CurrentEvents « The HabitableZone

Student scolds teacher by Jody May 8, 2013 8:09 pm

In my opinion, this was a set-up. by ER 2013-05-10 12:06:51
- Not exactly. by TB 2013-05-10 13:05:02
  - Does that mean you're convinced it wasn't a rehearsed, deliberate ambush? n/t by ER 2013-05-10 13:24:48
    - Actually... by TB 2013-05-10 13:48:06
      - Who's talking conspiracy? by ER 2013-05-10 14:15:02
        
        He didn't even know he was being taped until two days later. by TB 2013-05-10 16:13:46
- In my opinion the teacher missed an excellent opportunity . She probably has parents that are union workers. by Jody 2013-05-10 12:35:12
Wrong time, wrong place. by bowser 2013-05-10 07:11:46
- Why are you holding the teacher to a different standard than the child? Is that a liberal thing? Or is ... by Jody 2013-05-10 10:04:39
- I doubt the kid's sincerity. by RobVG 2013-05-10 07:24:20
  - I suspect, he was grandstanding so he could be a hero on the internet. by alcaray 2013-05-10 10:07:25
    - I wonder if he even knew it was being videoed. Good lord people. So quick to judge our youth. What about ... by Jody 2013-05-10 10:11:11
      - quick to judge. by alcaray 2013-05-10 10:38:30
        
        I have asked a female high school math teacher her opinion, so I am waiting to hear from her. by Jody 2013-05-10 11:05:19
  - We speak of what we can do as a society to help the youth. We live in a time when ... by Jody 2013-05-10 08:52:05
Don't recall any teachers "making me excited"... by alcaray 2013-05-08 22:07:05
- alcaray...I can't see you getting excited about anything. by Jody 2013-05-10 10:05:48
- "I don’t know why people belittle teachers so much now." by ER 2013-05-09 16:54:35
  - WHAT ABOUT THE CHILD???????? by Jody 2013-05-10 10:06:21
  - Some interesting facts: by TB 2013-05-09 20:40:35
    - Some distorted facts by ER 2013-05-09 22:21:34
      - Employees by TB 2013-05-10 09:09:34
        
        It's not even necessary to respond to that. by ER 2013-05-10 11:24:35
        
        You can't actually respond. by TB 2013-05-10 12:36:23
        
        I guess that means you're going to leave it, rather than take it, eh? by ER 2013-05-10 13:18:07
    - This list of stats is supposed to sound like the increase in education cost goes to the unions? by alcaray 2013-05-09 21:31:32
      - No. by TB 2013-05-10 08:56:35
        
        So it was a right-wing rant triggered by someboday saying "teacher"? by alcaray 2013-05-10 10:03:50
        
        ER said something silly implying that good education demands unions and more taxes, and I responded. by TB 2013-05-10 10:11:17
        
        Ohmygod, ER look what you did! by alcaray 2013-05-10 11:09:23
        
        Curses. by ER 2013-05-10 11:59:36
      - Electron degeneracy leads to core collapse. by ER 2013-05-09 23:09:59
  - I call bullshit. by Jody 2013-05-09 17:10:00
    - So do I. by ER 2013-05-09 19:34:47
      - What about the child? by Jody 2013-05-10 10:07:04
- When I was a kid, it would have been unthinkable to tell off a teacher. by ER 2013-05-09 06:19:24
  - You were a kid in post WWII and Korea. by Jody 2013-05-10 10:07:58
    - Just for the record... by ER 2013-05-10 13:29:15
  - I don't know the back story, wish I did. I think he did well. The teacher missed an excellent opportunity ... by Jody 2013-05-09 08:33:21
    - The view from abroad. by ER 2013-05-09 10:53:43
      - You aware of the undercurrent of revolution concerning the idiocy of standardized testing? Wow...I wasn't. The tide is turning. I took one ... by Jody 2013-05-09 11:21:54
        
        I have little patience with modern educational practices... by ER 2013-05-09 11:35:49
        
        No patience with our youth? by Jody 2013-05-10 10:08:39
        
        Times change. Method of operations change. Evolution. by Jody 2013-05-09 13:58:00
      - Robert the Red, or Bolshie Bob, by ER 2013-05-09 11:12:49

What's going on in our armed forces? by ER May 7, 2013 10:34 am

Every woman I've ever known in the military can report sexual abuse. by bowser 2013-05-08 15:18:11
- I was proud of the way the Navy integrated in 1968. by ER 2013-05-08 18:33:33
LIFE by Cynthia Occelli Reflecting on the world during a conversation this morning and came away feeling incredulous. How is it ... by Jody 2013-05-08 10:59:24
- You never know for sure who your father is. by ER 2013-05-08 11:43:02
  - (photo from Nashville, TN) by podrock 2013-05-08 11:52:30
    - I've always wanted to go there and pay my respects for the old lady... by ER 2013-05-08 11:55:56
      - Saw her a couple of years ago by podrock 2013-05-08 14:42:36
- Blame the bible, for starters. by podrock 2013-05-08 11:16:36
The whole report is 1,494 pages long. by TB 2013-05-07 15:08:33
God how I love having a vagina. by Jody 2013-05-07 11:12:55
- Noon. Pompano Beach Pier. Any day is fine for me. I'm retired. by ER 2013-05-08 06:15:16
  - Remember dear...size matters. Will I respect you in the morning? by Jody 2013-05-08 08:06:45
    - Who cares? by bowser 2013-05-08 15:19:02
    - What? Do you need testimonials? by ER 2013-05-08 09:34:54
      - I really don't like looking at that pic. by alcaray 2013-05-08 11:14:15
- I haven't read the post but you've made my day. n/t by RobVG 2013-05-07 20:13:18

Gun crime trends by TB May 7, 2013 3:36 pm

And? The DOJ is not a good source for these things. by bowser 2013-05-08 15:13:24
How do you explain the trend? by alcaray 2013-05-07 16:02:45
- All crimes are trending down, and especially violent crimes. by ER 2013-05-07 16:47:47
  - Lead Begets Lead? by podrock 2013-05-07 17:12:29
    - If you look at the second chart in my comment below, the theory kind of breaks down. by TB 2013-05-07 17:19:27
      - Perhaps the answer is staring us in the face. by ER 2013-05-07 17:42:25
        
        It's not like they just started jailing people in 1990. by TB 2013-05-07 18:59:50
        
        Actually, they pretty much DID start jailing people in 1990. by ER 2013-05-08 06:05:04
  - Then again, maybe declining church membership has something to do with it. by ER 2013-05-07 17:03:50
- Good question. by TB 2013-05-07 16:42:44

The below raises an interesting issue. by bowser May 5, 2013 4:17 pm

No point in looking for consistency in matters of religion or politics. by ER 2013-05-05 16:47:58

Someone please clarify this for me... by ER May 2, 2013 6:40 pm

"Natural born citizen" by bowser 2013-05-03 13:09:56
The law: by TB 2013-05-02 20:15:31
- I guess that settles that-- by ER 2013-05-02 20:29:23
  - In spite of the baldarah.. by FrankC 2013-05-03 12:52:34
    - Flexible biography by TB 2013-05-03 14:17:07
      - PS by ER 2013-05-03 14:44:28
        
        Of course. by TB 2013-05-03 14:54:49
        
        Politics attracts the wrong kind of people. by ER 2013-05-03 15:31:24
      - The hysteria was all on your side. by ER 2013-05-03 14:35:01
    - So are you saying the the baldarah was all Obama's fault? by ER 2013-05-03 13:18:08
      - No that is not what I am saying by FrankC 2013-05-03 16:26:16

I can't finish watching this... by Jody May 2, 2013 7:10 pm

Just waiting to happen. by ER 2013-05-02 21:27:23
I'd do her. n/t by RobVG 2013-05-02 19:48:13
- ROB!!!!!!:) by Jody 2013-05-02 21:06:22
- Algren's Third Law: by TB 2013-05-02 20:22:26
  - Algren's Fourth Law by ER 2013-05-02 20:25:28
    - Bonus question: What were Algren's first two "laws?" by TB 2013-05-02 20:45:02
      - I have no idea. I just made up the 4th law. by ER 2013-05-02 21:24:59
        
        Answer by TB 2013-05-03 07:23:49
        
        I'm afraid to ask. by ER 2013-05-03 13:47:16
      - Never answer bonus questions. Never accept silver fingers when there are golden arms. by Jody 2013-05-02 21:05:51

Bloomberg denied a second piece of pizza. by RobVG May 2, 2013 8:02 pm

I actually believed that story was on the level... by ER 2013-05-02 22:08:56
- You aren't the only one...I had to google the source because I thought I remembered it was satire. by Jody 2013-05-03 10:02:05
If only!!!! by Jody 2013-05-02 20:49:06

May Day riots in Seattle now. n/t by RobVG May 1, 2013 8:33 pm

Media coverage flow chart for demonstrations by TB 2013-05-02 09:41:25

Empty nets in Louisiana three years after the spill by mcfly May 1, 2013 10:48 am

Maybe its not just the oil spill... by ER 2013-05-01 11:05:08
- also... by podrock 2013-05-01 13:35:11
  - "These solutions are relatively simple to implement and would significantly reduce the input of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Gulf of Mexico." by ER 2013-05-01 16:06:39
    - From National Geographic by podrock 2013-05-01 16:43:27
      - I'm not disagreeing with you. by ER 2013-05-01 17:26:53
        
        Didn't think you were; and, I agree. by podrock 2013-05-01 17:32:49

Voter apathy phase change. by ER May 1, 2013 12:42 pm

The Economic Argument is Over--- by ER April 26, 2013 5:37 pm

It's amazing that everyone is Ignoring Monetary Policy. by RobVG 2013-04-28 09:27:08
- Banks have always loaned out more money than they had on hand. by ER 2013-04-28 10:23:12
Follow-up by ER 2013-04-27 18:32:52
Oh thank god...okay people...as you were. by Jody 2013-04-26 20:45:50
- Completely unrelated story... by TB 2013-04-26 22:44:52
  - Just a change in the way things are calculated. by alcaray 2013-04-27 00:38:58
"The only question now is whether the folks who have been arguing that we have no choice but to cut government spending while the economy is still weak will be big enough to admit that." by alcaray 2013-04-26 19:57:42
- I never supported the cuts. They made as much sense as overhauling the health care system while we were in the depths of the recession. n/t by RobVG 2013-04-29 07:18:27
  - It makes way more sense than that. by BuckGalaxy 2013-04-30 19:51:19
    - And it makes even more sense than that... by ER 2013-05-01 12:04:18
- That would be a first. by bowser 2013-04-29 06:26:39

Free open courses... by Jody April 29, 2013 11:48 am

And even more... by mcfly 2013-05-01 10:16:02
This is a great link Jody... by FrankC 2013-04-30 15:17:12

Page 253 of 344«1...251 252253254 255...344 »

Recent posts

The Control Panel