Talking It Out

I talked about the concepts of Food, Inc with my dad. When I asked him the questions, he gave me some interesting responses. When I asked him what struck him about the concepts, he told me that it gave him a feeling of helplessness, and it made him feel as though there are almost no sources of decent food out there (or food without GMO's and other unhealthy additives), and he can't single-handedly change the food system. He agreed with the concepts, and it convinced him that it had really compelling evidence that it was true. He says that he'll apply the concepts to the real world by reading labels, shopping at farmer's markets and shopping at health food stores and not patronizing fast food.

School Daze II DJ

"Kids will learn anything they want to learn, anything they have a use for. But to make them learn things they don't have any use for, you have to send them to school."
--Julie, My Ishmael

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This quote made me think. You know, the whole chapter in general made me think. On one hand, we have the subjects in school like Chemistry, Geometry, Ancient Studies, and a whole billion other different fields of learning because the teachers want to expose us to different things that we can do as a career if we so choose.

On the other hand, it makes me wonder if fields of learning such as Spanish class are really to help us in life, when we may grow up doing something that relates to Spanish about as well as a bowling ball can float.

For example, let me take the example of Spanish class. It may be useful to know in the certain frame of time that we are currently in, and because I live in San Diego, close to the border. However, one of the things that I would be looking forward to doing with my life is writing and international law. Okay, so there are technicalities involved, such as translating, and having Spanish-speaking clients. But when it comes to International Law, the main things that I would be dealing with are conflicts between whole countries. Because English is still quite a dominating language in most of the world, I would presumably be using English when communicating with foreign countries.