Our education system has grown and developed in a reflection of the changes in our society in a symbiotic relationship in which one influences the other. Considering such issues as gender, culture, curriculum, testing, and philosophy, how has formal education been influenced by national development? How have changes in society influenced changes in the way in which students are educated, as well as philosophies about education?

The body has five senses: Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell, and Taste. What hobbies do you think can help improve one of these five senses?

I know there are plenty of hobbies that build intelligence but I am even more interested in those that build the senses since our senses seem to dull as we age.

How is education in the United States different from education in other countries? Which country’s education system do you like best?

I’ll be a senior in HS next year. I want to hone my programming skills before in enter college because I want to be a computer engineer. Any programming languages other than C++ and Java that I should be proficient in before college?  I have looked at this excellent internet and twitter site but did not see an answer

to the unwritten code associated with this career? What ethcal dilemmas does your personal code of ethics help you resolve? Dose your personal code of ethics seem to match the ethical standards required for the Police Officer career you are interested in? Why or why not?

I’m new to C and C++ programming and I’ve learn them through books and online tutorials. But all the tutorials I’ve encountered only provide lessons that teaches us how to take inputs from the keyboard. Is there anyway to write a program that takes input from other I/O interfaces such as serial ports, parallel ports or usb? What are the knowledge that I need and the steps on learning that? I would be very grateful if anyone could provide me some links of the tutorials. Thank you very much.

I am in the mood to read some thrillers. Any suggestions on any books to read especially any by regular authors (not the big sellers like Michael Chrichton, but not excluding them either). Plus only adult literature as well, not books for teens or kids.

Please don’t just list books, but tell me why they are good that so I have some info to know what I should get.

Can you suggest some of the best software or games on the internet that I can download. I am having an off these days so just looking forward to have some fun (not interested in p o r n please!).

The software can of from any genre

You can also tell me some interesting websites that I can enjoy visiting
Thanks

I want to be able to edit, add music and titles and also to burn a DVD. I am not technically blessed, so I do need software that is easy to use. A friend suggested I buy a ‘video digitizing package’ which will contain both hardware and software.

My mother’s eyesight has progressively become worse over the last couple of years due to illness. She’s a homebody, and can no longer drive so getting out is difficult. She is legally blind, but can still see to a degree. I want to find ways to keep her spirits up and her mind occupied but don’t know what kinds of hobbies or crafts would be easy for her to do?