Breckenridge Marijuana???

"Breckenridge prepares to legalize pot for adults." is an article, obviously about how breckenridge is alowing adults to smoke pot on the slopes. But the adults age 21 and over can only have one ounce of marijuana on them. Selling marijuana is a felony and it is illegal in the Colorado Ski Safety Act. Voters voted in November 3 and the new law will take affect on January 1.

I find this stupid. I mean on the streest of southglenn, having alcohol there is fine, but its in a whole other section of the theater, away from others. This article never mentioned anything about a seperate smoking room for marijuana. If the law gets passed, then a seperate room should be made, so other people dont have to smoke it as well.

Rigor Redefined

Tony Wagner's "Rigor Redefined" talks about students learning 21st century facts to help them get a good job. Wagner talked to a man by the name of Clay Parker, he's the president of the Chemical Management Division of BOC Edwards. Wagner asked him what skills he looks for in young people when being hired. Parker likes someone "who asks good questions," and "engage in good disscussion."

Wagner wasn't sure that Parker was looking for the right things, but after talking to many compants including Apple and the U.S. Army, he realized that the work force has changed alot. He also talks about the seven skills students need to master in the world of work.

Honestly i think students are getting plenty of education they need. We have business classes that we can take, if your into that. At Arapahoe students have to take a business class their freshman year. I think thats good. Students should get an idea of how to save money and run a business.

Wagner talks about students becoming "productive citizens who contribute to solving some of the most pressing issues we face in the 21st century." That's true. Like pollution. We should take a bigger role in that. Alot of teens want to save the earth, they try to push their parents to buy CFL light bulbs, but then parents complain about money, and paying for gas. But whatever.

Wagner is partially right, we should do a little more to help students prepare to the tough working world ahead of us, but the schools are on the right track for now.

Is the new digital age messing with our brain?

For my PLN this week, i'm writing about an article i saw called "Do digital diaries mess up your brain?" It talked about a new invention called the SenseCam, that can automatically capture photos of everything you see and do all day. Now-a-days most people rely on their iPhone's, Blackberry's, PDA's, etc., to keep track of appointments, important dates and maybe even memories, like a digital diary.

Using computers to find facts about a certain topic for school isn't a bad thing, just as long as the brain is being stimulated in other ways. Using electronic devices, helps to clear the mind, so the mind can concentrate on other more importain things in life.

I can relate to this becuase i've written in diaries and i've even made an electronic one on my computer, and i always put important dates in my phone, becuase usualy i would forget all of that stuff, like a friends birthday. So i think its important to have a phone of some kind or at least a personal computer, so you can have an electronic diary. Now-a-days alot of people don't want to write, in the future i see people being very lazy' technology will be so advanced that people will be able to talk to their computers and have it write an essay for them. TVs will be remoteless and you could talk to them as well.

In my opinion, technology is good, but its a privilage, i don't think we should abuse it.

Can someone really live with only half a brain???

The answser is yes! "Born with half a brain, woman living full life." talks about a woman born with only half a brain. Obviously. Michelle Mack can talk normally and even graduated from high school. At age 27 doctors concluded that the right side of her brain rewired itself to make up for the lost parts. Only her childhood and young aduly life were the most difficult. When she was born, her parents knew something was wrong. But weren't sure where to go. Only several years later did Dr. Jordan Grafman diagnosed what was wrong. And MRI showed that nearly all of the left side of her brain were missing. Some of her movement control nerves were missing. Also behavior and cognition. The right side of her brain took over the speaking and reading parts of the left side.

Michella Mack is now 37 and lives with her mother and father. She works at home, entering data for her church online. She pays rent and can do household chores. She wont be able to live her life alone, but she not helpless. And now we know that the brain can repair itself.

Dead man in hot tub

This title caught my eye, "Man found dead in Aspen hot tub was from Louisville." It says the man was there for business with another partner. The 20-year-old told his partner that he was sick, so his friend went off on the job. Maids went in to clean up and found the man unconscious, not breathing and in the hot tub. Abmulance tried CPR but were unsuccessful. No one knows exactly how he died, but the family and his friend will be notified when the cause is found.