Thoughts on the Convention
I, like so many non engaged Americans need to WAKE UP. Another election season is upon us and it's time to be an informed voter and exercise the right that so many of those before us have fought for. I'm not going to get on my soap box concerning the election because to be honest, until the conventions I've been laboring in my own world of education and grading and not paying a lick of attention to anything that has been taking place. To be honest, facebook and twitter have kept me up to date more than me reading and searching for information myself. Did any of you hear about the CNN cameraperson , who happened to be a black woman, that got peanuts thrown at her during the Republic National Convention? What's worst is that CNN didn't make too many comments on it and almost tried to sweep it under the rug. Maybe not that exact phrasing, but a new station that has been so liberal in its views on civil rights and inclusion spoke very little when it came to the wel...