Halo 1 = a year of straight enjoyment. Halo 2 = a few months of good straight enjoyment. Halo 3 = played for maybe a month then started anticipation for Gears of War 2. I like the franchise but I find the game that started shooters fresh really hasn't changed much of their formula. I understand why they don't but I wish they did. AND SO Halo Wars has come out. Overall a fun RTS but like others on this thread have pointed out, its tame. They really haven't tried anything new. It is almost an overlay of they tons of other RTS games I've already played...but in the Halo world. I bought it, I've played it and had fun with it. But like the rest of my continuing relationship with the franchise I've stopped playing it after a few weeks.

I loved this book. As a teacher it altered a lot of my opinions on education and affirmed others. This book should be mandatory reading in school boards and teacher's colleges everywhere. After reading the book I read several of his sources and wrote my own paper on the topic of age segregation in schools. Age segregation is just one of the many topics (I think its really the first he talks about) he uses to build his argument. My favorite book of 2008.