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on Sex Education for College Students
The thought of having to listen to this woman's annoying manner of speech for any length of time fills me with gratitude that I will miss her talk. Needs a speech coach perhaps she could trade lessons for a much needed skill, the moderator is a good model for a voice that is a pleasure to hear.
posted 2 years, 3 months ago
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on Staff Pick: Quarter-Life Crisis
I had a early crisis in my life and solved it by sticking to my goals for life. I come from a middle class family which valued education and from an early age I was reminded of the value of a University education.
At the age of 15 my high school education required a vocation planning class. We were required to come up with a plan for our life's work and write a paper on how to attain our goal etc.
I chose dentistry and gathered all the information of what I would need to become a dentist. Medicine was a close second but the education took 2 years more and there were internships etc to contend with. I picked my job because I could do it anywhere in the world and be my own boss.
Graduated from high school just as the Vietnam war started and found that many were in college just to avoid the draft. I was actually interested in joining the military to help pay off my debts and get some experience in my field. I received my draft notice the same day I graduated from dental school but the army had all the dentists they needed and a law prevents the drafting of health care professionals and not using them in their field.
My plan had always been to quit working at age 30 and take two years off to find out what I really wanted to do in life. As that age neared I began to have some doubts and fears especially a fear of not fulfilling my plan. I was newly married and we sold all our posessions except a very few and the house and my dental practice and left in Sept 1974 with two airline tickets with 39 stops.
We travelled west and thus enjoyed three summers.
I have never regretted this two year hiatus especially now since some of my favorite places Afghanistan,the Middle East, Indonesia etc are not exactly for independent travellers now.
I have recently had another crisis and have survived it by quitting my job and becoming single again.
After a few years I now have a new wife and we have a 1.5 year old baby girl.
So I have it all albeit in somewhat unusual order. My advice is choose what you want to do and than how to accomplish it best is always to love your job, I loved mine because it allowed me to accomplish my goal to see the world and experience new cultures longer term. I have one regret, in 1975 I was offered a locum tenens in South Africa I would have taken over a dentist's practice lived in his house and made a really good living for 9 months but it just seemed overwhelming to do all the arrangements. I returned to a good profession and have continued to travel and now do volunteer dentistry in far off locations for three or four months a year. Will resume this plan when Diana is a bit older.
I am 68 years old.
Persue your dream and do what is necessary. At least if you don't follow the ruts you won't be sent to war.
posted 2 years, 4 months ago
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on Contrasting Coverage
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on Contrasting Coverage
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on Contrasting Coverage
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on Wage Woes
It is touching that the panel has so much concern about the government losing tax revenues when the people are losing the use of the money they earn by ever higher taxes and anti business taxes and policies.
We had our chance in the last gubernatorial race and selected and idiot who thinks that state liquor store employees" jobs are as good as private sector jobs. Government doesnt create jobs, it can only create an atmosphere conducive to business. There is a reason jobs go to Tennessee and Washington state. The states are more business friendly. The last place I would start a business is one like Oregon there is just too many states who actually try to attract business, Idaho,Texas, Tenn and the research triangle around North Carolina.
Get out of the way of private enterprise and stop thinking having low paid attorneys is a problem. Lower taxes and remove impediments to starting and maintaining small businesses.
posted 2 years, 5 months ago
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on RUT? Teens & Texting
Yeah like glad you dug it dude uh ya know like later.
posted 2 years, 5 months ago
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on RUT? Teens & Texting
I feel the same way but then I remembered some strict parents of two beautiful twin girls in my grammar school 8th grade. They were prohibited from talking on the phone with boys and wearing levis.
They both had their first baby in their first year in high school. Sorry I don't have an answer to the problem.
posted 2 years, 5 months ago
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on RUT? Teens & Texting
Mhy experience with texting has been 100% negative, I was crossing the street in front of my house 25mph speed limit, and noticed a car coming from up the street at a very high rate of speed, as it neared Texting has been totally negative for me, I was crossing the street in front of my house (25mph speed limit) when I noticed a car approaching me, my wife and my 2year old baby it swerved to the extreme left of the street heading driectly for my wife, and myself as I dove to the curb I saw a young woman looking down instead of watching the road. I yelled at her and she sat up with eyes wide with panic and swerved at the last minute then accelerated. We were nearly annihilated as a family. The police explaind that she was most probably texting which has become a bigger problem as now the people hide what they are doing below the view of law enforcement. I am against texting.
By the way do you suppose your panel could go a day or week without saying "like, you know or uh"? This would include the "teacher" Trent.
posted 2 years, 5 months ago
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on RUT? Teens & Texting
Can one acquire STDs from texting (silicon transmitted diseases)?
posted 2 years, 5 months ago
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on Candidate Conversation: John Kitzhaber
Voting for anyone who thinks that the Liquor monopoly produces jobs compared to the free market which would employ many more, make a profit and pay taxes is a bad idea.
Kitzhaber has lots of public programs which produce "jobs" at the expense of those who actually produce products and services, pay taxes and fund these programs.
This guy is the one who put Oregon on the path to the current situation the state finds itself in, deep in debt, education declining from an already low level and business fleeing the state.
In the pocket of the puclic employees and teacher's union is not where I look for inspired leaders.
Bill Edell
posted 2 years, 6 months ago
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on The Congressional Races
Well things haven't changed much since I took Political Science years ago, your "guests" do not represent any but the left fringe. The statement that the Democrats are the anti war party forgets WW!,WWII, Korea, Vietnam to name a few. We don't hear about the role of the Democrat majority in the economic downturn, the democrats in reality stand for illegal immigrants BECAUSE THEY VOTE FOR THEM. If I was still in Oregon I wouldn't start a business ever. Having the two "Professors" of Political "Science" as experts is a real spotted owl hoot. At least these two are up front about their bias. Who are the 40% who don't vote their way.
posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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on The Face of Race
Come on people, Bill Cosby's book subtitled from victims to victors. Puts the onus on the communities which are so resistant to help even with many special programs and race based "help".
The panel today all have benefitted from victimization just like Jesse Jackson. As a native American and a "person of color". I view the affirmative action programs as instilling the attitude among employers that "this person may be qualified or may have his qualifications because he is colored and received many advantages over the normal student."
The fathers need to take responsibility for their children the people need to grab the tremendous opportunities offered by the US just like those people of color from Asia and the African foreign students in our Universities.
None of your programs will work until you demand personal resposibility from your groups of victims.
I am 68 and there is more racial stress and division now than when I grew up. Multiculturalism has been very destructive and the Portland Mayor's new programs for everyone except whites is just plain racism. There is no "reverse discrimination" only discrimination.
I wish you had invited someone to participate in the discussion who really knows something about the solution. Bill Cosby DEd could explain it to you.
posted 3 years ago
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on The Face of Race
None of the guests would have their jobs without victims to help the power of victimization is the reason the "leaders" like Jesse Jackson etc
have a vested interest in prolonging the approach that some citizens can not do for themselves.
Bill Cosby in his book Come on People points out that progress comes from personal responsibility, fathers taking responsibility for their children and people taking advantage of the tremendous opportunities America provides to all. Why are the "people of color" from the Asian Continent and foreigh students from Africa so successful? They see the opportunity, don't whine about their lot and get on with it.
I was living in San Diego when the Vietnamese refugees came in the middle seventies. They started out with state aid and in very few years became extremely successful. They spoke no English and their children became valedictorians.
Affirmative action programs have had the effect of stigmatizing blacks as being in their place because of special help. One wonders if his black doctor is a physician because he is well qualified or did he get his MD because of his color.
The racisim of Portland's mayor in offering special programs to all non white young people.
As a person of color and a native American I can tell you the route to success is open but not a route for success by "victims". Come on people stop being a person of color and start being a productive American.
I am against all racially based organizations like the Black Caucus in Congress, La Raza etc .
posted 3 years ago
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on Primary Conversations: Superintendent of Public Instruction
This contest is easy, the incumbent is bought and paid for by the unions we can be assured that they are out for the welfare of the teachers and have no interest in "standing up for the kids". The children are being swindled and misled into believing that they are receiving an education. Teachers are well compensated and paid for a part time job. How about six weeks more of school per year for this salary, like the Germans have?
posted 3 years ago
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on Primary Conversations: Superintendent of Public Instruction
You must understand that the competition won by Delaware and Tennesee was graded according to how friendly the plan was to the teacher's unions, the most anti education force in the US.
posted 3 years ago
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on Primary Conversations: Superintendent of Public Instruction
As long as the anti education teacher's union hold sway over education the system will fail
posted 3 years ago
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on Primary Conversations: Superintendent of Public Instruction
I am tired of excuses why teachers can't even teach one language and simple math in our schools. I went to grade school and high schoolin a far more diverse environment with Mexicans, and displaced children from all over europe in the same class. The teachers taught us all and we all graduated with good educations My high school district was rated among the highest in the US we were a middle lower class population.
Isn't anyone concerned that European foreign students have to be moved ahead three years to keep them from being totally bored from learning things they learn when they were several years younger. Oregon students will be competing with the world against students who speak two or three languages and have 12 years of english even learning both British and American versions of english?
posted 3 years ago
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on The Fight Over Sugar Beets
Jerry Brown drank Malathion to prove that it was ok to spray over Ca when he was governor and look what happened to him....Oh oh heees baack!
posted 3 years, 1 month ago
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on The Fight Over Sugar Beets
Right on roboturkey, Are you a genetically engineered fowl? I never heard of a machine turkey cross,
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