Sunday, May 13, 2012
Sunday roundup
The meat industry seems to think it has a right to poison you.
Feminism is back, but, apparently, so is slamming single women.
The capitalist spirit of Burning Man.
I'd rather see my kids educated in a low-tech school.
Funny, traveling with my mother is almost the opposite experience than that represented in these tips. She'd urge me not to wear sunblock and not bring a sweater.
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I'd be curious for you to do a post on why you'd prefer the low-tech schools. We live high-tech lifestyles and our daughter is in a no-tech pre-school. But I wouldn't want to send her to a no-tech high school. I'd worry about her being competitive in future job markets. Also, I'm a little concerned that most of the famous grads they listed from the no-tech school are in the arts, which can become a huge trap if you find it's not for you or that you're not whatever enough to make a living at it. Then what are your alternatives? One thing I love about knowing technology is that it gave me options from early on. I make my living as an artist, but I got paid more at my Smith work-study job because I was able to land a cushy job in the computer lab -- thanks to computer science classes I had taken during the summer in high school. It's much easier to make the transition from techie to artist than vice versa. And even in the arts, those people who can't intuitively handle tech drive you crazy. I'm trying hard to figure out how going to a no-tech high school doesn't put its students at a disadvantage and I'm having a hard time reconciling it.
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