Political Humor: Tuesday Edition

  I've had one of those very rare, very bad days, and I am sure that a few of you probably had a less then glorious  day your self.

  So instead of waiting till Saturday for the political jokes and such, here is an early addition for you.

   Come! Get a laugh!

     Jay Leno:

"Last Friday was, of course, Black Friday. And if you had money in the stock market, today is Black Monday. The stock market lost 679 points today. Not even a stock market, that's a flea market."

"Today was the big day for online shopping. This is known as Cyber Monday. Did you know that? And of course, tomorrow is Identity Theft Tuesday."

"And this week, they will flip the switch on the White House Christmas tree, which has over 25,000 lights on it, one light for every CEO that's looking for a bailout."            Source

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Teacher Selling Ad Space On Tests

  Only in America:

   A calculus teacher in Rancho Bernardo, California has began to sell ad space on his test papers to make up for budget cuts in his supply budget.

   Teacher Tom Farber said that his budget was cut down to $316 when he needs more than $500 in order to print enough tests for the students to practice for other tests later on. The advanced Placement Exam, for instance.

  The going ad rate?

   $10 for a quiz

    $20 for a chapter test

   $30 for a semester final.

   Farber has managed to take in $350 thus far with most of the ads being inspirational messages from parents and others from local area businesses.  Source

  I think that this is a pretty neat idea on this teachers part. Maybe more teachers should follow Mr. Farber's lead and come up with some other means to offset the budget axe.

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