Anne LaValle, New York's most relentless Anti-Common Core mother, reminds us of an unpleasant anniversary. Five years ago, every 8th grader in New York State was required to write an essay validating this statement: "A structured work day of 8 hours of work, 8 hours of rest and 8 hours of recreation is best not only … Continue reading Yes! It’s THAT Bad!
Bill Clinton ... talking through his zipper ... again! “I think it’s a good thing that we should all have higher standards, I think the norms have really changed in terms of what you can do to somebody against their will, how much you can crowd their space, make them miserable at work.” Give that man … Continue reading I Did Not Have … With That Woman
Check out this loose cannon. Quite the ticking time-bomb. I thought Maher was losin’ his brain beans, but this De Niro nut … Yikes! ... he’s clearly crossed over to a special dimension where you hope and pray the walls are spongy. So Mister Focker dropped in on the Tonys … and dropped a few … Continue reading This Is One Special Focker
Geniuses are the most dangerous creatures in the universe ... and do you know why God made so few? To limit the suffering of teachers. Dweebers are educational pests. They make these fly-by observations … scurry back to their sticky keyboards … and tell real-deal teachers how to do their jobs. Let’s imagine those same … Continue reading Happy Teacher Exasperation Month!
Are you a pretend parent? If that questions bothers you, well … It’s never a bad thing to have a heart-to-heart with yourself. Maybe you’re too caught up in your own thing … or life's become tangled ... so your kid’s education has slipped into auto-pilot. You're not alone. But if that first sentence grabbed … Continue reading Are You a Pretend Parent?
There’s a new God in the universe … and he goes by Barack Obama. Yeah ... that guy. Who won't go away. The New York Times found him ... and Maureen "Mary Magdalene" Dowd revealed him. To us all. Amen. So tomorrow, expect new rally caps all over the Universe ... with the new God's new message … Continue reading What Hath Dowd Wrought?
Hmmm ... So, Roseanne gets cancelled for foul stuff ... but not unlike the foul stuff mumbled by Maher and Kimmel and Colbert and Behar and Goldberg ... All. The. Time. But somehow ... some way ... their shows survive to say such things over and over and over again. Hmmm again ... But here's … Continue reading Selective Outrage … Raising the Barr
The great philosopher Elvis Presley once said ... "Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away." The King would probably see lots of suspicious lies in this education madness ... and be all shook up over the lack of truth. Okay! ... no more campy … Continue reading Tell Me No Lies
“Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven? I must be strong And carry on 'Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven Would you hold my hand If I saw you in heaven? Would you help me stand … Continue reading Alfie Evans
Get ready for some pissy-anger … the Pricksters are here … and they’re not a happy crew. Nasty is the new mad. Does anyone have the feeling that anger is the emotion "du jour" … because it’s gettin’ harder and harder to find a happy moment … anywhere? Especially in Arizona. Colleges have made free … Continue reading The Arizona Pricksters … And the Future of American Education
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