I don ' t know , man ! Steel batons don ' t look so threatening either . At least until you hit yourself on accident while extending it . Basically anything with a reasonable hardness that is an extension of your arm will put most people down . <| sep |> Im literally shaking right now , I just dont know what <| sep |> Light has a universal speed , but it can be slowed down . When something is hotter than the air around it , light will be able to move through it more quickly , and be reflected back . The waves are a kind of reflection . <| sep |> it is cracked <| sep |> Surely with the NBA flooded with bigs we could shop Bledsoe for just that . I doubt Knight could get us a jet . <| sep |> The group she used to be the head of also thinks we should bring back child labor . They think children would think it would be fun . They wrote about what a great idea that is THIS MONTH . The new head of education in this country used to direct a group that thinks we should ABOLISH sending children to school . Acton Institute Bring back child labor Work is a gift our kids can h a n d l e b r i n g b a c k c h i l d l a b o r w o rkisagiftourkidscanhandle . htmlI also think about their inner lives . They are working in the adult world , surrounded by cool bustling things and new technology . They are on the streets , in the factories , in the mines , with adults and with peers , learning and doing . They are being valued for what they do , which is to say being valued as people . They are earning money . Whatever else you want to say about this , it ' s an exciting life . You can talk about the dangers of coal mining or selling newspapers on the street . But let ' s not pretend that danger is something that every young teen wants to avoid . If you doubt it , head over the stadium for the middle school football game in your local community , or have a look at the wrestling or gymnastic team ' s antics at the gym . And I compare it to any scene you can observe today at the local public school , with 30 kids sitting in desks bored out of their minds , creativity and imagination beaten out of their brains , forbidden from earning money and providing value to others , learning no skills , and knowing full well that they are supposed to do this until they are 22 years old if they have the slightest chance of being a success in life desk after desk , class after class , lecture after lecture , test after test , a confined world without end . If kids were allowed to work and compulsory school attendance was abolished , the jobs of choice would be at ChickFilA and WalMart . And they would be fantastic jobs too , instilling in young people a work ethic , which is the inner drive to succeed , and an awareness of attitudes that make enterprise work for all . It would give them skills and discipline that build character , and help them become part of a professional network . These attitudes are rather missing from today ' s young people just entering the workforce . They are forcibly kept out and then we are shocked to discover that the average college graduate today has a hard time getting into his or her groove at the age of 23 . It ' s because their human right to work and earn has been violated for a good part of their lives , to the point that they have lost interest in and knowledge of what work is like at all .