In this Sundays NFL contest between the Bears and the Vikings, the Bears came out on top. The Chicago Bears played an outstanding game scoring 48 points to tie the record for most points scored by the franchise. Although the Vikings running back Adrian Pederson ran for 121 yards and scored 2 td's (first running back to run for 100+ yards on Bears defense this season) and the Vikings also beat the bears in almost every combined stat, the Bears had two special teams touchdowns that in the end gave them the win. With this divisional match up the Vikings record moves to 3-4 at second place in their division and the Bears move to 4-3 tied for first in their division (these teams being in the same division).
I am slightly mad that the Bears beat off the Vikings because (aside from the Broncos) the Vikings are my favorite team. Plus on paper, the Vikings were supposed to win this game. They have an outstanding 2nd year running back in Adrian Pederson and an extremely good defense that is really good against the run and pass with Pro-Bowlers in the secondary. It all comes down to the 2 special teams touchdowns that Chicago scored. Without those 2 td's, the score of the game is 41-34 with the Vikings coming out on top. This would have put the Vikings tied at first place in the division and the Bears in second place instead of the other way around which would be really interesting standings.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Scholar Center?
On Mr. Fisches blog today, he talked about how the LPS CIO wants to change the name of "media center" for the library to "Scholar Center" or "Scholar in Residence". He says "I don't even like the term media center because the emphasis is still on the containers of information..." (Dan Mass). My opinion is that we shouldn't be focusing on things as little as how we refer to our library. In the big scheme of things, does the name really matter? Most kids that I know don't even call it the media center, it's just the library. When I see people focusing on things as little as the name for the library, it really makes me mad. Not because I don't care, but because there are a lot more other issues that we should be focusing on. For instance, school budget. As far as I know, budgets are pretty low at schools (not including grants). Dan Mass should be helping to find a way to deal with this; the problem of sports programs being cut of not funded properly is also an issue that needs to be dealt with. This is something that is a great problem to me because I have always been athletic and loved watching and playing sports.
To answer his question "So, if we were going to write a new job description for the Scholar in Residence at your school, what items would you include?", I would say that they should help students that struggle to deal with any technology, books, or anything of that matter. I would also say that they would need to be extremely good at working with kids and computers. This is the 21st century and they should know their way around a computer because unfortunately a lot of kids haven't had the chance to get educated in the use of "the tool of the future."
To answer his question "So, if we were going to write a new job description for the Scholar in Residence at your school, what items would you include?", I would say that they should help students that struggle to deal with any technology, books, or anything of that matter. I would also say that they would need to be extremely good at working with kids and computers. This is the 21st century and they should know their way around a computer because unfortunately a lot of kids haven't had the chance to get educated in the use of "the tool of the future."
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