August 13, 2004
FOUR FOR FRIDAY
Q1: Are there any words which you almost always mispell?
Q2: Public or private... if you could do it all over again, which would you choose to attend... a public high school or a private one? What about pedagogy... would you be open to Montessori, Waldorf, Friends, Religiously-affiliated, or Home Schooling?
Q3: Saying that the circumstances surrounding his extramarital affair will likely impact his ability to govern, New Jersey's Governor, James McGreevey, resigned yesterday. Do you feel that cheating on one's spouse is cause for an elected official to be impeached by his or her peers, or is cause for one to resign from an elected post?
Q4: What's the farthest distance you've ever moved, and what was it that you moved for?
Posted by Mikal at August 13, 2004 5:45 AM
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1. If I'm typing, I always misspell (by the way, clever misselling of 'mispell') "this", "that" and "the". The normally swap the 't' and 'h' and typically put the vowel in between the mixed up letters.
2. I'd still go private. I hated it when I was there, but I feel that it exposed me to some pretty awesome experiences that I likely would not have gotten in a public school.
3. Certainly not a reason for impeachment. It should not be a reason for resignation. But, in the judgemental Christian Right (and remember, "judge not lest ye be judged" is their mantra in the church) of course it is an issue, and those cause-heads need a reason to puff up their own images and ruin the images of others. He screwed up in his personal life...let him deal with it. That's no reason to stone the man. This moral high ground, witch hunt crap is really pissing me off in our country. Have our citizens forgotten the sort of mischief that our founding fathers were regularly into? Am I condoning those actions? No. However, what they did in their personal lives obviously didn't effect their abilities to govern, because they created what could be the greatest nation on the planet...if we would just give our goodly citizens their rights back.
4. From Gainesville, FL, to Arvada, CO. According to Mapquest.com, the trip was 1747.41 miles. I came out to Colorado for an internship with a fledgling publisher of a wonderful periodical that was a wonderful resource for outdoor industry professionals, especially those in the outdoor ed and experiential ed markets. I interviewed with Mikal Belicove, was hired by Mikal Belicove and went through a lot with Mikal Belicove. Were the move and the experience worth it? Yes, a thousand times, yes.
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1. I always misspell truly (I put an "e" in and spell it as "truely"). Other words I can't seem to get down... well, I can't think of them now, and I'm truely sory for that, becaus when I thought up this question, there were alot I was reminded off.
2. I wouldn't change a thing, expect of course me. I wasn't all that serious about my high school studies, and I can see now where if I had just done even a little bit more work, I could have tested out of so many needless college courses.
3. I do not feel that having an extramarital affair is grounds for resigning from an elected or appointed position. What I do, however, think is grounds for resigning as Governor is handing out a $110,000 annual salaried job in your administration to an unqualified Israeli poet whom during a trip to Israel--oh by the way--YOU SLEPT WITH! Sorry kids, but I have no compassion for Gov. McGreevey whatsoever. For all of those people who are saying this morning that the Governor made a "courageous" decision, I say bull-hockey. In his statement to the press yesterday, Governor McGreevey made no disclosure whatever about having paid off his lover with a job, and that job--oh by the way--JEWISH AFFAIRS ADVISOR! Give me a break, will ya! The fact that he handed out a job like this, using the taxpayerís money, is why McGreevey should be resigning... not because he's all of the sudden gay. And furthermore--wait, I'm not done yet--he should resign immediately. As it stands right now, this bozo will be in office until November 15, so as to avoid putting NJ thru a 'special election' to replace him. The State Senate president, another Democrat, will inherit the executive office until the end of 2005. While the technical aspects of trying to hold gubernatorial primaries and an election this year would be intimidating, McGreevey's scheme doesn't serve New Jersey residents well. An embattled governor mired in personal and legal problems for the next three months will lead the state; plain and simple. Then, because of the curiosities of New Jersey's Constitution, Codey will at the same time lead the state Senate and the executive branch--a huge amount of power for someone whose voter mandate comes only from one atate Senate district in one NJ county.
4. I moved 1,877 miles from Houston, Texas (after college) to Peterborough, New Hampshire for a job with Boston University's Sargent Center for Outdoor Education. One of the best moves I ever made!
1. Yes, and I think these are the comon ones, too: Receive and Receipt...and most of the "ie" "ei" words.
2. Since I never enjoyed going to school, an alternative type of education may have been better for me. I'd consider Montessori. I would imagine that private schools have smaller class sizes and students are given more attention from teachers. And if you're paying for it, it should be better than public school (although, there are some good public schools out there).
3. I don't think the fact that Gov. McGreevey cheated on his wife is cause for resignation (afterall, Clinton didn't resign). Plus, his private life is none of my business. The only reason anyone outside of the Tri-State area may know his name now, is due to the facts of his affair. On the other hand, how can you trust someone to run the state, if he can't even be loyal and honest with his own wife? Well, I guess a lot of politicians are like that, and we just don't know about all of their faults. In any case, he shouldn't have to resign just because he's gay or had an affair.
4. The farthest I've moved is from the East Coast to the West Coast. I moved because I had always wanted to live in California...a bit of the "California Dream". It was fun while it lasted, but I'm glad I don't live there anymore. The next furthest place was Arizona. I moved there to go to graduate school. I loved living there!
The next place? One never knows...
1. I spell longer words incorrectly...usually involves an "e" or when it commes to double "r" or "p"...like appreciate or apparently..apropriate...those are probably spelled incorrectly. Itts usuallee wrds taht eye doant use two auften. :)
2. Private school. However, this only applies to me. I do not believe children need to go to private schools if they are already pretty intelligent or have parent(S) that can work closely with them. In my case, I did not have that and needed more structure in which a private school would offer. I probably would have gone to a university and finished had I gone to private school.
3. I do not like to judge people by their mistakes...well, on second thought, I do. I think when a person upholds an office or position in which you are a direct representative of morals, tradition, or a leader of people(ie: church leader, president, or elected office)...then it is your duty to lead in the most respectable manner in all parts of your life. If James McGreevey is willing to lie to his wife, then what is he willing to lie to his country about? I thought Bill Clinton should have also been impeached. He lied. It's not about separating personal and public lives. When you chose to take a very public position such as church, state, or even entertainment...then you have opened the door in which what you do both privately and publically will be scrutinezed (spelled right?) It's like this: if you can lie to those you love, then you can lie, cheat, and steal from everyone else.
4. The farthest distance I have ever moved was from Malibu, CA to Indianapolis, IN. Approx. 2200 miles. Yes, I still kick myself for doing it.
Mine answers are up here. And uh... did you misspell "misspell" purposefully or is that one of those words you consistently misspell??? (-:
1. Appartment and alot are the only two I can think of that I regularly look up on dictionary.com.
2. Public. I enjoyed high school.
3. No.
4. Not very far, just from home to college, then settled in Indpls.
1. Lots of words. Probably too many to list. That's what spellcheck is for.
2. Well, perhaps for some people it would matter, but I don't think a public or private school would have changed my education since I believe personal hard work has more effect than teachers or class size. As for experience, I think I would go to a public school again. I don't want to be indocterinated with religious views and I don't want to be completely sheltered. (I once had a roommate who went to a private school and came out of it *incredibly* naive about a lot of things.)
3. Personal affairs shouldn't affect how people view public officials unless those personal affairs effect how the officials are doing things on the job.
4. I moved from California to New Hampshire, for school.
ìI are an inguneerî, I am horrible at spelling, thatís why I always type my comments in Word and then cut ant paste them to your comment page. I am great with math and abstract ideas, but when it comes to spelling forget it.
If I had to do it over again, I still would stick with public school. I had two years of Catholic Junior High School and I hated every minute of it. As for home schooling I think that does not allow for the forming of social skills. You have to learn to interact with others and home schooling just doesnít do that.
I think that he did the right thing in resigning; he showed bad judgment and also probability criminal in the hiring of his lover. Unlike our former a lustrous governor John Roland who dragged it on for many months and cost the sate hundreds of millions of dollars to get rid of him.
I would not vote for someone who had an extramarital affair not for religious reasons but that it shows lack of commitment, bad judgment and lack of self-control.
The farthest I move was all of five miles. I grew up in a small suburb town and lived here all my life outside of my college years.
Q3: Not only is Mikal right on the money with his comments but I would add that the context of this scandal should be terribly insulting to the gay community. By stating the "truth is that I am a gay American," he infers that the reason he must step down is because he is gay, not because he is a crook.
By blaming his misjudgements on his sexual orientation rather his inept decisions he is expecting a certain level of pity and eventual absolution from his constituents. Naturally this will eventually reincarnate him years later as some sort of martyr after the voting lemmings no doubt suffer from political alzheimers, a condition characterized by the their inability to remember events longer than 2 years before and even less desire to care, yet somehow conclude that it was a dirty trick of the opposing party.
Look at Marion Barry (classic Barry quotes), Mayor of Washington DC who served 6 months in the federal bighouse after getting busted smoking crack in a hotel during his 12 years in office yet he was mysteriously relected 4 years later by the same birdbrain suckers that elected him before. It stands to reason that if the voters are blockheads, they should have blockheads to represent them.
McGreevy will be back, either running for elected office or working behind the scenes in the party with fellow corrupt New Jerseyan, former Sen. Robert Torricelli. He'll be known only as the poor guy who got railroaded out of office because he was gay.
My answers are up on my site
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