tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post7537881704402784373..comments2024-03-22T17:35:52.045-04:00Comments on Extra Thoughts: Blown about by every windLydia McGrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-43742902687371942202014-09-09T10:58:59.390-04:002014-09-09T10:58:59.390-04:00First, I agree with you wholeheartedly. But I was...First, I agree with you wholeheartedly. But I was glad our college president -- who is a genuinely busy man! -- did this particular challenge, for two reasons.<br /><br />1. It gave him a chance to be "human" with the student body, who tend to see him in a personal way too infrequently.<br /><br />2. He used it as an opportunity to educate the students about embryonic stem cell research and offer alternative places to donate if this were a cause you cared to donate to. (A woman in a local church which many of our students attend died of ALS just this summer, so it's on many of our minds.)<br /><br />That said, I reiterate that I agree with what you say on the whole! Just wanted to note someone who did use it in a way that was, I think, given his position, attractive to a group of young people who tend to be too quick to do things without putting in the research. A commentary in chapel would not have been as effective.Beth Impsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560137034653905618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-6986683324599108322014-09-03T21:47:24.864-04:002014-09-03T21:47:24.864-04:00I don't know whether to say "thanks"...I don't know whether to say "thanks" or not. What a load of nonsense.<br /><br />Now I should institute a penalty: For every OT comment on a post, you have to write one on-topic comment. :-)Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-82164371245793198382014-09-03T16:16:45.912-04:002014-09-03T16:16:45.912-04:00Off topic, but I thought you would be interested i...Off topic, but I thought you would be interested in one of the most outrageous anti-homeschooling screeds I've ever seen that appeared in a newspaper recently. <br /><br />http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20140826/Opinion/140829461#ixzz3BznV5wghScott W.noreply@blogger.com