Friday, March 28, 2008

Toxic Truths: A Closer Look

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As a follow-up to my previous post, Toxic Truths (which you might want to read first; this is a very long post), I'd like to examine ea...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Toxic Truths

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I know that a good deal of my writing here, particularly the last two entries, revolves around kids; their behavior, their approach to schoo...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Incapacity, Part Deux

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I had another row today with a student in the SAVE room; not an unpleasant one, necessarily, but an exasperating one nonetheless. This one w...
Saturday, March 8, 2008

Incapacity

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One of the reasons why, at least in theory, children have lesser rights and obligations than adults is that they lack the capacity to apprec...
Monday, March 3, 2008

Carlin Nails It...Again.

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This weekend one of my all-time favorite performers, comedian George Carlin, did his umpteenth HBO special, entitled It's Bad For Ya. W...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Is Our Children Learning?

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This morning I found a very interesting blog on the New York Times website, entitled "Is Our Children Learning?* Maybe Not." [The...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Dumb Down Or Else

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Last week, Erin Einhorn wrote this article in the Daily News about a New York City principal who essentially ordered his teachers to "...
Monday, October 15, 2007

Cosby on "Meet the Press"

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Comedian/actor/author/activist Bill Cosby, of whom I've been a fan for over 20 years, appeared yesterday on NBC's Meet the Press (a...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Off Topic, Just for a Moment...

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While I had hoped to confine this blog to issues relating to education, I find myself compelled to comment briefly on a current news item. T...
Friday, September 28, 2007

CELL PhONES 4 JESUS

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I thought I'd take the first post of the new school year to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Morse v. Frederick (the "B...