Jul 4 2012: 1.) I assume it is because the people putting it together have to support their habits. You know, habits like keeping roofs over their heads, feeding themselves and their families.
2.) Hopefully it's a for-profit undertaking. Those are the sort that actually produce efficient, usable information, services and products.
Jul 4 2012: I disagree. There should be a much more meaningful award for a great teacher than The Nobel Prize. Otherwise, a deserving educator might never be recognized because of their failure to pander sufficiently.
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