non-issue's blog
One Laptop Per Child Revisted
In February of this year I made a post (http://www.progressiveu.org/213257-one-laptop-per-child) about a non-profit intiative called One Laptop Per Child which aims to provide 100 million laptops into the hands of kids 6 to 16 in the next few years. Read More »
This Site = Big Disappointment
I joined this site at the beginning of the spring scholarship competition and actually attempted the competition, which meant I spent an unreasonably large amount of time on this site. But I gave up on the scholarship when I realized something. A lot of people on this site are dumb. Some of them are really dumb. I had (and have) a difficult time finding blogs with intellectual, reasoned, or informative posts. I see tons of posts that argue for ideas I already take for granted like "racism is bad" or "we should reduce our oil consumption" without adding any new insight to the argument. Many other posts offer up trite realizations like "life sucks sometimes so you should be grateful" or "stereotypes are stupid". Read More »
$10,000 In Scholarship Money From Target
Target has paired up with the American Architectural Foundation to offer a $10,000 scholarship to the winner of their "Redesign Your School" Contest. The contest is open the 9th-12th graders and it runs through June 30, 2007. All you have to do for the contest is create a plan for your dream school. Read More »
What Books Did/Do You Have to Read in High School?
I love books and so do a lot of other people. But I certainly didn't like every book I was required to read in high school. I think I was lucky because my classes had so much required reading. I almost wish they'd made us read more. Some of these I thought were good books, some were bad, and some I thought were just stupid.
Stand Up By Not Speaking
A month from today is GLSEN's annual Day of Silence which commemorates and protests anti-LGBT bullying, harassment, and discrimination in schools. On April 18th, 2007, students and teachers nationwide will take a day of silence to echo the silence that LGBT students experience everyday. I encourage you to join them and me in taking a day of silence to support the young LGBT community. Read More »
Banning Literary Gay-ness
In April 2005, one of Alabama's Republican lawmakers, Gerald Allen sponsored a bill that would prevent public school libraries from buying new copies of books or plays by gay authors or about gay characters. "I don't look at it as censorship," says Allen. Read More »
Paul and Juan Go to Harvard
At my high school, we all intuitively knew that being not white gave you a better chance of getting into a good college. That it made you more special. Anyone could get good grades, but if you were Latino and passed a bunch of AP tests, that would make colleges take a second look. I knew two guys in high school, Paul and Juan, that were amazing people with major accomplishments. Read More »
