Devon got a 2007 Toyota Prius for an early graduation present. Pretty cool car; very high-tech. It is a hybrid, with both a gas engine and an electric motor. The combination gives almost double the gas mileage of an equivalent pure-gasoline engine car: 60 MPG city according to the EPA. It has other futuristic features, such as a key that just has to be in your possession to open the doors or start the engine.
OK, for you girls: It’s a very pretty medium blue.
Not to beat it into the ground, but as I pointed out last year, today is the real reason for the season.
So Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas, Hannukah, New Year, etc., etc.
There are some interesting “Implicit Association Tests” you can take, at Harvard University’s website.
Although I like to think of myself as racially unbiased, one of the tests revealed that I find it easier to associate European Americans with good and African Americans with bad. (That’s the “Race IAT”.) Try it! I think you’ll be surprised at what you learn about yourself.
See the first comment below for some details about the race test.
After half a semester at the U of A, Derek has decided he needs a break from school, so he has moved back home. He’s not sure if he will take any classes anywhere in the spring, but is looking out to next fall. In the mean time, he is (slowly!) looking for a job.
After a couple of weeks in Tucson, he commented to me, “I was sitting in class the other day and the thought hit me: This is going to be my life for the next 4 to 8 years.” He’s burned out on school and wants to do something else for a while.
I can’t be too disapproving. I took off a couple of years after high school, and then took classes part time for the next 6 years, before going back full time. It took me 10 years to finally get my BS. I hope it doesn’t take him that long, but I know for me the travel and real-world experience gave me a greater appreciation for the benefits of an education, and when I finally did go back to school I did so with enthusiasm and diligence.
As parents, we have our hopes and dreams for him, but he has to live out his own life. We will support him whatever path he takes.
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