I absolutely cannot believe that today was my last day teaching English in Thailand. Coming to Thailand, I must admit that I fully expected to hate teaching. I didn't think I would have the patience or the interest in dealing with rowdy kids everyday, and I expected teaching to be secondary to the traveling and adventuring that I wanted to do here. As i […]
Publius says people need to understand how government benefits them personally. He then says, After all, that's why progressives are progressives. We think the way we do because we think government can play (and has played) an extremely valuable role in people's lives. Otherwise, I wouldn't writing this, and you wouldn't be reading it. No […]
Before there was the enormous LCD TV, coffeehouse, and scattered comfy couches, the library at Chelmsford High School in Massachusetts was a run down mess. The bright yellow paint was peeling. The furniture was outdated. The carpet was frayed—and everyone kept tripping over the duct tape that helped to keep it down.