Sunday, October 19, 2008

Thousands march in Paris over cuts to education (The Charlotte Observer)

Thousands march in Paris over cuts to education (The Charlotte Observer)
(The Associated Press) More than 30,000 demonstrators marched across Paris on Sunday to denounce the conservative government's budget restrictions, job cuts and other controversial reforms in France's public education system. Teachers, students, parents and school administrators took to the streets in the march behind a banner that read, "Education is our future," and vowed to press on with ...

The Education Of Steve Bogucki

The Education Of Steve Bogucki
I wrote previously about Steve Bogucki (Educated Soldier) and his Law School vs. Special Forces quandary. He recently wrote a powerful post about his decision to quit (his term) Special Forces training and to continue with his higher education goals. He explains his thoughts on the topic and his reasoning, all of which are [...]

I wrote previously about Steve Bogucki (Educated Soldier) and his Law School vs. Special Forces quandary. He recently wrote a powerful post about his decision to quit (his term) Special Forces training and to continue with his higher education goals. He explains his thoughts on the topic and his reasoning, all of which are interesting and make sense.

It’s no small thing to decide to just drop such a major chunk of your life. I quit school three years into my second degree because I finally saw what my intense academic focus was doing to my family, my daughter especially. Like Steve, the actual realization and the subsequent decision-making moment went fairly quickly. But even though I could see how necessary it was for me to quit, it still sucked. It’s hard to just stop.

It’s dangerously easy to stay on a path, whether you’re happy to be there or not, simply because you’ve wanted it for so long and have invested so much time, effort and emotional energy into that goal. Walking away from something tremendous is usually more difficult than staying the course. I’m very impressed with Mr. Bogucki’s decision and the ballsiness it took for him to quit. And he sounds happy. Effing busy with school, but happy.

Posted by Alexa Harrington

photo: Jeff Sullivan


Half of Valley schools fail federal benchmark

More than half of the Rio Grande Valley's school districts did not meet federal benchmarks under the No Child Left Behind Act, according to preliminary results the Texas Education Agency released Tuesday.

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globeandmail.com - Rwanda bids French language adieu.

English will be the language of education in Rwanda. Read more ...