Procrastadabbler

Recently I’ve heard rumbles against the actions Arne Duncan is planning for education on behalf of the Obama administration. I’ve also heard rumors that NYS is planning some drastic changes to expectations for teacher certification – especially is respect to Master degree requirements. I haven’t seen any details on that one.
I am disappointed in President [...]

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Regardless of who I want to win this election, I get choked up seeing pictures of people waiting to vote. Lines and lines of people waiting to cast their vote. I’m 51 years old, and I don’t remember people caring as much about their vote as they do this year. I live in a tiny [...]

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I get a little nervous when people say, “If only Obama gets elected…”  It’s not that I don’t like Obama. I do. I’m a supporter. I want to see him get elected. However, we need to keep in mind that whomever is elected next week is not a miracle worker. The situation we are currently [...]

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All the Joe the plumber business is getting rather silly. Joe the Plumber, Joe Six-Pack, Hockey Moms. I feel totally disenfranchised because I’m none of those. But anyway, McCain criticized Obama’s answer by saying,
“You know what Senator Obama had to say to Joe? That he wanted to spread his wealth around. America didn’t become the [...]

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If you really want to get upset about the current administration and the challenges facing the next president, no matter who it is, just listen to this podcast of FreshAir with Seymour Hersh and read his article on the New Yorker. For those of you who don’t know, Hersh is no light weight. He has [...]

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