netbooks v. regular computers

After becoming accustomed to my netbook, regular laptops, and indeed even regular computers seem excessively large...
Especially those computers at the education lab at temple, which are large by normal standards.

I have even become accustomed to the smaller keyboard, so I keep messing up using this large one, too.

Chrissy quote

Youngins who are in the youth of their prime.

ESEA

La ESEA requiere que los estudiantes que están aprendiendo inglés tomen las pruebas estandarizadas en inglés después de tres años de haber entrado al sistema de escuelas de los Estados Unidos --no es suficiente tiempo para obtener una proficiencia de inglés académico. Esta constricción de tiempo ha forzado a muchas escuelas bilingües a reestructurar sus programas y enfatizar el inglés por encima de la instrucción en el idioma nativo. Esta manera dañina en la que muchos estados han decidido implementar este régimen de evaluaciones los hace partícipes del ataque a la educación bilingüe que el gobierno federal está haciendo. (Vea más artículos de trasfondo en www.rethinkingschools.org.)

Rethinking Schools Online

Ummm. It definitely takes more than 3 years to learn a language with proficiency. K?

79?

Why is there a forecast high of 79 on the second full day of fall in the northeast? Whaaat?

Typos vs. mistakes

When you type the wrong word or mess up your grammar, this is not a "typo", as you say. This would be considered a "mistake", "error", or "boo-boo".

Also, a verb is never the same as a subject. The subject may be implied, but they are not the same.

The aesthetics of computers

I have found that I am really interested in (that is, I find great pleasure in, or not great pleasure in) the way something (text, colors) looks on screen. For example, when writing a paper, I will sometimes switch the font several times, depending on my mood.

I keep losing my train of thought these days. Too many distractions.

But the point is. I really care about how something looks. Things that I am presenting (powerpoints, handouts, discussion board posts), or just things for myself (notes from class, blog postings, et c.). Not only do I not want things to be sloppy, I want them to be aesthetically pleasing. At least to me. But, I think, I am a little more meticulous than others. Not that I am claiming some sort of superiority. I just feel that I care way to much.

So, because I care way too much, sometimes I feel that others' efforts disappoint me a little sometimes. Ah well. C'est la vie.

Nerdy thoughts...

If language is just a way to communicate then it makes sense that if you can think in one lang you can think in another. Thus literacy would transfer and all other academic skills would as well. I'll keep reading my book. As the kid from the intern meaning said "learning a foreign language makes you good at other stuff. " Really learning a language increases the ways one has to express oneself. It allows the learner also I think to have a broader sense of mind in order to think. I'll have to formulate my theory better. :)