January 14: Thirty-one days left!
I got myself a day behind on the blog because I left my computer at a friend's house. I'll keep it short in an effort to catch up!
I had mentioned that my legs were pretty beat up on Thursday, so I decided to take it easy today by not running. I still biked to work and back -- a total of an hour and a half of cycling. I also did sit-ups (no pushups today). Plus, I danced A LOT tonight...that's gotta be good for something. :-)
The title quote, as well as the article I'm linking are the primary reason I have become so interested in education (which is what we're raising money for!). The most proven way to grow our economy is to make investments that will develop intelligent and creative citizens. As far as these kind of investments go, the biggest bang for our buck is to make that investment in our students and schools; and the country that does that is the country whose economy will make the biggest gains when those students enter the workforce.
Check out this little story by Nicholas Kristof. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/opinion/09kristof.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fopinion%2Findex.jsonp
Thanks to Kevin Pflug for his donation!! We're up over $200 now and rising! Donate here: http://www.active.com/donate/daythirtyfive or send me a check made out to "Matthew Haines" or "Akili Academy of New Orleans."
Thanks so much!
- Matt
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