Yes! As a judge for the past three years at my regional science fair, I know for a fact that the US armed forces send their own independent judges to award their own prizes to those who present projects with direct (or indirect) military applications. Whatever else the government does, protecting the homeland is number one.

Incredible! I love AP courses and here's a guy who seems to be opening doors and instead gets clothes lined by admin. I was reading Albert J Nock's book on education today and it really makes me question how I do things in the classroom. There is an awful lot of wrong things going on in education nowadays.