Showing posts with label SF Bay Area. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SF Bay Area. Show all posts
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Sunday, March 29, 2020
It Took a Woman
and 4 others to initiate shelter in place. Because the rest of the state and county governments are incompetent.
The Government Employee Who May Have Saved a Million American Lives
The Government Employee Who May Have Saved a Million American Lives
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Morning commute from Sacramento on Interstate 80 to the Bay Area is crazy. Too many people going too fast (75, 80 mph) without a safe distance separating cars. Stupid driving. If people are in such a rush to get to work (and presumably to leave work) because they live too far, what does that say about their quality of life?
Saturday, February 03, 2018
Two Asian young women with long black hair (down to the waist, at least), shorts and knee-high boots... more appropriate for the night club than the movie theater? I couldn't tell what ethnicity they were, as I didn't hear them talk. My guess is that young women from East Asian countries that have been "Westernized" longer wouldn't dress like that during the day; only Mainlanders could be so brazen and tacky?
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Urban Shield
Necessary or an example of the over-militarization of law enforcement?
website
Frank Somerville participates in Urban Shield training
Related:
Increasing number of women joining Berkeley SWAT unit - KTVU.com
website
Frank Somerville participates in Urban Shield training
Related:
Increasing number of women joining Berkeley SWAT unit - KTVU.com
Sunday, June 05, 2016
Shameless
Saw quite a few veiled Muslim women at the SJ Greek Festival yesterday afternoon. Are they not aware of whom the Greeks fought to get independence in the 19th century?
Steve Sailer: Sincerity or Satire?
Steve Sailer: Sincerity or Satire?
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Sunday, November 08, 2015
Walked through the Great Mall for the first time in a while -- the mall was packed with minorities -- Indians, Filipinos, Hispanics, Vietnamese and Chinese. I saw only a few white people (a few overweight white females in the food court). The America the Democratic party wants?
Saturday, June 27, 2015
But of course...
PHOTOS: Bay Area celebrates #SCOTUSmarriage decision. Share pics using #abc7now! http://t.co/WS2Guts7PQ pic.twitter.com/onMCfoeudF
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) June 26, 2015Rainbow flag raising at #SanJose City Hall for 6pm rally & celebration. Share your pics w/ #abc7now @abc7newsBayArea pic.twitter.com/F7cA8inBxQ
— David Louie (@abc7david) June 26, 2015EXCLUSIVE: UN S.G. #BanKiMoon spoke with @CherylABC7 about #SCOTUSMarriage ruling. http://t.co/o7If6xezJJ pic.twitter.com/dVdeVoQrZw
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) June 26, 2015#WhiteHouse is lit up in rainbow colors in celebration of today's historic US Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling! pic.twitter.com/85bbYJzUL0
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) June 27, 2015SJ: Gay Marriage celebration at City Hall Plaza. @SJPrideCenter @sliccardo pic.twitter.com/UpxRv5YjPL
— alan wang (@AlanWangABC7) June 27, 2015Proud to be Puerto Rican. "El Capitolio" in San Juan. Gracias Sonia. #samesexmarriage pic.twitter.com/YStgsJqqFT
— Lyanne Melendez (@LyanneMelendez) June 27, 2015Just amazing about today's #SupremeCourtRuling #rainbowWhiteHouse #whereyoulive #equalitywithoutexception pic.twitter.com/5PEjg18fDP
— Cheryl Jennings (@CherylABC7) June 27, 2015#MalalaYousafzai Inspiring night @SJSU @khaledhosseini #girlseducation #whereyoulive pic.twitter.com/GzzdY4rEC9
— Cheryl Jennings (@CherylABC7) June 27, 2015Thursday, April 09, 2015
Despite Their Politics, I Sympathize
Gentrification and displacement because of financial pressures are contrary to individual rights and freedoms. (But instead of relying on outsiders to police their places of residence maybe they should take up the burden.)
Who Will Benefit From University Of California’s New “Global Campus? by STEVE EARLY
Who Will Benefit From University Of California’s New “Global Campus? by STEVE EARLY
Monday, January 05, 2015
Catholic Secondary Education in the SF Bay Area
I had said I would write a response to a comment left by a reader in May of last year regarding Catholic classical education in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I am getting to it now. This post will probably not be as long or thorough as I originally planned; the notes for it I have typed somewhere but I do not know in what document.
I don't think I need to list the advantages of a classical education in combination with a liberal education. (Though I will have to write something up eventually if we were to promote such a school.) It would be economically advantageous and more in-line with the nobility of education to have school that is affordable, low tuition and financial assistance for families that cannot afford it. But with the real-state prices in the Bay Area as inflated as they are and the costs of construction, the economics may be prohibitive. (Unless one builds in the less developed areas that are next to the Bay Area - but then how could such a school serve those who live here?)
There used to be a school attached to the FSSP parish in Sacramento. I did not know about the initiative in Concord which was mentioned by my reader. In Napa there are Kolbe Academy and Trinity Prep, and in the South Bay there is at least one non-denominational Christian school that offers a classical education at the secondary level. I suspect the state of Catholic education here is abysmal (intellectually, morally, and spiritually); I do not know if all of the local Roman-rite dioceses have adopted Common Core, but it would not be surprising if that were the case.
If such a school were to be started, would it be easier to start with grade 9, and then a middle school could be added later? But it seems that the transition phase would have to start with a middle school, if the students are to receive an adequate instruction in Latin (and eventually more than a beginning introduction to Greek). Those who do not enroll in the school until grade 9 may have to be put on a different (or less rigorous) track for classical languages. (Would it be possible to squeeze in 3 years of Latin and 2 years of Greek along with all of the other requirements at the secondary level into 4 years?)
Even if there is funding now, with the precarious state of the economy could such a school be financially sustained? It seems rather risky. Or should that not be a concern, and we are to leave the school in the hands of God? Is it wasteful though to seek the resources for the multimillion dollar construction of a school campus if the school goes out of business shortly after it is completed (or even while it is being built)? Not to mention the consequences of taking on big loans for such a project...
Because of my opposition to exploiting families to keep the higher-ed bubble inflated, I do not think the school should do much to push students in the direction of pursuing a college education, unless they have clear goals in mind which require such an education and they have the intellectual talents to justify it. Nonetheless, I think the school would have to be marketed as a college prep school; otherwise parents here would not enroll their children in it. If we are ambitious, we might even claim that the education provided by the secondary school (and middle school) is superior to some colleges (even Catholic ones) with respect to the holistic formation it provides, as well as the intellectual training. [Did not pupils in the medieval universities enroll in their early teens? Was this true up to the Renaissance and the colleges/universities of St. Ignatius?]
It would be best for the school to advocate vocational training for those who have the aptitude and interest; could the curriculum allow time for vocational training? And what sort of vocational training do our young people need for the post-carbon era? How many of our trades will still be needed?
The school could also be promoted as our solution to the current man crisis; as such the school would not be co-ed but for young men only. (Though another school, with a different education, could be created in the future for young women.) More on this aspect some other time. Ideally, the each graduating class would be around the size of a company (100-120) but would the school need to embrace a greater (and less ideal) scale in order to be sustainable? (I would have to compare it with Catholic high schools in the area, along with other private schools.)
I don't think I need to list the advantages of a classical education in combination with a liberal education. (Though I will have to write something up eventually if we were to promote such a school.) It would be economically advantageous and more in-line with the nobility of education to have school that is affordable, low tuition and financial assistance for families that cannot afford it. But with the real-state prices in the Bay Area as inflated as they are and the costs of construction, the economics may be prohibitive. (Unless one builds in the less developed areas that are next to the Bay Area - but then how could such a school serve those who live here?)
There used to be a school attached to the FSSP parish in Sacramento. I did not know about the initiative in Concord which was mentioned by my reader. In Napa there are Kolbe Academy and Trinity Prep, and in the South Bay there is at least one non-denominational Christian school that offers a classical education at the secondary level. I suspect the state of Catholic education here is abysmal (intellectually, morally, and spiritually); I do not know if all of the local Roman-rite dioceses have adopted Common Core, but it would not be surprising if that were the case.
If such a school were to be started, would it be easier to start with grade 9, and then a middle school could be added later? But it seems that the transition phase would have to start with a middle school, if the students are to receive an adequate instruction in Latin (and eventually more than a beginning introduction to Greek). Those who do not enroll in the school until grade 9 may have to be put on a different (or less rigorous) track for classical languages. (Would it be possible to squeeze in 3 years of Latin and 2 years of Greek along with all of the other requirements at the secondary level into 4 years?)
Even if there is funding now, with the precarious state of the economy could such a school be financially sustained? It seems rather risky. Or should that not be a concern, and we are to leave the school in the hands of God? Is it wasteful though to seek the resources for the multimillion dollar construction of a school campus if the school goes out of business shortly after it is completed (or even while it is being built)? Not to mention the consequences of taking on big loans for such a project...
Because of my opposition to exploiting families to keep the higher-ed bubble inflated, I do not think the school should do much to push students in the direction of pursuing a college education, unless they have clear goals in mind which require such an education and they have the intellectual talents to justify it. Nonetheless, I think the school would have to be marketed as a college prep school; otherwise parents here would not enroll their children in it. If we are ambitious, we might even claim that the education provided by the secondary school (and middle school) is superior to some colleges (even Catholic ones) with respect to the holistic formation it provides, as well as the intellectual training. [Did not pupils in the medieval universities enroll in their early teens? Was this true up to the Renaissance and the colleges/universities of St. Ignatius?]
It would be best for the school to advocate vocational training for those who have the aptitude and interest; could the curriculum allow time for vocational training? And what sort of vocational training do our young people need for the post-carbon era? How many of our trades will still be needed?
The school could also be promoted as our solution to the current man crisis; as such the school would not be co-ed but for young men only. (Though another school, with a different education, could be created in the future for young women.) More on this aspect some other time. Ideally, the each graduating class would be around the size of a company (100-120) but would the school need to embrace a greater (and less ideal) scale in order to be sustainable? (I would have to compare it with Catholic high schools in the area, along with other private schools.)
Friday, October 03, 2014
The other night I was at a orientation evening for a certain p/t MBA program. Some of the current students praised the diversity of those in the program, as they were from all different fields and professions. But I couldn't help notice that with the talk of diversity, most of the people there to listen to the orientation were non-white; one current student was white, female, biotech engineer; there was another white-looking man, but I couldn't tell if he was hispanic or actually Spanish. Everyone else was East or South Asian.
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Sunday, April 06, 2014
Saturday, March 08, 2014
Monday, March 03, 2014
The Dominicans in California
California Catholic Daily: ‘You must really go to California’
Bishop Alemany, Andrew Jackson, and John Henry Newman (Catholic SF)
Bishop Alemany, Andrew Jackson, and John Henry Newman (Catholic SF)
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