My tweets

• Wed, 13:10: RT @Cartozia: DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS to Cartozia Tales are now available, y'all. http://t.co/r5tWarZ8Wr (Especially nice if you live oversea…
• Wed, 13:47: RT @elizarde: Hear, hear: The Mississippi primary? Frankly, my dear conservatives, I don't give a damn | Donna Ladd http://t.co/jkUWvhCtSz
• Wed, 15:36: Open window season means I can hear a marching band (?) practicing now. Later in the summer, I can hear the demo derbies across the river.
• Wed, 15:37: Not sure if it is a marching band or just a percussion group? Or over-enthusiastic kitchen implement musical group? Toddlers?
• Wed, 16:28: I found this speech by Daniel Quinn interesting. Schooling: The Hidden Agenda http://t.co/PNF96zzO7M
• Wed, 16:29: Yes, the title sounds like a conspiracy theory. No, the contents don't quite refute the title.
• Wed, 16:30: But it says that basically compulsory education to the age of 18 was originally to keep jobs for adults in the Depression.
• Wed, 16:31: Keep those able-bodied, able-minded teenagers out of productive work and into consuming, buying... less competition for jobless adults.
• Wed, 16:34: When I visited Paris in high school, teens could choose 3 paths: "L" studies in high school, "S" studies in high school, or trade school.
• Wed, 16:34: (L = language and arts focused studies with basic math/science, S = math/science focused studies with basic language and arts)

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