Once again, my little man and I went to another event to cheer on some students except this tie it was not an athletic event, but rather an intellectual one. The Piedmont Environmental Alliance and the Wake Forest University Debate Team helped to stage their annual debate tournament. West sent three teams. Malcolm is not … Continue reading Musings With Malcolm – You Play The Game With What You Have (And With What You Can)
If You Ever Wanted to Know About the Unwise Use of the Opportunity Grants Then Read This Report on NC School Vouchers by The Children’s Law Center at Duke Law School Of Law
The always vital voice of Lindsay Wagner of the Fletcher Foundation tweeted about this earlier today by posting the following table found in the Children's Law Center's recent March 2017 report called SCHOOL VOUCHERS IN NORTH CAROLINA : THE FIRST THREE YEARS. Let those blank spaces sink in for a minute. The lack of oversight by … Continue reading If You Ever Wanted to Know About the Unwise Use of the Opportunity Grants Then Read This Report on NC School Vouchers by The Children’s Law Center at Duke Law School Of Law
Betsy DeVos, Free Lunches, and the HUA Complex
“I’m Betsy DeVos. You may have heard some of the ‘wonderful’ things the mainstream media has called me lately. I, however, pride myself on being called a mother, a grandmother, a life partner, and perhaps the first person to tell Bernie Sanders to his face that there’s no such thing as a free lunch.” In … Continue reading Betsy DeVos, Free Lunches, and the HUA Complex
Musings With Malcolm – Next Season Started Yesterday, Games at West
One of the most endearing attributes that defines Malcolm is his ability to live in the moment. He can shake off a bad episode in no time flat and savor the good out of any situation. And I am jealous of that. So what do I do about it? Be a part of it. In … Continue reading Musings With Malcolm – Next Season Started Yesterday, Games at West
Shakespeare and “That” Billboard
In the second installment of the mystery that is the I-40 billboard, another pseudo-cryptic message was given by our anonymous source. Apparently the source is making fun of the backlash that the original billboard received. And I am glad that the source gave us an explanation that requires yet another explanation. If anything, it gives … Continue reading Shakespeare and “That” Billboard
As I Lay Dying (Taking This Standardized Test) – A Faulknerian, Stream-of-Unconsciousness Summary of Five Sections of the ACT
Darl Jewel and I come down the hall and although I am a few feet head of him, anyone watching us from the end of the hall can see Jewel’s frayed trucker hat a full head above my own. Cora So I got out fresh batteries and checked my TI-84 calculator today. We depend a … Continue reading As I Lay Dying (Taking This Standardized Test) – A Faulknerian, Stream-of-Unconsciousness Summary of Five Sections of the ACT
Real Men Don’t Use Billboards To Tell Any Woman What They Should Do
Coming home from an afternoon trip to Greensboro, NC to visit the Nature Center, we encountered the following billboard on I-40 between Kernersville and Winston-Salem. That's right. It says "Real men provide Real women appreciate it." Of course, it made news. Even a news channel in Chicago reported on it. When I first saw it, … Continue reading Real Men Don’t Use Billboards To Tell Any Woman What They Should Do
Betsy DeVos’s Historically Bad Civic Understanding – Or, What The Hell Did She Just Say?
If you ever needed reminding that the person who was confirmed by our U.S. Senate as secretary of education possesses no working knowledge of public education and the history of segregation in our society, look no further than the following: Statement from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Following Listening Session with Historically Black College and University … Continue reading Betsy DeVos’s Historically Bad Civic Understanding – Or, What The Hell Did She Just Say?
Roundball , Round Earth – Shakespeare, Bugs Bunny and the Astrophysical Acumen of Kyrie Irving
The Taming of The Shrew – the lost astrophysical scene PETRUCHIO Come on, i' God's name; once more toward our father's. Good Lord, how bright and goodly shines the moon! KATHARINA The moon! the sun: it is not moonlight now. PETRUCHIO I say it is the moon that shines so bright. KATHARINA I know it … Continue reading Roundball , Round Earth – Shakespeare, Bugs Bunny and the Astrophysical Acumen of Kyrie Irving
Open Letter to the Person Who Started the Twitter Threat to My School (Or Any School)
When you teach for a number of years in large public schools, you will invariably come across the situation in which a bomb threat or other threat is made against your school, and with the age of social media, even the tiniest rumor or spark or hint of something can become viral in a matter … Continue reading Open Letter to the Person Who Started the Twitter Threat to My School (Or Any School)
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