What's a Hide Inspector??

How often do you hear someone say that they're a hide inspector for a living? I would say about NEVER. That's probably because such a position no longer exists in our community today. So let me start by asking you, "Why is it so significant that it must remain in our Texas Constitution?" Don't feel you're alone because I can't quite understand why either.

The Texas Constitution, along with the U.S. Constitution, is supposed to reflect our current society today. So why is it we only constantly add and not concerned about removing what is no longer needed or useful? Our Constitution needs to be put in a way where the entire public is able to at least grasp the broad idea. I feel there are so many citizens who refuse to learn about our Constitution because it's so confusing. I don't blame them at all. We keep a bunch of old, nonsense in there making it extremely difficult to take in necessary information. I personally think our Constitution looks way too messy and needs someone to eliminate as much of out-dated information as possible. As Heflin had stated in the article, "That's all this is, housecleaning."

Heflin also stated that, "As long as the position is listed in the Constitution, someone can sign up and run for it." It's strange that the position is still made available when it was replaced by the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Associations a long time ago.

What I'm, and the article, is trying to get at is by voting "yes" to Proposition 10 on Nov. 6th, it's the beginning to starting somewhere. Let's take a step and better our government together.

Feel free to peep in on the details:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/stories/
MYSA101607.01O.PropTen2ed.23a82f8.html

Telecommunity Learning

The following link, http://www.elpasotimes.com/opinion/ci_7047192, directs you to an
opinion article from the El Paso Times newspaper posted on Oct 01, 2007,
written by the El Paso Times staff. I also further researched this topic
to check out the facts and found a news article in relation at
http://www.elpasotimes.com//ci_7020402?IADID=Search-www.elpasotimes.com-www.elpasotimes.com.
I was both estatic and in agreement when I read both articles because
our Texas schools are beginning to make an improvement in new learning
methods. Keeping up with the system makes it an easier learning
experience for both the teachers and students. Both of these articles talks
about the El Paso Independent School District taking the learning
experience to an entire new level. It's always been a challenge for schools
to continually find a new way to interest students in learning and
keeping up or relating with the progression of the real world. This new
learning method was based on schools teleconferencing. The Texas History
Mystery Quest video conference at several elementary schools was their
first attempt in making this work and it turned out to be a great
success. The conference consisted of educational lessons about Texas history
with the students giving each other clues to identify a Texas person,
event, or place. They were able to use their textbooks, internet, and
anything in between with the time limit of twenty minutes. Students
weren't only learning about Texas History, but also learning to use
technology, meeting other people in different areas, and having fun at the same
time. These experiences turned out more valuable and memorable because
the students enjoyed it. Since all turned out well, chances are this
new method may eventually be applied to all other subjects. I can't wait
to see what other ideas our government will develop in the near future.