I was poking around the net typing in names of old friends and teachers into Google and seeing whatever happened to them. I came across this photo of my 5th grade teacher, Terry Bartholome:
Unfortunately, I found my teacher the photo from the Megan’s Law database. Not exactly the place you want to find one of […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Atlanta is trying to undo decades of failed social experiments and poverty programs. In a Los Angeles Times article on housing for Atlanta’s poor came this:
Conswayla Gardner, 35, [pictured above left] who supports seven children with a $7-an-hour cleaning job and struggles to buy items such as washing powder and toothpaste, said she simply could […]
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(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Tony Soprano had a similar dilemma. One of his top earners liked to dress up in leather and hang around in gay bars. He did this on his own time and it didn’t interfere with his work. In the end however he was whacked (which is how wise guys are let go from their jobs).
But […]
…then don’t get arrested for drunk driving shortly after your letter to the editor is published. Bloomsburg University’s student government president,Christopher Bevan, was charged with drunken driving just weeks after saying the media has unfairly portrayed students as irresponsible. After being pulled over for doing 50 in a 15 mph zone he was found to […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)When asked why it was that 20% of American’s can’t even find the United States on a map, Miss Teen South Carolina had this to say…
As a U.S. American, I’m embarrassed that our education hasn’t done more to address the map shortage as well as the people of South Africa, the Iraq, and other Asian […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)An idea that has been floating around in the back of my head for awhile. Delivering a better education with less (not zero although that might be nice) government involvement.
One of the major complaints of businesses in this country is a growing lack of qualified college graduates. One of the major complaints of […]
Yeah, that’ll help em learn. At least that seems to be the theory of Social Justice Math.
Dedicated to integrating issues of social and economic justice into math instruction with questions like:
Using the data in the following table calculate the average number of monthly casualties in Iraq as if you were a pentagon spokesman. […]
From LA Observed:
“Former School Me blogger and Current editor Bob Sipchen is believed to be on the [buy-out] list and said to be headed for a post with the Sierra Club.”
Bob Sipchen was in the process of doing more than any single individual for reforming LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District). No disrespect for […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Sabrina Walker, 37, is a high school counselor and whose job is to help kids navigate the difficult choices they have to make in life. It is hard to imagine a less qualified individual as she possesses the deadly combination of being incredibly stupid and morally corrupt.
In March, due to a clerical error, Walker received […]
Not your typical yearbook
You don’t need to be a Rhodes Scholar to see that this idea wasn’t going to end up well.
“The point of the yearbook entirely is to cover what happens in the year,” Hannah Fredrickson, the senior who served as yearbook editor told KCNC TV. “You’d be surprised at how many children […]
Hot Teacher In Hot Water
The blog Odd Culture found another pretty good looking teacher arrested for unlawful sexual activity with a minor. First, let’s look at the perp:
Janet Lea Hughes
Hughes is 32 and is married, she’s also a mom making her an official MILF to boot. Unlike the way that these things normally go down […]
How times have changed from when I was a kid when being sent to the principal’s office meant that you might get a lecture or perhaps a spanking. No fun. These days if you go to school in at least one elementary school in Illinois you just might walk into some hardcore 3-way.
How do […]
No “zero tolerance” for doo-doo throwing.
Some things should be cut and dry and not require debate. We nominate throwing human excrement at students as one of those things that should result in immediate expulsion. A Canadian school district thinks otherwise. Yes, they do things differently in Canada.
By the way, it helps if you are the […]
In the last week alone, a teacher was caught SMS’ing cops for pot, a principal was caught in his office watching gay porn while sitting butt-ass naked, a lesbian teacher was arrested for fondling her students, and another one was found naked in a car with a 14-year old. No wonder kids are out of […]
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