In America right now, a kid drops out of high school every 26 seconds. These drop-outs are 8 times more likely to go to prison, 50% less likely to vote, more likely to need social welfare assistance, not eligible for 90% of jobs, are being paid 40 cents to the dollar of earned by a college graduate, and continuing the cycle of poverty.”

Brain Pickings provides advance of Waiting for Superman, a documentary about public education from the maker of An Inconvenient Truth. The trailer is compelling. This ought to be a pretty good movie to catch in the fall.

Waffling happens when your brain stops working but your mouth keeps going.

The solution to waffling is simple: When you have nothing ready to say, stop, look at your notes, work out what you to say, look up again and start talking.

The simple introduction of a problem I think is enormously difficult to avoid. Read the whole post for Olivia Mitchell's solution.