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Wednesday December 09, 2015 · 5:05 PM PST

2015/12/09 · 17:05

I still support you!

I think you're great!

I hope you're having a super awesome day!

That is all!

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This was a waste of my time

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Gosh! I can't believe how easy it is to get a diary looked at!

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*facepalm*

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Profit Seeking Schools - What Could Go Wrong?

zoebear

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Friday May 01, 2015 · 11:10 AM PDT

2015/05/01 · 11:10

Unintentionally, I got into a debate this morning with someone convinced that private schools were the answer to fixing our public education system. Their reasoning was that If you have a failed system, go elsewhere. Public or private, same motive.

Respectfully, I disagree.

Here are a few things on my list of why I don't think "experimenting" with for profit schools would bring about the positive change advocates keep promising....

zoebear

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Thursday April 30, 2015 · 2:48 PM PDT

2015/04/30 · 14:48

Breaking News: 4:45 pm ET CNN just reported:

A Baltimore police investigation into the death of Freddie Gray found no evidence he died as the result of injuries caused during his arrest, according to CNN affiliate WJLA, citing "multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the police findings."

The sources quoted by WJLA said the medical examiner had determined Gray's death was caused by catastrophic injury after he slammed into the back of the police transport van, "apparently breaking his neck; a head injury he sustained matches a bolt in the back of the van."

http://www.cnn.com/...

zoebear

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Thursday April 30, 2015 · 1:29 PM PDT

2015/04/30 · 13:29

Would you buy a $10,000 sandwich? No? Well what would you say if I told you that you pay up to 2000X more for bottled water than tap water? You’d probably tell me that’s because it’s cleaner and healthier, right?

But is it?

The U.S. buys more than a half a billion dollars of bottled water EACH WEEK! That’s enough to circle the globe 5X.

Yikes! How did that happen?

“The Story of Bottled Water” tells it this way….

zoebear

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Monday April 27, 2015 · 8:41 AM PDT

2015/04/27 · 08:41

Congratulations! You’re a Late Nite Show host and you have been given the awesome ability to resurrect the dead! As a 30 year old woman filling out college applications for the first time, my initial reaction to this essay question was along the lines of, “You gotta be kidding me.”

Well, maybe that’s not entirely fair. The actual question on the application read:

“If you were a Late Nite Show host and could interview any 3 people, living or dead, who would they be, and why?”

"The Dalai Lama," my boyfriend suggested.

Okay. That's a possibility, I thought.

"Well, maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea in practice," he said changing his mind.

The smile on his face told me he was about to say something he thought was very clever.

"Buddhist philosophy is all about acquiring wisdom through self discernment. So if you ask the Dalai Lama a question, he'd probably just throw it right back at you."

Thanks, that was helpful.

"What about Jesus Christ," my girlfriend suggested. "He's always got a good yarn to tell. And let's face it, after you've interviewed him, you kinda got it covered."

When it came around to my turn, I suggested Lincoln, a choice that was summarily shot down by everyone around me because it was a subject that had presumable been well mined. A real ho-hum of a topic. Looking back on that now, I realize it wasn’t about the topic at all. It was about how Abraham Lincoln was taught in school.

zoebear

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Thursday November 01, 2012 · 10:39 AM PDT

2012/11/01 · 10:39

The Empire State Building as seen from my darkened neighborhood.

zoebear

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Monday October 29, 2012 · 1:04 PM PDT

2012/10/29 · 13:04

"Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy, and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China. Mitt Romney will fight for every American job."