In today’s world most professional athletes are making millions of dollars per season. People across the planet love sports, and cheering on their favorite teams. But are athletes being over paid? In the MLB (major league baseball) there are some players making in the $20,000,000 range per season. Some of these athletes are opting out of these contracts because other teams are going to pay them even more money. Many people don’t even realize that athletes are making this much money just to entertain people and play a sport they love. But what about the doctors, teachers, and scientists, even though these professions make good money, they don’t compare to professional athletes. Professions like these are what really impact the world and make a difference and they do not make near as much money as they should. A third string NFL quarter back can make a million dollars a year for doing absolutely nothing besides practicing, as a teacher only makes $50,000 a year for educating America’s future. Overall the general message is priorities in the American economy can be controversial some times.
-- Hatton
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Flipping Turtles
*This is a "sticky" post, meaning it will always show up first. For new posts, keep scrolling down.*
So, I was thinking about the article we read, "Political Paralysis," and the great discussion we had in class on it. I especially liked the part about how she stopped to flip turtles over when she walked near the railroad. She says something like, "It's a small thing to me, but it means the world to the turtle."
In the spirit of that idea, I'm creating this sticky post so we can publish the "small," anonymous things we've done. We can all be "anonymous saints." You can add to this anytime you like in the comments section. Here's what I did recently:
I was going to pick up my son from the Boys & Girls Club, and a college student was sitting on the bench outside. She stopped me and asked me if I would fill out a bunch of paperwork about my son and his habits. She was getting her Master's in Psychology, and she was doing a study on kids with ADHD. My son doesn't have ADHD, but she needed kids without it as well. She said the paperwork would take about 20-30 minutes at home and that I'd have to return it to her. My first instinct was to say "no", because I'm so busy. But I also thought about how much it would mean to her--it's her degree, after all! And it's hard to ask people to help you. So I said yes. And yes, it was a pain in the ass to fill out those papers. But it meant a lot to her. And who knows? Maybe what she's doing will help kids with ADHD and their parents. A little bit of my time could mean a whole lot.
That's the turtle I flipped today. What turtles did you flip?
-- JG
So, I was thinking about the article we read, "Political Paralysis," and the great discussion we had in class on it. I especially liked the part about how she stopped to flip turtles over when she walked near the railroad. She says something like, "It's a small thing to me, but it means the world to the turtle."
In the spirit of that idea, I'm creating this sticky post so we can publish the "small," anonymous things we've done. We can all be "anonymous saints." You can add to this anytime you like in the comments section. Here's what I did recently:
I was going to pick up my son from the Boys & Girls Club, and a college student was sitting on the bench outside. She stopped me and asked me if I would fill out a bunch of paperwork about my son and his habits. She was getting her Master's in Psychology, and she was doing a study on kids with ADHD. My son doesn't have ADHD, but she needed kids without it as well. She said the paperwork would take about 20-30 minutes at home and that I'd have to return it to her. My first instinct was to say "no", because I'm so busy. But I also thought about how much it would mean to her--it's her degree, after all! And it's hard to ask people to help you. So I said yes. And yes, it was a pain in the ass to fill out those papers. But it meant a lot to her. And who knows? Maybe what she's doing will help kids with ADHD and their parents. A little bit of my time could mean a whole lot.
That's the turtle I flipped today. What turtles did you flip?
-- JG
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