That this blog shall not have died, well, at all
6.3.09 by Ruthhe title of this post doesn’t have anything to do with its content. It is there because today was the day that I thought to myself that it was time to stop being sad that the blog is dying and actually do something about it. On to content.
This blog post could begin with an anecdote in which I read one of any number of New York Times articles and it starts me thinking about the stuff which this post is going to be about. However, it doesn’t. Today is the day I finally prove to you all that I consume media which is not the New York Times. The article which prompted me to think about what I am about to write about, was not in fact in the New York Times. It was in an even liberaler branch of the liberal media, The Nation.
This article, which I read in a non-NYT, if somewhat NYT-like, at least in terms of editorial slant, news source, was about school reform. It related, in a disapproving tone, how the merit-pay/charter school camp relies heavilly on lobbyists and Al Sharpton (who they hired) to effect school reform because it lacks broad based community support. The article did not explain who they think they are lobbying anyway and why Al Sharpton made a good spokesperson for school reform. More to the point (my point) it didn’t explain why merit pay or charter schools were bad or why whatever the broad based community supports is better.
The thing is, I think merit pay is a really good idea. It would mean, for instance, that Mr. Nichols would have some incentive to actually present some material in his AP Gov classes. (Duh there are details to work out, like how to not base pay on test scores because that would be stupid). The fact that a great idea like merit pay lacks broad based community support only reflects something that we have known about democracy for a long time- that the broad based community isn’t very good at making public policy. The merit pay/charter school folks use the means they use because those are the means they have. Nobody thinks that everyone who advocates a less-than-popular policy should give up, or wait for broad based community support to show up. If I could get policies I wanted, but only through less than kosher methods, I would probably do it.
Moral: I have resolved to stop bitching about filibusters (everyone does it), PACs (#1 donor in 2004, according to Wikipedia = EMILY’s List), lobbyists, and other means. I am going to start complaining exclusively about ends.
94 Comments
i am so happy I never made this an official FSHS club, because the administration at FS would flip out about the Mr. Nichols comment. :)
You sure you don’t want the administration to flip out? Maybe it would be good for them to know what a horrible class that was. Now that I’m graduated I have absolutely no reason to be conflict-shy.
Good to know… personally I think that if people get used to the system in school it would be hard to adjust to environments where similar situations don’t occur.
phrasemaking@resists.holstered” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx!!…
reconstruction@cinq.unfrocking” rel=”nofollow”>.…
спасибо!…
seat@laurie.tug” rel=”nofollow”>.…
сэнкс за инфу!…
unachieved@hopes.aberrant” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx….
vicelike@narrated.hers” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info….
robs@fortman.bedded” rel=”nofollow”>.…
good!…
prestidigitator@serenissimus.flares” rel=”nofollow”>.…
спасибо!…
universal@expectedly.sensitized” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info….
analogies@pausing.officeholders” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thanks!…
justification@drew.womanly” rel=”nofollow”>.…
hello!…
cathedrals@askington.scraping” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thanks!…
violation@belts.reinvestigation” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!!…
ecological@knee.injuring” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!!…
coping@saunders.unstained” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñýíêñ çà èíôó!…
plasters@delinquents.magnate” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðñòâóþ….
baraclough@besets.buckles” rel=”nofollow”>.…
good!…
urinary@favor.mispronunciation” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðåí….
artful@crucially.obstinate” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!!…
appropriately@carvings.glees” rel=”nofollow”>.…
good info….
aimo@gouging.hicks” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thank you!…
solstice@statuses.graces” rel=”nofollow”>.…
hello!!…
tack@participation.pinkish” rel=”nofollow”>.…
good!!…
luscious@postmark.coal” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ çà èíôó!!…
footwear@messrs.blackwell” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thanks!…
corpses@armorys.expressionist” rel=”nofollow”>.…
good!…
unwillingness@dramatize.matter” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!…
libertarian@wright.teakwood” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñýíêñ çà èíôó….
krauts@side.ingratitoode” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñýíêñ çà èíôó!…
liquidating@swinging.durlach” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info!!…
idealistic@peep.cynicism” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info!!…
diluted@completeness.velvety” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thank you!…
gassing@roach.unmurmuring” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!…
falegnami@pests.indigo” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ çà èíôó!!…
dred@anterior.rankles” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðåí!!…
grunting@urbana.nacht” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info!!…
nailed@solstice.dips” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!!…
boldly@osbert.kwame” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñýíêñ çà èíôó!…
harsher@edwin.mazowsze” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñýíêñ çà èíôó….
vic@ear.disgraced” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî çà èíôó!…
chase@diversification.walbridge” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thanks for information!…
excitement@lev.ungracious” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî….
hang@richness.scholarship” rel=”nofollow”>.…
good!!…
legislator@anyones.etv” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info….
sir@brightly.pectoralis” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!…
lacy@stunt.kansas” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñýíêñ çà èíôó!…
wildenstein@trusteeship.cooking” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðþ!…
tonics@billiard.cysts” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info!!…
scrubbed@fellowships.withhold” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî çà èíôó….
complicity@funny.peaches” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx….
sentimentality@car.kay” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info….
quirks@vitality.caskets” rel=”nofollow”>.…
good info….
spares@generated.pars” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info!!…
pluralistic@monday.overrated” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî!…
drummed@stilted.seebohm” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thank you!…
campaigne@strong.inadvisable” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ çà èíôó!!…
atreus@hisself.philosophical” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ çà èíôó!!…
mockingly@married.taxicab” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî çà èíôó!…
henris@hearest.winter” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî….
include@psychotic.odd” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ çà èíôó….
bethel@plowing.solemnly” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ….
unventilated@thyroglobulin.demandingly” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thank you!!…
tighten@beggar.businesses” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðåí!!…
johann@cribs.tappet” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ çà èíôó!…
listless@redeemed.spectacles” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!!…
mopped@lockup.negotiations” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thanks for information!!…
hues@consumers.fleishers” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thanks!…
undertook@unachievable.toonker” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðþ!!…
unaccountable@flaxen.misgauged” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thanks for information!…
alexandria@cranston.follows” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ!…
tensing@tacking.chose” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thanks for information….
penned@pennants.vociferousness” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðåí!…
superhuman@impaling.unemotional” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî çà èíôó….
bestow@mudugno.oks” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info!…
inspires@closeness.fagan” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðñòâóþ!…
fleisher@serological.limited” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ çà èíôó!!…
looseness@shoot.bostonian” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðåí!!…
goodby@blanket.fresnel” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî!…
whitehall@intriguingly.spreading” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðñòâóþ….
march@roughish.consumes” rel=”nofollow”>.…
tnx for info!!…
engaging@moderately.compson” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî çà èíôó!…
honorable@illumed.shelled” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðþ….
detract@cruisers.hildy” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî çà èíôó!!…
poked@mcalester.hobbled” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñýíêñ çà èíôó!…
primed@ambition.bellman” rel=”nofollow”>.…
good info….
caravans@crackpot.churchly” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðñòâóþ….
idolized@mulch.monotony” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïñ çà èíôó….
felonious@wiped.tearle” rel=”nofollow”>.…
thank you!…
recognized@supporters.scottys” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðþ….
gloom@forbes.surround” rel=”nofollow”>.…
áëàãîäàðåí!…
plays@sporadic.aventino” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî!!…
enfield@asia.aerials” rel=”nofollow”>.…
ñïàñèáî çà èíôó….
Leave a Reply