"I'd like to protect children, too, but ... is everything worth sacrificing to that? I mean, drugs have done a lot of good ... They've midwived a lot of good ideas... lot of great songs, you know? I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. ... I think 'Dark Side of the Moon' is … Continue reading We Have Hit Bottom – We Need A Cultural Transfusion
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The Perverse Children’s Crusade – Hamster-Wheeling For Progressivism
Guest post: Michelle Moore Kiss your children good-bye and whisper Godspeed ... they've been drafted by the Far Left ... without your permission. Again. Liberal-progressives intend to use YOUR schools and YOUR children to protest the Bill of Rights - namely the Second Amendment. On YOUR dime. April 20, 2018, marks the 19th anniversary of Columbine … Continue reading The Perverse Children’s Crusade – Hamster-Wheeling For Progressivism
Can’t You See Me?
The long knives are out for teachers caught in this pathetic reform ... wedged in the middle of a mess they didn’t make. The sad and bitter tales … about kids in homework-agony and testing misery ... color lots of teachers unfairly. Tattooing them as grinding task-masters. Cold accomplices. Me-firsts. Bad guys. They're not. Not … Continue reading Can’t You See Me?
K-12: Like Taking Candy From Babies
Reblogged with our added emphasis (guest post) K-12: Like Taking Candy from Babies Posted by Bruce Deitrick Price Columnist EducationViews.org By Bruce Deitrick Price – This cliché usually carries a double message: something is easy to do but shameful. No decent person would do it. You know, like the emotional and intellectual abuses all too … Continue reading K-12: Like Taking Candy From Babies
Cardboard Children
Check your child for neck bolts … the educational Frankensteins are at it again. Forget geography, composition, and math … school is now all about feelings. And emotions. And attitudes. It’s the hot-rage in education … the creepy premise that schools can instill acceptable human emotions and reactions in your child because … I guess … Continue reading Cardboard Children
National Database Clearinghouse: Google Pizza Runs Your Life
Guest Post; The following CALLER & GOOGLE excerpt has been floating in cyberspace with different versions since 2007. Original author unknown. The final paragraph was added by Michelle as a timely reminder that should probably be sent to Federal Legislators and State Boards of Education and perhaps local boards. Maybe they will care when this … Continue reading National Database Clearinghouse: Google Pizza Runs Your Life
“Academic Kindergarten”
Please make it stop. Has everyone in education gone mad? “Academic kindergarten”? It’s worse than it sounds. Is anyone else stunned-numb at this? This edu-speak? This academic newspeak that oozes out of these clinical dissections of how children learn? It never stops. Another day, another brain-bruising study … and another tried-and-true bit of educational common … Continue reading “Academic Kindergarten”
Common Core is Pure Hemlock
Common Core is pure hemlock. However it’s rebranded, this reform has poisoned public education … and the profession has almost died off. No one wants to teach anymore. Master-teachers are rushing to retirement … and rookies are fleeing in mid-year. Teacher prep programs are starving for would-be teachers. And now we’re hearing from “lifers” … … Continue reading Common Core is Pure Hemlock
Harvey Weinstein – Not Your Usual Sleazy Saga.
This should’ve been written in the shower … where there’s plenty of soap. Harvey Weinstein. No, it’s not your usual sleazy saga. But that’s what folks want it to be. Just another guy gettin’ his jollies … because he could. That's true, alright … but it ain't the whole story. This dirt-bag embodies everything … … Continue reading Harvey Weinstein – Not Your Usual Sleazy Saga.
Take Back Radio Interview – Shout Out
SHOUT OUT & Sincere thanks to Host of "Take Back" - Barbara McVeigh Dominican UC Radio! Wednesdays 12-1pm 102.3 FM in San Rafael or Worldwide Livestream. PLEASE LISTEN HERE TO OUR CONVERSATION Take Back http://wp.me/P6YoRU-ig Barbara says "October 11 – Denis Ian is a retired teacher of English and social studies who taught for more than … Continue reading Take Back Radio Interview – Shout Out
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