Nebraska vs. Creighton

Below is the video of the last seconds of a tied game between Creighton and Nebraska this year. The better team won; watch the video to see who it was....

Is the cellphone ruining other gadgets??

Click on the linked title above, read the article and comment on whether you think cellphones, obviously not the one to the left which is mine and is held together with a rubber band, is truly ruining other technological devices. Don't laugh guys, I built it myself; stay in school young men and ladies and someday you might create something this cool.

You should also scroll to the bottom of the article after you read it to see what other people have blogged about with regard to the article.

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So what do you think?? Can we do away will all that other stuff?? Post your comments nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnow!!

Just checking to see if this works

8th graders,

From home, it looks like you can imbed videos to your blogger accounts so that you will still be able to view them at school. I'll have to check when I get back on Monday. Cheers!!

Mr. Trofholz

Shopping Cart Debacle

The following is a video of an accident with shopping carts at a Target store. Who do you guys think is to blame for this? It is easy to blame the truck driver I suppose because he was the one driving the truck. But what about the guys who were just standing there when the truck started pulling away?? Or maybe someone else besides the driver or these guys was responsible for making sure that the truck was closed before anyone left?? Who knows, but I'm guessing that the manager of the store is going to want some answers. I also just thought of this: as you know advertising is very expensive. Could this have been something that Target set up on purpose, knowing that people like me and you would want to watch it, and therefore have more attention brought to Target stores??

Now blog on it and let me know what you think.....

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Does the punishment fit the crime??

Copy and paste the following link into a browser. Read the article and the comment on it.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/234216,pensioner-ordered-to-knit-pullovers-as-penalty-for-slashing-tyres.html

I don't want to sound like a jerk about this, but I think this woman should go to jail. She slashed the tires on over 50 cars and because of her age and because she has no money, she doesn't have to go to jail for it or even pay a fine?? I guess, my biggest issue with this is that a law is being enforced differently for different people. You see a lot of this, particularly in circumstances where underage kids commit murder and then don't want to be charged as an adult because the punishment would be greater. Am I wrong in thinking that laws should be enforced the same across the board?? Afterall, if I had slashed all of those tires, I'd be sitting in a jail cell somewhere and trying to come up with thousands of dollars to pay back on all the property I ruined.

Should this child be suspended??

Read this article and comment on the blog:

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/23/fifth-grader-suspended-for-wearing-anti-obama-shirt/all-comments/#comments

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This is a tough one guys. I believe in the first amendment and the power that it gives us to free speech. However, as a teacher, I am also against things and behaviors that disrupt the learning environment. For instance cell phones, toys, clothing that reveals too much skin. Given that the boy wearing this shirt was a fifth grader, and thus surrounded by other fifth graders, I don't think it was disruptive to the learning environment. I want to say this carefully: basically fifth graders aren't old enough to be offended by name calling in politics, so therefore I don't see where the disruption occurs. What I think probably happened, is that there were teachers who did not agree with the boys shirt and they decided that they did not want to see it; I'm speculating. Case and point: do you think the student would have been asked to take off the shirt if it had said "The Jonas Brothers Support Terrorists?" Probably not, and it stands to reason that more students at this age would be disrupted by an attack on the Jonas Brothers than on Barack Obama right?? Your thoughts??