by Timothy Long
Enrollment at Metropolitan Community Colleges is at a standstill, and there is only one place for fingers of blame to point–MCC itself.
According to MCC, the Enroll Now Pay Now program is supposed to help students who are “serious” about taking classes, the opportunity to have their pick of classes without being limited because of less serious students holding on the classes without payment until the computer system drops them. [...]
May 11, 2011
by Timothy Long
Deafening quiet fills the classroom as final exams pass from desk to desk. Each student takes the heavy load with mixed feelings. With a clock speeding towards pencils down, tension sweeps across the room.
A student reaches in to his or her hoodie for a cell phone to text for answers. Another slightly moves his test up to read the notes covertly written on the desk the night before. Answers can be found scattered across the classroom, written on coke cans, pencils, hands and under the bill of ball caps. [...]
April 22, 2011
by Timothy Long
Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears, the NFL-record holder for kick return touchdowns, said it best on ESPN 1000 Radio in Chicago: “They’re going too far…changing the whole fun of the game.”
The National Football League becomes more like the No Fun League with each landmark rule it decides to change. Over the past few seasons, the NFL has completely changed rules of the game that had long been a mainstay in the minds of fans. The owners have let the power go to their heads. [...]
March 10, 2011
by Timothy Long
Why do people talk during movies?
As the credits begin to roll, the realization sets in that the time has finally come. The future has arrived at last. The movie will start very soon. Tuned in to the screen, the rest of the theater disappears. Vision locked to the screen, mind engaged.
All of a sudden, noise appears. Is it talking? Perhaps it is the movie. No. Well, what is it? Seriously, the movie is starting. Silence is crucial. [...]
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June 28, 2011
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