Procrastadabbler

I don’t want to sound like one of those “kids these days” or “back in the good old days” people, but I am disturbed by the “regular folk” worship that’s taken over politics this election season. There was a time when politicians were expected to be orators, articulate, and well, yes, smart. Now it seems [...]

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I’m rereading C. Wright Mill’s chapter “On Intellectual Craftsmanship” from The Sociological Imagination. Even though it’s an old piece and filled with sexist language, it still has much to offer us in terms of thinking about what it means to be a scholar and a writer. He centers his piece around the idea of [...]

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I worked hard to keep an open mind at yesterday’s professional development program, and although there were elements of the keynote speaker’s address that I had some issues with, I did learn about a couple of promising participatory applications.
First, what I learned

Diigo: way cool social bookmarking site. You can post webpages, including webbased articles and [...]

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School’s starting. Well, the students aren’t back yet, but this week we’ve got all sorts of meetings including professional development. This year it’s all about technology integration. I have to work to keep my mind open. I admit, I have strong opinions about technology integration and the way most people view it. Generally, I’m really [...]

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I hate these kind of emails.
This came to me in my email. One of those conservative “jokes” that get sent around to show how awful a society we’ve become. As an educator, and educational researcher, and as a scholar, this type of kneejerk criticism really bothers me.
Here’s the email and my response follows.

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