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Homework is nothing more than additional study. I don't think any should be required unless the content is harder than average or a student demonstrates a lack of understanding in the material.

For those who do everything right without homework, why force mindless repetition? The workload should at least be reduced.

By the way- Note that it's not about 'learning' on a long term sense. Most kids forget what they learned in a year anyway.

What's the point of this question?

And romo will still manage to blow the game.

Rights, yes. "Equal everything," obviously not.

Without function, it's just art. In art, form should come first, but everywhere else there exists no point if function doesn't come first.

In the literal sense, as purposeful deception through illusions, yes. But, in the context of what it appears to be, as something 'special,' no.

English terminology. I mean, who doesn't need to know that a simile is like a metaphor? Or that tone and mood are not the same thing?

I hope not...

...the heck? Just cause he can't use a computer doesn't mean he's anti-technology. Obama'd be more likely to listen to Biden anyway (who doesn't like the internet.)

Eh. Unless they fundamentally change they way they've been building OS's lately, I doubt it'll be a major improvement. There certainly seems to be some promise with Windows 7, I won't deny that, but it seems only to be fixes from Vista. Thing is, fixing isn't good enough. They've got to build an operating system that works better, runs faster, is more affordable, and has fewer major issues, or it'll just be another system for IT workers to suffer through. Granted, this may actually be the current direction- I hear W7 can run on 1 gb.

I want Windows 7 to be great, I really do. But Vista was supposed to be new and exciting, and it flunked. Unless they can make 7 considerably more solid, more agile, and more approachable, it won't do any better, because it no longer has the "Ooh, shiny" factor.