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Senator Barack Obama, in a Memorial Day speech, mistakenly referred to his uncle whom had helped liberate Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Republicans quickly picked up on the blunder and pointed out that the Russians were the ones who liberated Auschwitz in 1945, not the Americans. Obama's people corrected the statement saying that he meant to refer to his great uncle who helped liberate a part of the Buchenwald camp, not Auschwitz. Hmm... That's not a mistake you make easily, is it? I think when you are talking about something as horrific as the murder of millions of Jews, you damn well want to get your facts straight.
Two colleges, Smith College in Northampton, Mass. and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., have dropped standardized test scores from their admission criteria. Most schools that have made such tests optional or not required are smaller and have the resources to look closely at recommendation letters and extra curricular activities. Both colleges are hoping to draw a diverse applicant pool and question the validity of test scores as predictors of academic success. I am living proof that test scores are in no way an indication of academic success. Please see this post regarding my extended time in college.
A customs worker in Tokyo hid a package of cannabis in a passenger's suitcase to test the drug sniffing dogs in customs. Apparently the training exercise did not work and now a package of cannabis is out on the loose. "Anyone who finds the package should contact Tokyo customs as soon as possible, the spokeswoman said." Riiiight. I'm sure they'll have that turned in in no time.
News you can lose:
TODAY crowned the cutest, cuddliest puppy from online votes. Oliver James Gray, a beagle, won, but check out all of the others. So-stinking-cute! (#12 might be my fave)
Word of the Day:
maudlin: tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental or foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness
Ashley is so smart over there at Kudzu Jungle that she uses words I don't know, like maudlin.
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I've always felt the SATs were a sham. A test you take half-asleep one Saturday at 6AM, with questions in say, calculus, when you've never been schooled in calculus? How is this supposed measure EITHER IQ or academic success, I ask you.
Or maybe I'm just bitter because I didn't do as well as I wanted to. But I was ninth in my high school class, people. Out of over 250!
Pen - I get the slight impression that this subject touches a nerve... How come you didn't graduate validictorian?
Ah, I kid, I kid. You strike me as the kind that got a 1300 but wasn't happy with it. Yes?
1240. Dammit!
Totally not bitter or anything.
I did, however, graduate valedictorian of my college class. There were like 40 of us, sure, but STILL. That's a 4.0 maintained throughout every single semester, no easy feat!
Which may explain the real reason for why my Weekly Special answer this week is going to be, shall we say, LAME.
How quickly my geekiness is being revealed here in Smartini-Land.
How did I not know about this puppy contest?? M totally would've won. That beagle is pretty darn cute, though.
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