What is the meaning of life?

It's a simple question. But for some reason to a lot of us here it seems that the answer is most incomprehensible. But, as a missionary for the Lord Jesus Christ, and as one who has sought salvation at His hands, I will endeavor to show you what I have found for my self, and no other man(and many have tried) can dissuade me from the knowledge given me by God Himself through the power of the Holy Ghost.

This post is only preliminary to the next posts or even pages that I will add in the near future, so keep an eye out! But I also refer all who see this post or any others, to visit Mormon.org to find out more.

$19,000

Recently, a rare copy of Harry Potter sold for $19,000! It blew my mind when I heard about it. Why would someone spend that much money on a book? I can understand it was the birthday of this guy's wife, but you could have taken a huge vacation over sea's or something. Unless,if they are uber-rich and can do both...... mmmmm.... interesting......

Education Reform....

President Obama has unvieled his educational reform plan. On the whole, I agree with some critics in the fact that all this money has to come from somewhere, and we don't really have much money as a country at all. But that being said, I do have to agree with two points of his plan.

"If a teacher is given a chance but still does not improve, there is no excuse for that person to continue teaching," he said. "I reject a system that rewards failure and protects a person from its consequences." If some one that I have entrusted a child's education with doesn't feel like doing their best, or improving their skill and ability, they don't deserve to teach. It would not cost a lot of money to improve education in this way. If some really are invested in the state being in charge of education, it must be done right.

Number two thing, is Obama's call to the states to lift the cap on the number charter schools allowed to exist. This would allow more choice for parents in their child's education.

Every thing else I adamantly disagree with, because any way I look at it, it would require the government to dish out billions more money than there really is. I don't agree with a parents' attitude that the state is totally in charge of their childrens education, and blame any shortcomings on the state, and don't do anything to improve the situation beside whining. If we dump untold billions into giving free college to everyone, allowing everyone access to nurses and head start personel, and setting unrealistic standards for every single child, we foster the false reality that education will improve dramatically. Really, if we put the responsibility for education completely in the parents hands, the level of education then will go up, cost to the state will go down, and in a round about way, will bring a diverse and robust economy in a few decades.

Half Time

It's half time right now in the game of the Houston Rockets against the Utah Jazz. The Jazz came back from a 5 point deficit to lead the game 48-46. I've just been frustrated with all of the loose balls that the Jazz haven't been able to control. We'll have to see how they do in the second half. If they want to win the game and keep Yao Ming out of the game, they need to keep running the floor.
But we'll see how they do. I'll update later.