More about paradox. This time concerning networks, like UEN. Both Pete and Jim are pondering this in their recent blogs. How many kids does it take to paint a bathroom? At our house it stacked up this way over the weekend. Two college students to conceive the project and persuade their parents to go with a contemporary color scheme and buy the paint. Two high school kids to offer their strongly-felt opinions about appropriate tints and the need for a new, wood-framed mirror to get rid of “that awful cabinet – it's so eighties.” And one sixth grader to offer her skill in cleaning, organizing and pinpointing details others had overlooked. I’m proud of ‘em. They took it on. Planned well. Executed well. And we’ve all enjoyed the result and sense of accomplishment. (At various points this weekend our home felt like Trading Spaces, Martha Stewart, and This Old House.) For the student in you and/or the students in your life: UEN Distance Learning Catalogs in these flavors – EDNET and Satellite – KULC College Telecourses – Utah Electronic College – Utah Electronic High School – Combo of All. We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems. --John W. Gardner (American Educator, Social Activist) Found while looking for something else: Is Your Work Out Tough Enough? - Science Daily Comment?