Who won the first debate?

I watched part of the presidential debate yesterday. Every American should take the time to watch Hilary and Trump go head-to-head against each other the first time. This is an interesting moment in US History.

Now, besides interrupting a few times Trump did not do as bad as I thought he would do. There was moment of cheer: if Hillary would release those emails from the personal email server he would release the tax returns. Now both must have something to hide here. Yes, go to the fact checkers and see for yourself who tells you more truth.

Hilary clearly appeared more calm and in control... and that is needed as president.

But who won the debate? That depends on what survey you are reading. Some survey say Trump won. Others say Clinton won. I say Clinton won, but not by too much. What do you say? That's why every voter should watch the debate. You ultimately get to decide at the booth. However, if you live in a solid red or blue state... your single vote probably does not matter.

The polls are tight between the candidates... there really is... a chance for Trump to win. (But I still predict Hilary victory)

Now, 5 living presidents, including former Republicans George Bush and George W Bush do not endorse Trump. That says a lot here. (However, I am sure they support Jeb instead).

School with no textbooks

When I was in Chicago Public Schools, there were books. Even they were old ones used for many years. They were free. Public school is a blessing. It was close to the start of the '90s and the latest chapter of the US History book was about Nixon elected president. Well, the topics about the colonists, Civil War is kinda fixed so it is ok to have not-so-updated books. And classic are still classics, we still read a thing or two from Mark Twain or even Shakespeare in the textbooks. And grammar books contains the fixed list of usage and stuff... written down in the form of book that can be studied from. They need to be written down in some fixed place... books. Not loose photocopies.

Nowadays Chicago public schools provide NO books. You get a photocopied packet maybe and some workbook maybe... but no textbooks. No that's money saving. Oh my gosh, Students have NOTHING TO STUDY FROM? You can't read a chapter or two ahead of the lesson... you can't read a discussion about how certain things work. Can't read anything about the important history from a book. All you get is idiot common core math useless techniques.

There is NO EDUCATION. Just send the students away from home to get free lunch is all we care about.

Go to a private school you say? Well I don't have astronomical amount of money for that.

Ok perhaps everything inside the ipad? Not all schools focus on them. And if they do they over do this. There should be GOOD books on text, not lame games, not read-for-you-out-loud-on-the-speaker-so-you-don't-have-to. That promotes laziness. You just HAVE to read some paragraphs yourself.

Students. Need. Books.

But bookstores are closing. No one buys books nowadays. I think the world can use great education materials on the ipad... standardized.

Hopeless American Politics

With an obviously wrong choice for president and another choice full of scandals... one choice is obviously lesser evil and yet the polls is still within a few percentages.

On the ballots, however, there are more candidates other than those from the 2 major parties. Their chance of winning is very, very, very slim. Face it: none. Impossible.

Now here is this clueless candidate who dares to ask the interviewer: "What is Aleppo?"

What a shame. Most elementary school students probably know if they pay any attention to any news.

All we have are lousy candidates and not one true leader among the 320 million people?

Iphone7 is more important than anything else?

So IPhone7 made huge headline yesterday on top of everything else, including Trump/Clinton, Zika, ISIS, and anything else that matters.

No I am not an Apple fan, won't bother to even find one and look at it. But the most outstanding feature is: there is no more headphone jack.

You are supposed to use the wireless headphone like a long comma. A bit weird looking if you ask me. You're bound to lose them. Wireless thing is a lot of you-probably-don't-understand complex stuff that may put you in even more risk of radiation stuff. So you are just going to dump your still working 5 and 6 and go with this 7? There is no need to get a new phone if yours still work.

But a new product above news of everything else? Now that's insane. There are many things that matter more.