Posted by: preaprez on: March 26, 2008
I received this e-mail today:
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to tell you that the employee strike in Hardin County has ended! The membership voted overwhelmingly this morning to accept the tentative agreement reached last Thursday night at 2:00am.
We had a long struggle that lasted almost three weeks. Our people on the picket line braved snow, ice, [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: March 26, 2008
‘I am driven with a mission from God’. God would tell me, ‘George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan’. And I did. And then God would tell me ‘George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq’. And I did.
-George Bush as reported in the Guardian
For too long we have made God an ally in [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: March 26, 2008
Many school districts have filtering systems that make no distinction between useful internet information and sites that are inappropriate for students. Making those kinds of decisions use to be called professional judgment.
I’m not suggesting that there should be no district guidelines. There should be. They protect students and teachers.
But all or nothing filters, such as [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: March 26, 2008
Update: Thanks to NYC Educator. In his comments below he includes a clip showing John “Hundred Year War” McCain doing a cover version of Bush’s Mission Accomplished.
Posted by: preaprez on: March 26, 2008
I haven’t made some Tzimmes and borscht in a while. Apples and oranges in Yiddish. But that is because my whole blog has become a series of disconnected items and thoughts. Actually, my whole life has become a series of disconnected items and thoughts.
But I’m thinking that it’s OK. Or as grandma Esther would [...]
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