Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
An Open Letter to Students Returning to School.
JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T GOT HIM RIGHT AS HE SPEAKS FAST, READ BELWOW.
Good morning, Hank, it's Tuesday!
Today I'd like to deliver an open letter to students returning to school.
Dear Students returning to school, not to speed your re-entry into formal education with a pop quiz, or anything, but in what year do you think primary education became mandatory for all American children?
1918. Germany had primary compulsory education from the late 18th century in Japan thanks to the reforms by 1900 95% of Japanese kids were in school. In England it happened around 1880, but regardless of where you live, primary education became a requirement sometime after 1775. That probably seems like a long time ago to you, but if you look at, like, human history since the agricultural revolution, the entire period of time that has featured compulsory education anywhere in the world looks like this. You'll also note that this 250 year period has been a pretty good run for humans featuring, you know, steam engines, the internet, antibiotics, skyscrapers a stunning increase in life expectancy, home pizza delivery, water purification plants, and landing a freaking mini cooper on mars.
Needless to say this is not a coincidence. Take for example Adam Steltzner, the lead engineer on the Curiosity Rover's Decent and Landing Team. He went to a publicly funded high school before getting both his bachelors degree and his doctorate from publicly subsidized universities. So let me ask you a question students about to return to school: How freaking psyched are you for the end of summer? How psyched are you to have the opportunity to learn about the universe and its inhabitants for several hours a day at no cost to you? The answer of course is that if you're anything like I was you're not psyched at all, I mean, A.) you might be a bit of a social outcast, I know I was, I never really learned how to shave and that's fine now but back then when I had the sony my first mustache it was just a disaster.
and B.) you may often feel like your studies are mind numbing instead of mind stimulating. Like, who wants to read The Taming of the Shrew, you basically have to translate it from Shakespeare into English, which is ridiculous because there's already an excellent filmic translation available in the form of 10 Things I Hate About You.
So, if you're anything like me, you're going to spend a lot of time whining that 1.) none of this will ever be useful in your real life and 2.) your teachers are stupid, and 3.) math is really hard, and you'll never understand it, ditto physics, history is boring, French is just an endless series of je ne sais pas, literature is an impossible hunt for symbols, and physical education is an oxymoron.
Well here's the thing, when you watch the Curiosity rover land it is far more moving and exciting if you understand the physics, and the math, and the history behind that moment. French is useful because the French do speak English but they pretend not to, and it's not only literature that's symbolic, all communication among people is symbolic, as is consciousness itself, and physical education is not an oxymoron because your body is not born knowing how to do this .
But yes, your teachers may be stupid. So are you, so am I, so are everyone . The whole pleasure in being a human is in being stupid but learning to be less stupid together.
But more important than all of that you need to remember that school is not about you. School doesn't exist for your benefit or for the benefit of your parents. Schools exist for the benefit of me. The reason I pay taxes for schools even though I don't have a kid in school is that I am better off in a well-educated world. Public education isn't a charity project; I pay for your schools because I want you to grow up and make my life better. I want you to make me beautiful books that will bring me pleasure and consolation. I want you to make me cooler cars for me to drive, and drugs so that I can live a longer, healthier life. I"m paying for you education in the hopes that you will invent a microwave pizza with actually crispy crust and that you'll spread the availability of the internet so I can get more Youtube views in Zambia.
Your education isn't just about you, your nation is making an investment in you because the believe that you are worth it. So the next that you're like half asleep fantasizing about being a kid chosen for a special mission or wizard school, or whatever, please remember something: you are special, and you've chosen for a special that was denied to 99.9% of all humans ever. We need you, we believe in you, and we're counting on you.
Best wishes,
John Green
Hank, quick post script for people nerdy enough to be interested in education outside of class please check out Crash Course and SciShow our educational initiatives.
Hank, congratulations on Curiosity not crashing into Mars. I know that's like the highlight of your year. I will see you on Fri-.
Today I'd like to deliver an open letter to students returning to school.
Dear Students returning to school, not to speed your re-entry into formal education with a pop quiz, or anything, but in what year do you think primary education became mandatory for all American children?
1918. Germany had primary compulsory education from the late 18th century in Japan thanks to the reforms by 1900 95% of Japanese kids were in school. In England it happened around 1880, but regardless of where you live, primary education became a requirement sometime after 1775. That probably seems like a long time ago to you, but if you look at, like, human history since the agricultural revolution, the entire period of time that has featured compulsory education anywhere in the world looks like this. You'll also note that this 250 year period has been a pretty good run for humans featuring, you know, steam engines, the internet, antibiotics, skyscrapers a stunning increase in life expectancy, home pizza delivery, water purification plants, and landing a freaking mini cooper on mars.
Needless to say this is not a coincidence. Take for example Adam Steltzner, the lead engineer on the Curiosity Rover's Decent and Landing Team. He went to a publicly funded high school before getting both his bachelors degree and his doctorate from publicly subsidized universities. So let me ask you a question students about to return to school: How freaking psyched are you for the end of summer? How psyched are you to have the opportunity to learn about the universe and its inhabitants for several hours a day at no cost to you? The answer of course is that if you're anything like I was you're not psyched at all, I mean, A.) you might be a bit of a social outcast, I know I was, I never really learned how to shave and that's fine now but back then when I had the sony my first mustache it was just a disaster.
and B.) you may often feel like your studies are mind numbing instead of mind stimulating. Like, who wants to read The Taming of the Shrew, you basically have to translate it from Shakespeare into English, which is ridiculous because there's already an excellent filmic translation available in the form of 10 Things I Hate About You.
So, if you're anything like me, you're going to spend a lot of time whining that 1.) none of this will ever be useful in your real life and 2.) your teachers are stupid, and 3.) math is really hard, and you'll never understand it, ditto physics, history is boring, French is just an endless series of je ne sais pas, literature is an impossible hunt for symbols, and physical education is an oxymoron.
Well here's the thing, when you watch the Curiosity rover land it is far more moving and exciting if you understand the physics, and the math, and the history behind that moment. French is useful because the French do speak English but they pretend not to, and it's not only literature that's symbolic, all communication among people is symbolic, as is consciousness itself, and physical education is not an oxymoron because your body is not born knowing how to do this .
But yes, your teachers may be stupid. So are you, so am I, so are everyone . The whole pleasure in being a human is in being stupid but learning to be less stupid together.
But more important than all of that you need to remember that school is not about you. School doesn't exist for your benefit or for the benefit of your parents. Schools exist for the benefit of me. The reason I pay taxes for schools even though I don't have a kid in school is that I am better off in a well-educated world. Public education isn't a charity project; I pay for your schools because I want you to grow up and make my life better. I want you to make me beautiful books that will bring me pleasure and consolation. I want you to make me cooler cars for me to drive, and drugs so that I can live a longer, healthier life. I"m paying for you education in the hopes that you will invent a microwave pizza with actually crispy crust and that you'll spread the availability of the internet so I can get more Youtube views in Zambia.
Your education isn't just about you, your nation is making an investment in you because the believe that you are worth it. So the next that you're like half asleep fantasizing about being a kid chosen for a special mission or wizard school, or whatever, please remember something: you are special, and you've chosen for a special that was denied to 99.9% of all humans ever. We need you, we believe in you, and we're counting on you.
Best wishes,
John Green
Hank, quick post script for people nerdy enough to be interested in education outside of class please check out Crash Course and SciShow our educational initiatives.
Hank, congratulations on Curiosity not crashing into Mars. I know that's like the highlight of your year. I will see you on Fri-.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Welcome To Ronnie's World (IN GOD I FERVENTLY TRUST): Can you see that?
Welcome To Ronnie's World (IN GOD I FERVENTLY TRUST): Can you see that?: When I looked at this picture I saw nothing but the beauty of God.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The Wickedness in People-Read On
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However, some people are opposite and would by no means have any positive impact in you and they will be the very people who would want to discredit you when they hear someone say nice things about you. Hey! wait, you believe me; if you as an individual haven't had any contact with somebody and haven't seen what they are capable of doing and someone who does tell you who they are, you might as well believe and be quiet if you don't have anything good to say about them.
Why am I saying this? I'm not venting but I think people ought to know that it pays to strive to be a better person in this life wherever we find ourselves. We ought to always strive to preserve some moral integrity as we move on. There can't never be any better time than now. You will never know what tomorrow will bring.
I recommend you read" The Genealogy of Morals", a very magnificent masterpiece by one of my favorite and sophisticated Philosophers of all time, Friedrich Nietzsche. All men I can say have some good and bad in their hearts but we must always try to let the good reign at all cost.
Sometimes we tend to make others worthless than their real life's value, I mean the price tag on them if we want to be considered as commodities. How could that be? that is callousness my brothers and sisters. Let's be very very cognizant of our actions and deeds, whatever goes around must definitely come around.
I rest my case- I know some will read and might not understand but if nothing at all, just be positive to the deeds of others just as you want for yours. If you can't give then forget it you will not be able to get it back.
"They spoke a lot of good about you, and I said I know you, you were indolent and was never serious" Even my mom could never understand who I was, how more you a passerby?.
Anyway, last week, two beautiful young men in Boston had their hearts infiltrated by evil-which prompted them to plot an attack on some 20,000 plus of people who converged at this year's Boston Marathon in Massachusetts. Talking about evil, they detonated three separate bombs at the finish line of the Marathon killing three people and injuring over 200 others.
To pursue these perpetrators, the entire city and all the colleges where shut down the next day following the slaying of yet another victim, a police officer at MIT.
Lo and behold, the truth and the complete identity of the suspects came to light when one was killed in gun exchange with police officials and later suspect two was nabbed in a boat behind somebody's house. These two gentlemen happened to be brothers and might be hailed heroes by some people somewhere for their actions-God help us.
They are believed to have been of Chenchen, Russia decent and grew up in the U.S. why they did what they did accordingly was due to the fact that they were not happy with U.S occupation and imperialism in the Muslims World such as Iraq and Afghanistan. So bottom line, religious fundamentalism was a key factor in this attack.
I had and will always imagine if this and many other attacks are going to be solutions for ending issues of such disagreements. What happened to dialogue?
It could be bigger than that,...let's wait and see what suspect two who is still responding to treatment of gun wounds in Boston has to tell us in few days.
Peace be still.
Yours Pal,
Ronald:)
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Check this one out Pals
"You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you're not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn't a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now" Anaa Nin
Saturday, April 13, 2013
55 Reasons why you should be Happy:)
55 Reasons why you should be Happy to be here
1. You can discover new friends and new
people, and learn from them.
2. You can feel how good it feels to simply laugh.
3. You can learn a new hobby.
4. You can experience being a father or mother.
5. You have the chance to be creative.
6. Without life, you cannot feel love or give love. It is one of the greatest gifts of living.
7. You can change your life, it is never too late.
Someone deeply loves you, more than you know.
9. You can create something that can impact others, maybe “The Art of Positive Thinking”.
10. You can experience twilight on a summer evening.
11. You can enjoy and love having a new dog, cat, a plant or any animal you may take interest in and watch it grow.
12. You can turn your passion into your work.
13. You can sit and play in the rain, like you did as a child and so as in the dirt until mom gets angry at you.
14. Even when you have a bad day, you never know what can happen the next day. Look at life like a novel with suspense’.
15. Someone you love very much depends on you so be happy.
16. You can try something new, anytime you want in your life.
17. You can experience and enjoy eating, sleeping…and sex.
18. You are unique, and no one else in the whole Planet is just like you are.
19. You can find something you love so much, that when you do it, you lose all track of time (Computer game).
20. You can dance, sing, or …run a marathon.
21. You can finally overcome that one big fear of yours and really feel free.
22. You can travel to other far places to give you a greater perspective on life outside your own world, the world beyond your imagination.
23. You can be happy, because you were made and created just the way you are, for a reason. You don’t need to be anyone else. And put simply, you can’t be anyone else but you.
24. Learn to stretch daily and see how it will make you feel happy. Or try yoga.
25. You have a chance of living to be 100, imagine how you would feel on that 100th birthday!
26. You never know, this life may be it. Enjoy it fully.
27. You might discover that the biggest fear you have, may actually be a gift to make life more colorful for you.
28. You can enjoy pizza or a good beer.
29. You can lose yourself in things of beauty such as a musical masterpiece or a great novel.
30. You can learn to speak well to yourself everyday and that will bring you so much happiness
31. You can go a beach or local swim hole and feel like a kid again.
32. You can master a hobby such as reading or playing an instrument.
33. You can experience the feeling of a crush.
34. You can build something that can last longer than you will.
35. You can be or do anything you want. There are no rules.
36. You can learn the simple power of how meditation can make you feel happy and content.
37. You can play in the snow.
38. Every day you are one day closer to your death, once you don’t fear dying, you begin living.
39. You can enjoy your favorite food, or try new ones.
40. You may witness or experience a miracle.
41. You may create a miracle for someone.
42. It’s never too late to go back to school and learn something you have had love for.
43. You can teach a person or a child something you are good at.
44. Speak blessings in the lives of others.
45. If you are not in love, just know that person for you is out there. It could be me, ha!
46. You can realize how true, sustained silence is the greatest sound in the world.
47. You can stand on your head and set fire to your inner child.
48. You can start a chain of reactions that will cause happiness in thousands of other people.
49. You can eliminate facebook, twitter, even computers, and other things that prevents you from truly enjoying your life.
5 You can enjoy how good it feels to be happy.
51. Think of what you have.
52. Other want to see the world like you do but they simply can’t because they are blind.
53. Always look for an opportunity to make others happy and you will equally get it indirectly.
54. Show respect to all and not people you just like.
55. Be happy because God loves you.
2. You can feel how good it feels to simply laugh.
3. You can learn a new hobby.
4. You can experience being a father or mother.
5. You have the chance to be creative.
6. Without life, you cannot feel love or give love. It is one of the greatest gifts of living.
7. You can change your life, it is never too late.
Someone deeply loves you, more than you know.
9. You can create something that can impact others, maybe “The Art of Positive Thinking”.
10. You can experience twilight on a summer evening.
11. You can enjoy and love having a new dog, cat, a plant or any animal you may take interest in and watch it grow.
12. You can turn your passion into your work.
13. You can sit and play in the rain, like you did as a child and so as in the dirt until mom gets angry at you.
14. Even when you have a bad day, you never know what can happen the next day. Look at life like a novel with suspense’.
15. Someone you love very much depends on you so be happy.
16. You can try something new, anytime you want in your life.
17. You can experience and enjoy eating, sleeping…and sex.
18. You are unique, and no one else in the whole Planet is just like you are.
19. You can find something you love so much, that when you do it, you lose all track of time (Computer game).
20. You can dance, sing, or …run a marathon.
21. You can finally overcome that one big fear of yours and really feel free.
22. You can travel to other far places to give you a greater perspective on life outside your own world, the world beyond your imagination.
23. You can be happy, because you were made and created just the way you are, for a reason. You don’t need to be anyone else. And put simply, you can’t be anyone else but you.
24. Learn to stretch daily and see how it will make you feel happy. Or try yoga.
25. You have a chance of living to be 100, imagine how you would feel on that 100th birthday!
26. You never know, this life may be it. Enjoy it fully.
27. You might discover that the biggest fear you have, may actually be a gift to make life more colorful for you.
28. You can enjoy pizza or a good beer.
29. You can lose yourself in things of beauty such as a musical masterpiece or a great novel.
30. You can learn to speak well to yourself everyday and that will bring you so much happiness
31. You can go a beach or local swim hole and feel like a kid again.
32. You can master a hobby such as reading or playing an instrument.
33. You can experience the feeling of a crush.
34. You can build something that can last longer than you will.
35. You can be or do anything you want. There are no rules.
36. You can learn the simple power of how meditation can make you feel happy and content.
37. You can play in the snow.
38. Every day you are one day closer to your death, once you don’t fear dying, you begin living.
39. You can enjoy your favorite food, or try new ones.
40. You may witness or experience a miracle.
41. You may create a miracle for someone.
42. It’s never too late to go back to school and learn something you have had love for.
43. You can teach a person or a child something you are good at.
44. Speak blessings in the lives of others.
45. If you are not in love, just know that person for you is out there. It could be me, ha!
46. You can realize how true, sustained silence is the greatest sound in the world.
47. You can stand on your head and set fire to your inner child.
48. You can start a chain of reactions that will cause happiness in thousands of other people.
49. You can eliminate facebook, twitter, even computers, and other things that prevents you from truly enjoying your life.
5 You can enjoy how good it feels to be happy.
51. Think of what you have.
52. Other want to see the world like you do but they simply can’t because they are blind.
53. Always look for an opportunity to make others happy and you will equally get it indirectly.
54. Show respect to all and not people you just like.
55. Be happy because God loves you.
Friday, April 12, 2013
The Forgiveness of Sins | Catholic Answers
The Forgiveness of Sins | Catholic Answers
We gotta believe and stop asking too many questions. Remember Thomas, "My Lord and my God"
We gotta believe and stop asking too many questions. Remember Thomas, "My Lord and my God"
Monday, April 8, 2013
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