Sep 20th
Posted by shambo and filed under Education

Let me say this about that. In 1973, Paul Simon recorded the song “Kodachrome” that contained the lyric, ‘When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.’  Amen, Brother Simon.  The older I get, the truer this becomes.  And it’s not just the […]

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Sep 14th
Posted by shambo and filed under Education

Let me say this about that. America is wallpapered in warning labels.  A guy from another planet could beam-down to Earth and be forgiven if he believed that doing anything on this planet could be hazardous to one’s health.  The really silly part of this ‘lawyer-propagated’ blemish on our culture is that we are ‘warned’ […]

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Sep 10th
Posted by shambo and filed under Education

Let me say this about that. A few years ago, there was a big flap about the lack of political correctness in the Florida State University’s use of the “Seminole” as it’s mascot.  Seemed some folks thought it lacked sensitivity and was disrespectful of the poor Seminole Indian tribes in Florida.  Unfortunately, the chalky white, […]

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Sep 2nd
Posted by shambo and filed under Education

Let me say this about that. I’m an old guy, which means I was raised as a kid – ‘old school’.  Today’s parents don’t know how to raise kids and are far too gentle in teaching them the life-lessons they will need to survive as adults. In my entire youth I never received a ‘time-out’, […]

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Aug 24th
Posted by shambo and filed under Education

Let me say this about that. Yesterday, we attempted to establish some degree of parity with the annual publication of the U.S News & World Report’s Best Colleges in America by debuting the  Shambo’s Crappy College Awards.  The goal here is to give some of these poorly performing institutions an incentive to improve by taking away their ‘plausible […]

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Aug 23rd
Posted by shambo and filed under Education

Let me say this about that. Every year the  U.S. News and World Report magazine publishes their list of the best colleges in America.  That’s nice, however it has always been my view that unless abject failure is also exposed, there can be no progress.  So, with this lofty goal, I give you Shambo’s List […]

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