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oscar noms; no child left behind?
Jan. 27th, 2004 12:12 pmThis is how smart I am - I made it halfway down the driveway without knowing my e-brake was on. I was all "huh, why isn't this stupid car reversing or going forward?" and then I started to smell the burning. Oops.
Checking out the Oscar nominations released today, I'm very happy to see so many for Lord of the Rings - 11, I believe. I was rather surprised to see Pirates of the Caribbean listed, though, since it doesn't seem like traditional Oscar material, being all adventury and fantastical.
It it wrong of me to be slightly glee-filled that neither Russell Crowe nor Tom Cruise got a nom? Heh.
I decided to play the Predict the Winner game this year. Not that, you know, I'll be right 'cause my choices are mostly biased. Oh well.
Random: I want to learn how to knit. But I'm broke-ish, so I need to wait until I can save up some money.
Now to be a bit political...
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NO CHILD'S BEHIND LEFT
The New Educational Eugenics in George Bush's State of the Union
Saturday, January 24, 2004
by Greg Palast
Go ahead, George, and lie to me. Lie to my dog. Lie to my sister. But don't you ever lie to my kids.
Deep into your State of the Siege lecture, long after sensible adults had turned off the tube or kicked in the screen, you came after our children. "By passing the No Child Left Behind Act," you said, "We are regularly testing every child ... and making sure they have better options when schools are not performing."
You said it ... and then that little tongue came out; that weird way you stick your tongue out between your lips like the little kid who knows he's fibbing. Like a snake licking a rat. I saw that snakey tongue dart out and I thought, "He knows."
And what you know, Mr. Bush, is this: you've ordered this testing to hunt down, identify and target for destruction the hopes of millions of children you find too expensive, too heavy a burden, to educate.
Here's how No Child Left Behind and your tests work in the classrooms of Houston and Chicago. Millions of 8 year olds are given lists of words and phrases. They try to read. Then they are graded, like USDA beef: some prime, some OK, many failed. [click here for full article]
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Time for lunch. Then laundry. And while that is going on, I think I'll try to add a couple pieces to my portfolio and work on that cover letter 'cause I had ideas for it while I was at work.
Checking out the Oscar nominations released today, I'm very happy to see so many for Lord of the Rings - 11, I believe. I was rather surprised to see Pirates of the Caribbean listed, though, since it doesn't seem like traditional Oscar material, being all adventury and fantastical.
It it wrong of me to be slightly glee-filled that neither Russell Crowe nor Tom Cruise got a nom? Heh.
I decided to play the Predict the Winner game this year. Not that, you know, I'll be right 'cause my choices are mostly biased. Oh well.
Random: I want to learn how to knit. But I'm broke-ish, so I need to wait until I can save up some money.
Now to be a bit political...
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NO CHILD'S BEHIND LEFT
The New Educational Eugenics in George Bush's State of the Union
Saturday, January 24, 2004
by Greg Palast
Go ahead, George, and lie to me. Lie to my dog. Lie to my sister. But don't you ever lie to my kids.
Deep into your State of the Siege lecture, long after sensible adults had turned off the tube or kicked in the screen, you came after our children. "By passing the No Child Left Behind Act," you said, "We are regularly testing every child ... and making sure they have better options when schools are not performing."
You said it ... and then that little tongue came out; that weird way you stick your tongue out between your lips like the little kid who knows he's fibbing. Like a snake licking a rat. I saw that snakey tongue dart out and I thought, "He knows."
And what you know, Mr. Bush, is this: you've ordered this testing to hunt down, identify and target for destruction the hopes of millions of children you find too expensive, too heavy a burden, to educate.
Here's how No Child Left Behind and your tests work in the classrooms of Houston and Chicago. Millions of 8 year olds are given lists of words and phrases. They try to read. Then they are graded, like USDA beef: some prime, some OK, many failed. [click here for full article]
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Time for lunch. Then laundry. And while that is going on, I think I'll try to add a couple pieces to my portfolio and work on that cover letter 'cause I had ideas for it while I was at work.
