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Simon Wiltshire

Minnetonka, Minnesota
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4 years 10 weeks

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Posted on 09/07/11 at 03:47 pm in response to Erik Paulsen's usual 'Opie' charm doesn't play well at town hall meeting

I agree with the summary of the meeting (I was there). I doubt Erik's different from any politican. He has his talking points and his spinmeisters around him, and every question leads back to a prepared talking point. There's no integrity in the process at all - I can't imagine that anything he heard in this or any other town hall meeting would change his voting because politicians vote with the party line most of the time - certainly on anything controversial - and therefore it's hard to...

Posted on 07/29/10 at 02:52 pm in response to Increased pressure to perform on academic tests is forcing state schools to cut physical education classes

Why don't we lengthen the school day or year? It seems to me we have fewer days actually AT SCHOOL than most other developed nations. Can we stop pretending that the kids need to be out of school for 3 months during the summer - most of them DON'T work on the farm, and those that do probably don't need the PhyEd! By the time you take into account all of the various days off the kids get during the year, they're in school for, what, 180 days maximum? Not sure how that means we are "forced...