Google Reader Reflection (#the one I’m missing!)

I recently read an article by David Warlick  about a teacher selling advertising space on his quizzes and tests. He uses the profits to buy school supplies for his class. My first reaction was what a cool concept! He’s teaching students a valuable lesson in economics as well. Then I started thinking about how pathetic it is that teachers have to resort to such measures to buy what’s necessary to educate our youth. Wow, it never ceases to amaze me how out of whack our society’s values are. Have we seen the bottom yet?

I also read an article on campus health. I’m interested in this because we (even in the high school level) seem to pass germs around daily. The article is pushing for college students to get vaccinated against the flu. Instead of advertising about the misery of the flu, health advocates are advertising in terms of cost-benefit. How many classes will you miss while sick? Those missed classes equal tutition down the drain and at worst, a failed class. The # of vaccinations went up after the strategy changed.

Speaking of vaccinations, make sure your children have the whooping cough vaccination. The bacteria is on the rise again in the U.S. and can be quite serious.  I had a friend spend all of Saturday afternoon in the ER getting breathing treatments. Yuck.