Random Thoughts II and A Call to Intellectual Arms

Currently listening to Walkin' Down the Line - Bob Dylan
- Obama is publishing all non-emergency legislation online for five days, and allowing discussion and what not on it 5 days before signing it. It says so on the new White House blog! I thought it was interesting enough, especially for those of us struggling with what it means to be a citizen. I signed up for white house email updates (also a presidential first), and will keep the blog informed if anyone wants to attempt to read federal legislation with me whenever it's posted.

- a really long and heated discussion took place in my house today brought back many of the thoughts and experiences that filled my 11 day trip across almost every southern state in the US. Now that i think about it, i have to write such thoughts on an entirely separate post, at a later time.

one of the best aspects of blogs, forums, and other forms of internet communication is the ability for dialogue. I recall an allusion 'Love made several months back about the act of a teacher lecturing being similar to a factory pouring contents into a jar.

Love and i have had this discussion before, and while i think some of his economic and utilitarian (i don't really know what else to call them) educational beliefs are valid, i think it's easy to forget what an accomplishment it is that such a high amount of university educated citizens exist because our north american system has evolved the way it has. The fact that so many Canadians have the opportunity and choice to study at several phenomenal institutions for a price that is affordable to much of the electorate is something i would certainly attribute to democratic progress.

However, because this system is as economized and accommodating as it is, the fantasy of screaming at one's professor over a cup of coffee is something that can only be achieved with $45,000+ dollars a year.

I guess what i'm trying to say, and it's almost 3 am so forgive me if i don't show as much enthusiasm and coherence as is needed, but the onus on us to ensure that we are maximizing this experience. We are our own teachers. The fact that all of my freinds attend class everyday and learn things entirely different but equally as thought provoking amazes me.

So please, post the inquiries, musings, and deliberations that you encounter throughout the day, or tell me and everyone else in person. And dammit greg, i better know something about rocks when this semester is done!