Sparks in the Schoolyard: What We Lost When Shop Class Disappeared
There are two ways to look at the approach my parents took to academics.
“We trust your judgement” or, “so long as the school isn’t calling with problems, everything is fine.”
Either way, I could choose my own classes and graduation requirements weren’t as stringent. I took every shop class that North Olmsted High School offered, and avoided academic classes.
Friday nights used to be a big deal. Now, I’m watching King of the Hill and eating popcorn with Sparky.
A trending prank is to throw a green marital aid onto the court at WNBA games. WNBA officials are taking this very seriously. That’s a mistake.
Washington D.C. never made much sense. We are the United States of America, but DC residents don’t have a state. That makes them a special case, different than the rest of us. Their city politicians may care more about sucking up to national leaders, than they care about the residents.
Nobody cares that Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace accord. Would you care more if you knew that the Tartars are from Azerbaijan, so that’s probably where tartar sauce was invented? If you liked fish sticks you’d be interested.
Sparky isn’t eager to go out in the heat, but he likes to lounge in the sun. I modified the software for my robot window shades so that the center shade doesn’t go all the way down. I am so pleased that Sparky enjoys this feature.
Sparky won’t thank me for this because dogs don’t think that way. I’m not certain that when Sparky feels a tug on his collar, he understands that I pulled on the leash.
Having home automation and a dog is giving me more project ideas.
The robotic window shade project is completely operational. Ever since the IKEA motorized blinds were installed, this is how they needed to work. It seems like it’s been longer than a few weeks since work started on 2 weeks since on Implementing Home Assistant.
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