Is anybody else watching the Daily Show? I'm finding myself irked.
ETA: You know what, I'm glad the Girl Scouts has an anti-stress badge. Sounds like a good idea to me.
Maybe I've always been here.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Emily - Apr 27, 2005 6:25:42 pm PDT #9548 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Connie Neil - Apr 27, 2005 6:27:36 pm PDT #9549 of 10001
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Creme brulee, mmm ...
Unfortunately, the only restaurant we can afford around here who does that always seems to be out of it when we go there now. I'm wondering if they decided to dump the "plain" dessert in an effort to get people to buy the more expensive "chocolate dipped in caramel rolled in fudge wrapped in whipped 'creme' striped with 'fruit' syrup" monstrosities. I like simple, rich flavors, not a sugar-sugar-sticky-sugar cancan.
Jesse - Apr 27, 2005 6:27:58 pm PDT #9550 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I do actually believe that building "self esteem" isn't as important as building self worth that's actually based on achievement. But that book sounds like BS.
Hil R. - Apr 27, 2005 6:28:36 pm PDT #9551 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm watching, Emily. I'm halfway irked -- I think she has a good point, but takes it too far -- some of the stuff she's arguing against seems totally silly and probably harmful, but some of the other stuff seems useful.
Jesse - Apr 27, 2005 6:29:10 pm PDT #9552 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Note: Christina Hoff Summers is on the Daily Show talking about this book: [link]
JenP - Apr 27, 2005 6:29:44 pm PDT #9553 of 10001
sj, yes. Absolutely don't. Something is up there.
Emily - Apr 27, 2005 6:30:22 pm PDT #9554 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yeah, exactly. I do think it gets taken too far sometimes, but you know what? It's about 23rd on the list of What's Wrong with America's Schools. Is the thing. And she seems like a nice lady, but it just sounded so much like "These kids today got it so damned easy -- we should be whipping their asses! Laura Ingalls Wilder wouldn'a stood for any of this guff!"
Hil R. - Apr 27, 2005 6:30:33 pm PDT #9555 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
And I usually won't grade with red ink. I agree, the color just looks too harsh. I had a teacher in high school who wouldn't use it because she said it looked like someone bled all over the paper, and I liked it.
Jesse - Apr 27, 2005 6:32:10 pm PDT #9556 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She's annoying. See also, Who Stole Feminism? and The War Against Boys.
Hil R. - Apr 27, 2005 6:34:25 pm PDT #9557 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Although, today, I overheard a student complaining because "This class is ridiculous. I'm a good student, and I've been working really hard, and even if I get an A on the final, I'm not going to get any higher than a B in this class, and that really isn't fair. I'm a good student, and I deserve a higher grade than that." This is far from the first time I've heard a student arguing that exact same thing, the "I worked hard, therefore I deserve an A, even though I haven't demonstrated a mastery of the material."