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Diatribe of a Senior

Discussion by: EricH on Mon, 2010-05-17 10:48 with 0 comments

 Senior year has been unforgettable largely because of the microcosm that our graduating class represents.  "We are the future!" I hear that cliche phrase repeatedly and ever time its uttered I become a little more depressed.  How can 'we' be the future? 'We', the class, the generation, that seems incapable of action. 'We', the bright young adolescents who cower pathetically at the thought of risking our own stakes in an insignificant game.

Christian legal group should be free to be intolerant

Discussion by: EricH on Mon, 2010-04-19 08:53 with 0 comments

The "Christian Legal Society", a student group at the UC Hastings College of the Law, is challenging the school's anti-discriminatory policy which requires, "officially recognized student groups to admit any Hastings student who wants to join" (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/17/AR2010041702908.html).  To break it down, this christian group wants the freedom to deny other students entrance because of their beliefs or sexual orientation; so gays and atheists are out.  Not to sound bigoted, but I support the Christian legal group's effort to procure their freedom to deny or accept anyone of their choosing.  However, that being said, it is important that Hastings uses strong discretion when giving school clubs funding as this can lead down a dark road of school sponsored discrimination.  But if t

Senioritis: synonym for laziness, but one sweet deal

Discussion by: EricH on Mon, 2010-03-29 00:14 with 2 comments

    Several Sundays ago, I began the task of completing my weekend's school assignments.  I grudgingly sat down at my table, cracked open my textbook, slapped open my calculator, slid my pencil between my fingers, ran the fingers of my other hand through my hair, and stared blankly at the sheet in front of me.  "[Expletive Deleted]," I mumbled to myself, "I really do not want to do this." This particular assignment would not be turned in on time, nor would any of the assignments for the evening.  However, I did manage to make it through four consecutive episodes of Futurama before I retired to bed.

Kevin Garn; Just Another Embarrassing Moral Crusader

Discussion by: EricH on Sun, 2010-03-14 15:31 with 0 comments

 Last week Utah State House Majority Leader Kevin Garn was revealed to have been "nude hot tubbing" with a 15 year old girl in 1985. 

     

"This week, it all came out: In 1985, Garn, then 30 and married, and Maher, a 15-year-old who worked for him, took off their clothes and climbed into a hot tub."

-http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14666716?source=most_viewed

Get Rid of Senior Year?

Discussion by: EricH on Mon, 2010-03-01 01:04 with 1 comments
    In past Utah legislatures, West Jordan Senator Chris Buttars has been full of interesting and exciting ideas and the 2010 legislative session has not been disappointing.  Currently, the Utah legislature is in a moderate crisis to balance the budget which is required by law under the Utah constitution.  To balance the budget, Buttars has proposed completely cutting the twelfth grade from Utah high schools.
 

Buttars argued before the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee on Monday that 12th grade is essentially a wasted year, with high school seniors either already taking college courses, or just playing around.

Al Gore's Own Inconvenience

Discussion by: EricH on Sun, 2010-02-14 15:33 with 0 comments

Our society is involved in a tremulous debate over the validity of evidence supporting climate change and global warming.The debate has been politicized, humanized, and super-sized leading Americans ultimately to the point of utter confusion. However, I have made some remarkable discoveries on the Internet to help settle this dispute once and for all. Like so many Americans, I was initially fooled by the measured reasoning used in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.However, his evidence seemed too scientifically based and his citations were so precise it was absurd.So I did some investigation of my own to discover the truth about climate change.I immediately uncovered what seemed to be the silver bullet to Mr. Gore's theory; a graph showing declining temperatures. (If this image does not appear please click on this link).

Obama Steps into the Ring

Discussion by: EricH on Mon, 2010-02-01 09:38 with 0 comments
   On Wednesday January 27, Obama gave his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of congress and 48 million Americans.  I sat down to watch the speech with sense of disillusionment as the hope and vision of the 2008 Obama campaign has slowly crumbled over the last year.  I knew the speech would be centered around the economy but my anticipation was focused on what the tone of the address would be.  As Obama delivered the speech I was struck by the sense of promise and certainty maintained in his voice.  He made direct concessions to the right while chastising the divisions of his own party.  He was tough, but fair.  He brought to life the vibrant campaign rhetoric of 2008 while lacing it with reality and bipartisanship.  In his speech he said,    

 

The Narcissism of My Mind

Discussion by: EricH on Mon, 2009-12-21 01:46 with 1 comments

Last week in my U.S. government class, the teacher proposed a question to the students that I have been curious about ever since.  He asked, "Are young people (age 16-22) today becoming more republican or more democratic." My immediate response was to assume the young generation finds progressive ideals more appealing and so would therefore be naturally attracted to the democratic party; besides, this was the party to which most of my friends and I were politically associated.  However, a student who had lived in Texas disagreed and illuminated the fact that almost all her friends in the lone star state were republican.  Her comment seemed to be a wake up call against my own bubble of self involvement and narcissism.  I felt embarrassed that I had forgotten to consider that outside my life, there are people that think differently.  

The Handmaid's Tale

Discussion by: EricH on Fri, 2009-12-11 16:55 with 0 comments

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As one of the great dystopian novels, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale offers an insightful look at a future led by religious fundamentalists.  This is my podcast of the research I have done on the book.

 

Staying Home From School is Not So Fun

Discussion by: EricH on Mon, 2009-12-07 17:46 with 5 comments

 

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