My Mother: The Epitome of Failure

I can’t stand my mother. I was never able to but now I’m practically ready to kill her. She’s just so conceited and greedy. Did I mention she’s a communist? Yeah, lots of foreign-born mothers are, but mine is genuinely communist. And I don’t mean communist in the way you regard Trizy or your Russian co-workers. I’m talking much worse.

I could write an entire book about how terrible my mother is, but I won’t. Deep down I really want her to someday escape from that bubble world of hers and realize just what a failure she is and how she has done nothing but ruin my life and push my family to the brink of destruction. Instead, I’m just going to touch on a few points that I particularly dislike about her. This is not a dramatization, this is all completely true. The following list is not for the faint-of-heart. Expect words with more than three syllables and lots of cursing. Some of you may void your bowels once you come to the horrible revelation that a person in real-life can actually be JUST this terrible. I’m sorry, I voided mine too.

No Child Left Behind

Following the recent string of education based blog posts, I present to you this blog post on the No Child Left Behind act. As a quick overview, the No Child Left Behind Act gives schools federal funding based on standardized test scores.

It is the bane of good education throughout the nation. It concentrates on teaching what to think instead of how to think. Let’s face it standardized tests don’t require much critical thinking these days, and if you had read my previous blog entry you would know that I believe that critical thinking (along with student comfort) is the best way to improve the education system. I’ll just repeat it again; standardized tests and therefore the No Child Left Behind Act are the bane for teaching critical thinking in schools.

First Rant

Forgive the spelling on this entry/rant; I’m typing this on an iPod Touch. Which neatly segways onto something that has been pestering me for quite some time now.
I absolutely hate how I need to pay money for a fralking firmware update. It is just not bloody right. It is the asshole’s way to make money. For fraks sake, it is not bloody right. Yes, I know I’ve said it before and I am not giving any proper reasons as of yet. Bear with me just a bit longer I just need to get the righteous indignational put of my system.
Okay, so why do I think that paying for a firmware update is bad manners? Well, I personally think it has to do with product support. If you make some product, you would want to ensure it is a good, well designed product. Firmware is a part of that. Now, I am going to get more into my personal opinions on how you should support a product with firmware updates.
To me, you should update your firmware to the best of your ability. After all, that firmware is improving upon your product; at least it should be. When you introduce paying for an update, you introduce something I call the crap factor. This crap factor originates from thefeeling of betrayal you get from realizing that you have to pay more money to get the full functionality that your gadget may be capable of. This betrayal is like a hidden surcharge out to squeeze the little flakes of copper left by that penny that was in your pocket moments earlier.
Whatever, I am tired and I haven’t thought this out carefully. I will return to continue, expand, and improve upon this rant later.