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Tag Archives: education
We’ve Already Lost
‘Tis a depresso-matic title, I realize; but think about this: we are all bantering about the various readings, tweets, FB posts, insta-thisesandthats about this damned election and it’s not even officially summer yet. I know that your eyeballs are as … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd, People, Politics, Writing
Tagged America, Bernie, Divorce, education, Elizabeth Warren, Facebook, Guns, Hillary, horror show, Insta, International Living Magazine, internet, Kylie, millionaire, Ted Nugent, TMZ, Trump, Twitter, Tyga, WTFC
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UnTENable
adjective: incapable of being defended, as an argument, thesis, etc.; indefensible. Synonym: baseless, groundless, unsound, weak, questionable. origin of un + tenable – 1640-50 Middle English British dictionary definitions: (of theories, propositions, etc) incapable of being maintained, defended, or vindicated … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd, Education, Life in San Francisco, People, Politics
Tagged administration, America, assessment, City College of San Francisco, college, Course, data collection, disease, education, equity, overwork, pay, school, stress, students, teachers, teaching, untenable, volunteerism
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Justice, Where Fore Out Thou?
Please read this gut-wrenching article and sign Michael Moore’s petition. http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34332-michael-moore-is-right-michigan-gov-rick-snyder-has-to-go After seeing two amazing movies this weekend that point to scathing misdeeds of the Church (in the movie “Spotlight”) and of the horrors of the bankers gutting our personal … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged banks, CCSF, City College of San Francisco, college, crisis, education, Emergency Managers, finances, Governor Rick Snyder, greedy, justice, Michael Moore, power, scams, Special Trustee, Spotlight, systems, The Big Short, The Church, wrongful expenditures
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The Barely Possible Brightness of Teaching
“Anyone whose goal is ‘something higher’ must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
Tagged AFT, American Federation of Teachers, Arne Duncan, colleagues, curricula, discipline, education, educator, National Education Association, teaching, war
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No Te Preocupes
I’m juggling 1,000 plates riding a unicycle on a high wire. In other words, I’m feeling a bit Syd Barrett-ish at the moment. This is to say that I perceive creativity with a touch of madcap. Take a listen. This … Continue reading
Of Bullets and Benjamins
We are a nation held captive by terrorists who are wealthy and white. They fund the campaigns of their puppets who no longer pretend to bring forth a government of the people, by the people, for the people. The less-than-1%, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, People, Politics
Tagged 2nd Amendment, America, Americans, arms, Benjamin, bullets, education, elite, finance, Fox News, government, Guns, North Korea, one-hundred-dollar bill, rich, schools, super donors, Trump, Wealth
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“Re Re RE: Kick ‘Em in the Other Knee”
Dear Diary, I’m comin’ to you live (half-baked and barely) from the land of the diabolic cheer that begins with “Re”. It’s about kicking a person when they are already down and it is exactly that I wish to impart … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life in San Francisco, Writing
Tagged 2-year college, ACCJC, administration, audit, Board of Trustees, CCSF, City Attorney, City College of San Francisco, data, education, evidence, faculty, football, higher education, Judge, President, reconsideration, reorganization, report, restoration, staff, State Chancellor Office Scorecard, students
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