Humpday Humor: Acid Hits on School Days

Duncan Trussell shares his reason for taking acid in the morning before school...

Clip from Comedy Central

Humpday Humor: A Government Run Computer Industry

What if the computer industry was run like....government schools.

In this video clip Harry Browne estimates the cost of a personal computer in such a scenario.

The Alternative Career Path

A pick-me-up for people interested in alternative career paths.  Joe Rogan reminds us that there are options outside of the established/mainstream job options.

It could even be argued that alternative careers pursued by thinkers and technological innovators are more important than the pre-conceived options you were presented with in school.

Humpday Humor: How To Not Die Poor and Lonely

Matt Stone explains how to not die poor and lonely.

Clip from Bowling For Columbine

Humpday Humor: The Pledge of Allegiance

"This is not a form of brainwashing.  This is not a form of brainwashing.  This is not a form of brainwashing.  This is not a form of brainwashing.  This is not a form of brainwashing.  This is not a form of brainwashing.  This is not a form of brainwashing.  This is not a form of brainwashing."

Credit: The Whitest Kids U'Know

Dependence as a Key to Holding People Back

A person's historical level of self-sufficiency is often predictive of future well-being.  The inverse of self-sufficient is dependency, which Thomas Sowell argues is a key to holding people back economically...

A Revolution in Education

Teachers Pay Teachers is an online marketplace for educators to share their materials.  Over 2.6 million people have registered with TpT to buy and sell resources.

It seems, finally, that teachers can be rewarded for their skills and efforts by serving a market need for high quality educational materials.  

ReasonTV highlighted success stories of this peer-to-peer economy in a recent episode....

Kids Short Recess Made Even Shorter

A former 15-minute break for recess will be eliminated for students in twelve British Columbia school districts.

“The school districts that have cancelled recess have done so because it is inconvenient to principals and management staff." 

-Jim Iker, B.C. Teachers’ Federation president

From the The Vancouver Sun 

Tasers in School? Welcome to Texas

A police officer in Round Rock, Texas deployed a taser to stop a fight between two students in a school lunch room.  School officials and police have claimed ownership of the surveillance video recording the incident.

The officer in this case is displaying for the students how to use a taser in self-defense.  Parents take note.  In case of attack by a school bully your children are encouraged to fend them off with the use of a taser.       

Story from KVUE  

Parents: Talk to Your Kids About Self-Defense

News of another violent attack by a high school student is coming out of Pittsburgh today.  We are told that there was just one perpetrator and twenty victims of stabbing.  That seems like an incredibly high ratio and one that should alert parents to the importance of talking with their kids about self-defense.

Here are a few questions were are not likely to hear asked by "reporters":

• What self-defense/protective measures are teachers supposed to use in case of violent attack?
• How many of the students in school were carrying knives for self-defense?  
• Did any of the victims have access to a stun-gun or pepper spray?
• Was there any other sort of weapon (i.e. a baseball bat) available to the students for self-defense purposes?  

Parents please talk to your kids about self-defense.  Their action could not only save their life but also the lives of other children.

The Good People of Detroit

Charles Molnar and students from the Detroit Enterprise Academy came up with a pretty good plan.  Place benches at bus stops.  

(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press)

It turns out that the people calling themselves "City of Detroit" were not filling the market need for places to sit while waiting for the bus.  Young enterprising minds have come up with a solution and received some good will from the community.  Nice work kids!