to test the students on the subject at hand at an appropriate level. Basically our scores are low because our tests are screwed up. If we would stop playing head games with the tests, and really test on the knowledge the student has gained our kids would have a fighting chance out in the big world. We could be proud of our next generation!

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Dairy Queen: Bathroom Ambiance!

A couple of days ago we went th the Dairy Queen in Prescott Valley. When we entered the building we were blinded by the light! The main room has been painted all bright white and several large multi light bathroom type light fixtures have been installed. I’m talking of the light strips with 8 or so bright naked lamps on them. In addition to this all the fluorescent lamps on the ceiling were on too. The result was enough light to do operations with. Wanna do fine soldering on very small parts? Go to DQ! Food and fun too! My recommendation is to bring your shades when you go to DQ! The food is still very good though. We had a blizzard and a waffle sundae and both were good.

So if you like that good ‘ol bathroom ambiance DQ is the place to go! Need to fix your face? This is the place!