okay readers you know what day it is, its four for friday!
Q1 - Admission: Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, is considering whether to raise its academic admission requirements so that students earning non-honors high school diplomas wouldn't be accepted. Do you think it's okay for public colleges and universities to require such rigid entrance requirements, or, should public colleges and universities consider each applicant on his or her own merits regardless of whether they graduated high school with honors?
i think that the real question here is public vs private. if this were a private university then it would be fine for them to dictate whatever entrance criteria they wished. since its public, i feel that what they're doing borders on discrimination which sets them up for a whole whack of problems.
Q2 - Feelings: What matches your mood right now?
blankets, cuddle pillows, chicken soup, NyQuil, mister mouse, movies, books, Daweski keeping me company on the couch. i'm coming down with something even though i've been fighting it now for two days with ColdFX and vitamin C... don't know how much longer i can keep fighting it off since i haven't really had any time to relax since before December. my mood = blah.
Q3 - Co-Workers: If you could choose anyone--dead or alive--as a co-worker, who would you like to work with and what position within your company would that person hold?
when i was in Jamaica my good friend at work, Kris, asked me who my idol was. his is Arnold Schwarzenegger. we had this conversation on the beach with a glass of booze and a big cigar just after sunset. i really had to think for a while, not because i didn't know who my role model is, but because i wanted to be able to substantiate WHY properly.
the who is Cleopatra. the why is simple: she was the youngest queen ever to rule in a male-dominated period of history. she had four children while bringing Egypt from the brink of bankruptcy to being the most affluent capital in the hemisphere (yes, even more so than Rome). she was the first ruler in 300 years to learn the Egyptian language which enabled her to talk to the common people and learn their views which, in turn, taught her how to be a better ruler to them (ie. what was really important to the people vs what the monarchy perceived was important). she valued culture, art, beauty and tirelessly funded renovations in Alexandria to ensure that it was (and would remain) the most beautiful city of their time. as a leader she was married three times and outlived all of her husbands. she saw Egypt through two super famines by having the foresight to accumulate grain and oil (as a means to trade for grain) while rationing to her city ensuring her population was fed. she was generous, even-handed, wise for her years and valued peace, except if it conflicted with her love life (which is a miracle really, because anyone in her position of power would most likely have sacrificed love for money [therein avoiding war with Rome]. that alone tells me she possessed a strong work/life balance, or that she actively tried to foster one).
there is just so much more to Cleopatra than most people know or give her credit for.
as for her position, that's easy, she would be on the board of directors where she would act in a consulting capacity and direct mentor to me!
Q4 - Ownership: If you are with a small group of people (i.e., in a car or small conference room) and you initiate a silent-but-deadly flatulent emission, do you own up to it or simply ignore it and hope everyone else does the same?
ignore it and/or blame it on someone else. thats where liam comes in handy. i blame farts on him all the time.
what do you think? if you dealt it would you own up to it?
