Comments on: I’m Constipated And My Mind Is Racing http://www.furiousnads.com/2006/10/im-constipated-and-my-mind-is-racing/ You're furious. I never taught you to sing. You carry rocks in your head and pitch them. Without warning. Happy drunk. You're furious. I beg you for sin. I beg your skin. You buy a whore. Don't give her water. You're furious. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: lunarobverse http://www.furiousnads.com/2006/10/im-constipated-and-my-mind-is-racing/#comment-290 lunarobverse Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:44:26 +0000 http://furiousnads.com/2006/10/im-constipated-and-my-mind-is-racing/#comment-290 It's a battle that's going to take 500 years. And I mean, 500 <em>more</em> years. Y'know... if we last that long. (I'm feeling optimistic today.) It’s a battle that’s going to take 500 years.

And I mean, 500 more years.

Y’know… if we last that long.

(I’m feeling optimistic today.)

]]> By: Satchel Pooch http://www.furiousnads.com/2006/10/im-constipated-and-my-mind-is-racing/#comment-289 Satchel Pooch Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:02:28 +0000 http://furiousnads.com/2006/10/im-constipated-and-my-mind-is-racing/#comment-289 There is indeed plenty of blame to go around regarding the shortening of the national attention span and the resulting dumbing down of political discourse. My favorite targets are TV and right-wing radio, but your mileage may vary. This problem is manifested in thousands of classrooms every day. How do you teach kids whose minds have been nurtured and shaped by TV? How do you lengthen an attention span in order to teach, say, critical thinking or civic responsibility, not to mention the three Rs? The war for the minds of adults may or may not already have been lost, but it is still being fought every single day for kids. Vote for a school bond, volunteer as a reading mentor, donate books to the school library, or do whatever you can for kids and schools. It couldn't possibly be more important. There is indeed plenty of blame to go around regarding the shortening of the national attention span and the resulting dumbing down of political discourse. My favorite targets are TV and right-wing radio, but your mileage may vary.

This problem is manifested in thousands of classrooms every day. How do you teach kids whose minds have been nurtured and shaped by TV? How do you lengthen an attention span in order to teach, say, critical thinking or civic responsibility, not to mention the three Rs? The war for the minds of adults may or may not already have been lost, but it is still being fought every single day for kids. Vote for a school bond, volunteer as a reading mentor, donate books to the school library, or do whatever you can for kids and schools. It couldn’t possibly be more important.

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