White House to put up to 5,000 salad bars in schools When I was in the 8th grade, my school had a salad bar and I chose that over the regular lunch line food almost every day. I actually picked the salad bar because I figured I was able to get more food for my [...]

I have yet to see Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, but I’m sure it’ll piss me off as much as the rest of his movies do. One of my biggest problems with the man is he sets up some interesting questions but then steamrolls over them with ridiculous allegations that leave his [...]

Looks like President Obama will be addressing the nation’s youth on September 8. It is a bit of an unprecedented move, but that only means it’s not been done before, not that it shouldn’t be done. From what I understand, the speech is supposed to be about the importance of an education. Supposing it is, [...]

11-Year-Old Graduates From LA Community College   Okay, cool for him, but I did two years of community college, in some ways it was easier than high school. For this Taiwanese-Israeli boy, it should have been a breeze.   “Pre-teen could probably beat you up, too”   Care to lay some money on that? I don’t [...]

The more I think about it, the more excited I get about my son going to school. It’s not so much that I want him out of the house already, but I can’t help but get excited to plant in his head the questions I wish I had asked when I was a kid. A [...]

Here’s a shot story from Fox News that bothers me concerning children’s weight.   Some Massachusetts health officials have decided it’s a good idea to require BMI measurements to be sent home to parents. These measurements will be done and reported starting with kids in 1st grade and continue up to 10th grade.    Starting [...]

Social websites harm children’s brains: Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist   This might be one of those which came first the chicken or the retarded teenager things, but according to this neuroscientist, Susan Greenfield, social networking is ruining the minds of kids.  I don’t know if I completely believe that sites like Twitter are actually [...]

You know when a commercial starts off with a lie, you don’t have to listen to the rest to know if the product is for you. There’s a commercial playing various radio stations now claiming that bad grades don’t come from kids who are stupid or lazy. They’re just overwhelmed.     I know that [...]