The following is from a scene of the Tim Burton version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Veruca Salt: Daddy, I want a squirrel. Get me one of those squirrels, I want one! Daddy Salt: Veruca dear, you have many marvelous pets. Veruca Salt: All I've got at home is one pony and two dogs and … Continue reading Senate Bill 667 – You Need to Look at This One Because There’s a Reason It is Only 1 Digit From 666
Month: July 2016
The Newest Member of the Endangered Species List in NC, the “NorthCackalacky Magister expertus” Otherwise Known as the North Carolina Veteran Teacher
There are many on West Jones Street in Raleigh who are deathly afraid of a certain “genus” of people, and more scared are they of a certain species in that genus that they have exerted great effort to make it endangered in hopes of making it extinct. The biological classification of this genus / species … Continue reading The Newest Member of the Endangered Species List in NC, the “NorthCackalacky Magister expertus” Otherwise Known as the North Carolina Veteran Teacher
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What’s Best For Students Should Drive School Calendar – EdNC.org
Shakespeare Would Start School Earlier, At Least Before Football Season Begins
Love, whose month is ever May, Spied a blossom passing fair Playing in the wanton air. And students’ eyes wondered far Their studies not import any more. (Love's Labour's Lost, 4.3.104) Actually the last two lines are not Shakespeare’s. They’re mine, but it really fits into what I am about to argue. There’s seems to … Continue reading Shakespeare Would Start School Earlier, At Least Before Football Season Begins
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Musings About Malcolm #3 – ARCADE FIRE!
July 4th. Movies, Finding Dory. Malcolm likes movies, especially the animated ones. We thought this would be a sure thing. Walk into the theatre, sit down, and let the magic begin. It’s like a giant television in front of you with a cartoon on it. Didn’t work. Previews did not go smoothly, except the one … Continue reading Musings About Malcolm #3 – ARCADE FIRE!
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Speaking of Independence Day – What Our Founding Fathers Said About Public Education
In light of all the privatization movements, charter school growth, and voucher allowances, it might be interesting to see what was said about public education by those we consider our founding fathers. I mean, it is July 4th isn't it? (tomorrow at least). “The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole … Continue reading Speaking of Independence Day – What Our Founding Fathers Said About Public Education
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Holy Sine Die! Dolly Parton and Justin Timberlake Sing a Duet About Outsourcing and Merit Pay While Reading Fifty Shades of Gray and Fahrenheit 451 – Week in Review for June 27 – July 3
A Justin Timberlake Mix tape for Sen. Jerry Tillman. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/28/some-jt-for-jt-a-justin-timberlake-mix-tape-for-sen-jerry-tillman/ About that horrible Achievement School District Idea. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/29/outsourcing-our-kids-for-profit-rep-rob-bryan-and-sen-chad-barefoot-will-have-much-to-answer-for-in-the-future/ A Book Banning new State Board of Education Member. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/29/censorship-and-the-fear-of-free-thought-the-nomination-of-todd-chasteen-for-sboe/ Fifty Shades of Gray - NC Style. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/06/30/fifty-shades-of-no-way-new-sboe-member-todd-chasteens-first-book-to-challenge/ About Merit Pay for Teachers. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/02/merit-pay-for-teachers-and-other-bad-ideas/ Latin Lesson. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/02/you-need-to-know-this-term-sine-die-or-how-the-ncga-will-not-let-bad-bills-die/ Dolly Parton and her Trumping of HB2. https://caffeinatedrage.com/2016/07/03/dolly-parton-and-the-neutering-of-some-in-north-carolina-by-a-bathroom-bill/
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Dolly Parton and The Neutering of Some in North Carolina by a Bathroom Bill
We have some crude adages when it comes to expressing how people lack the courage and conviction to say what is true or do what is right. Many of those unsophisticated terms and sayings involve the use of expressions with references to anatomy. “You don’t have the “@#$%^” to go through with that!” “You’re just … Continue reading Dolly Parton and The Neutering of Some in North Carolina by a Bathroom Bill
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You Need to Know This Term – “Sine Die”, Or How the NCGA Will Not Let Bad Bills Die
Can you identify these Latin terms and phrases? “Carpe Diem” – Dead Poets Society “E Pluribus Unum” – look at a dollar bill “Et Cetera” – also known as “etc.” “Et tu, Brute?” – read some Shakespeare “Fac simile” – just the fax “In memoriam” – can be saddening “Magna Cum Laude” – not on … Continue reading You Need to Know This Term – “Sine Die”, Or How the NCGA Will Not Let Bad Bills Die
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Merit Pay for Teachers and Other Bad Ideas
Much of what written below was also in a letter to Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam in response to an interview he gave concerning teacher pay. With the idea being floated to give bonuses to teachers whose students pass AP, IB, and CTE tests, the myth of merit pay needs to be revisited. I do not know … Continue reading Merit Pay for Teachers and Other Bad Ideas
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