School Of Thought

If the Tea Party wins, gains power, what have you, we'll have to leave this country.

Not without a fight, I say.

I'm going to start a new school.

The School of Thought.

What is the School of Thought? It's a concept which will be new to American education: thinking--at all levels.

It's like a charter school, but for thinking. The charter will read: "I think, therefore I am." The antithesis of this is "I don't [need to] think, therefore I'm not." In Tea Party terms: "Glen Beck, therefore I'm not.

Brainplaint

Listening to This American Life is good for the soul. And for the brain. It's an excellent way to fill silence and to let me work on all sorts of various tasks.

I can't do my homework without being distracted. Not, I can't do my homework because I get distracted. I mean that my brain needs to be distracted from the (f)act of doing homework.

The brain needs improvements. I need to be able to listen to This American Life and read about Z and T scores at the same time.

Suggestions welcome.