Hello fellow internet users, it's Paige.

During history class a young scholar (who shall remain nameless) brought up a statistic concerning Roosevelt's "New Deal." He said "Unemployment was doubled during this period of American History." At which point another young man claimed that "Statistics show that unemployment was cut in half." I felt compelled to changing into my Mr. Laz costume that I carry in my back pack and inform them that you can truly find a statistic to support whatever your argument is. Their facts were complete opposites for the same topic, shows just how irrelevant most statistics are.

On another note, during class discussions in recent days we have talked a bit about how "is" can be used to represent opinions that cannot be argued. Well I agree that if we can avoid using such a word with such strong connotations, it can benefit language and how it impacts society. However, how can we expect society as a whole to change the words it is build upon. Perhaps we as a class after this year can avoid using "is" as frequently, but what about the rest of civilization? Are we the choosen ones to start an anti-ism rebellion, or should we just accept "is" as a word and leave it at that?