{"id":357,"date":"2011-08-17T19:41:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T02:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisabethboothe.com\/blog\/?p=357"},"modified":"2011-08-29T06:01:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T13:01:24","slug":"two-completely-unrelated-but-interesting-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisabethboothe.com\/blog\/post357","title":{"rendered":"Two completely unrelated but interesting articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I am a Texas school teacher–don’t judge me– I feel rather obligated to post this first article. I don’t really view my self as radically politically overly involved, but I am concerned when people talk positively about a certain Texan who would have himself be a U.S. President (the same man who is very responsible for hurting the education of thousands of Texas students for his own political gain).<\/p>\n

Plus, this article is pretty funny. It starts with “If Rick Perry and George W. Bush had been born in the same family, W would have become known to friends as ‘the smart one.'”<\/p>\n

To read “A Tale of Two Texans,” please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On a MUCH more positive note, here is an article on why The Hunger Games<\/em> is an awesome book for both boys and girls.<\/p>\n

Still don’t believe me? Just ask my dad. The same guy who hasn’t read a book “for fun” in a really long time. While he and my mom visited in early August, I convinced him to try the book. Just read the first 70 pages, and if it wasn’t for him, he could put it down, and I wouldn’t pester him to read it ever again.<\/p>\n

He didn’t even realize he had passed page 70 until I commented on it the next morning.<\/p>\n

(The English teacher in me: 3 — Dad: 0. Why 3? Because in less than two weeks he had finished ALL THREE books in the series. So three points for me. Oh, yeah.)<\/p>\n

So, to read up on why The Hunger Games<\/em> will only be the next Twilight due to popularity, click here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Who knows? With potential presidents like Perry out there, the dystopian world of The Hunger Games<\/em> might be closer than we realize. Maybe these two articles were not wholly as unrelated as I originally thought…<\/p>\n

And for heaven’s sake, if you haven’t already, go buy The Hunger Games<\/em> and read it ASAP!<\/p>\n

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