You are here: Home > Polls

Polls

Black Friday Shopping

by on November 21, 2011

Wishing my American readers a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving season.

Will you be participating in that great American tradition: Black Friday shopping? I never have, because I hate the crowds, but I’ve heard that more and more people are turning to online deal sites and other cyber-shopping options, in lieu of running out to Black Friday sales. How about you?

Please let me know your favorite shopping tactics by posting a comment below, or share with us why you will (or won’t) participate in this year’s Black Friday sales.

 

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

One Space or Two at the End of a Sentence?

by Barbara Feldman October 11, 2011

AAAARGH! Am I the last person on the Internet to learn that modern typography calls for just one space after a sentence, not two? In my defense, yes, I did learn to type on a manual typewriter, which had a monospaced (fixed-width) Courier font. On the other hand, I have been writing and publishing on [...]

Do You Teach Evolution or Creationism?

by Barbara Feldman October 4, 2011

This week’s topic at Surfnetkids.com is Human Evolution. As I was penning it, I thought a lot about my readers, many of whom, might teach creationism instead of evolution. Since comments on not enabled on that section of Surfnetkids.com, I decided to open up the discussion here. So, my question to you is, as a [...]

Mother’s Day vs. Father’s Day

by Barbara Feldman June 23, 2009

We had a very nice Father’s Day at our household. I didn’t get to see my Dad, because he was off visiting my brother (450 miles away ) but my son did come join us, and we BBQ’d dinner with my sister- and brother-in-law. We considered going out to a Father’s Day Brunch, but decided [...]

What Are Your Topic Requests?

by Barbara Feldman May 26, 2009

Loading…

Obama Wins in Yet Another Student Poll

by Barbara Feldman October 29, 2008

Just off the news wire, Weekly Reader has announced that in their fourteenth annual election survey, the result was Obama 54.7% and John McCain 42.9% (with other candidates receiving 2.5% of the student vote). With more than 125,000 votes cast from kindergarten through 12th grade, the results were very similar to those recently announced by [...]

Kids’ Poll Announces Presidential Winner

by Barbara Feldman October 14, 2008

For the past forty years, the kids participating in the Scholastic News election polls have picked the winning candidate. And this week, they announced the 2008 winner. Before I get to the punch line, here’s a short introduction to their polling techniques. “The poll was open to kids from grades 1 to 12 in Scholastic [...]

Teachers Using Social Networks to Connect with Students?

by Barbara Feldman August 16, 2008

There is a growing backlash in some communities and states wanting to forbid teachers from using social networking and text messaging to communicate with students. Based on the argument that online “friending” crosses the appropriate boundary between teacher and student, these communities are proposing laws that would forbid it. What do you think? You can [...]

Is It All About How You Feel at the End of the Day?

by Barbara Feldman May 2, 2008

My buddy Don Crowther made an awesome video, about something inspirational that took place on a college softball field in Portland, Oregon recently. But I have a bone to pick with him about his moral punchline. Here’s the video (you might want to get your kids to watch it with you) and you might need [...]

Do You Use RSS Feeds?

by Barbara Feldman April 22, 2008

I added a few new RSS feeds to the site this week. For example, each post with comments, now has a comments feed. And each category also has a feed. Take a look at the comment storm caused by my reporting on the demotion of Pluto from planet to minor planet two years ago. Here’s [...]

← Previous Entries