the story [ap via abc news, nov 4, 2004] about the f-16 shooting up the elementary school in new jersey has some legs – it’s made the local tv news – possibly because the pilot is based at andrews air force base, “home of air force one.”
with the present swept into office on an unprecedented 1% mandate, and considering that the best of the best must work out of andrews, i felt compelled to find another reason that the united states military would start shooting up our schools. what could possibly make little egg harbor township intermediate school worth shooting?
80.3% passed their language nj assessment of skills and knowledge, 70.3% passed their math nj assessment of skills and knowlege (2002-2003 [pdf]). sure, that could be better… but… worth strafing?
there’s gotta be something in here that i’m missing: little egg harbor intermediate 2002-2003 school report card. maybe it’s the two “turkish speaking” students.
america is safer. america is safer. america is safer.
there’s another analysis, and that is that we’re far enough down the food chain in the people “protecting the homeland” that this sort of thing (errant bomb lands on hiking trail [ap via times-leader, oct 23, 2004]) is just par for the course.
posted by roj at 5:27 am
so i’ve been casually looking for a hook to hang this story on since i first ran into it, and i finally found one…
She was telling me how being a parent isn’t something one can be really prepared for. As a kid, we always think our parents know what they are doing – but as a first-time parent, you just do what you can. You don’t know much more than before the baby arrived. You’re not transformed into another person because you just gave birth.
just to emphasize the point, You’re not transformed into another person because you just gave birth.
sure you are!
Researchers at the Kinsey Institute began their study in 1999 by giving 200 married couples who were planning on starting families within the next four years Intelligence Quotient (IQ) tests. By 2003, all but 27 of these couples had conceived.
Another IQ test was given to each set of parents successful in conceiving and birthing a baby six months after their child was born. These results were compared to the previous intelligence tests.
In every single one of the 173 cases, both parents scored at least twelve points lower on the second IQ test, with the majority of parents losing twenty or more IQ points.
so there you have it. parents donate part of their brains to their children.
every single one…. at least twelve points lower.
i guess the next study will be how much brain is left after the 2nd…3rd… 6th child.
posted by roj at 8:46 am
from the stranger, we get 2004’s scariest halloween costumes – and there is no gossamer wing or superhero spandex to be found….
posted by roj at 10:05 pm
but he can’t tell you himself, so he’s blogging by proxy.
i just thought you should know.
posted by roj at 11:08 am
just a little pointer.
music business or elections? hmmm.
go with your strengths, i guess.
posted by roj at 12:50 am
the florida presidential election electronic sample ballot is now available.
i still prefer paper.
[via metafilter]
posted by roj at 11:37 pm
it’s simply too good not to share…
how they make republicans
posted by roj at 3:47 pm