I have agreed to do so, but I cannot give the person who sent it and stated they wrote it credit since there is no name attached to it on the website where it resides.
Feel free to read it and make your opinions known. I will post my response below.... Thanks, Wiley
I read the article, but I do not see your name attached to
it. Therefore, I cannot give you credit for writing it.
I will post it even though I disagree with everything in the
article. It's the same liberal blather that has been written about time and
time again.
Since I'm in Charlotte, NC and most of what we discuss
pertains to Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, the assertion that unequal funding
is a huge cause of school and student failures in urban CMS is incorrect.
Property taxes are not unequally distributed here as we only have ONE school
district and the vast majority of funding comes from the state, not the county.
Also, high poverty schools get thousands more spending per
pupil than those in the south of the county and the northwest suburbs.
State - $715,578,978
County - $356,544,548
Federal/Grants - $151,533,596
Other/Special Revenue - $19,050,747
Here are a few other facts:
Mecklenburg County is right at 60% White, yet CMS is 29%
White and declining.
40% Black - which dropped from 42% over the past two years,
so even Blacks are leaving the district.
Thanks,
Wiley
Separate and Unequal: School Funding in ‘Post-racial’ America
http://www.topmastersineducation.com/school-funding-post-racial-us/
Off this topic thread but...
ReplyDeleteThe Villa Heights community has sided with the charter school at odds with CMS. Yep. Can't make this stuff up.
And we all know that CMS is suddenly committed to engaging "the community" in its decision making processes especially related to smaller issues like this one that don't have anything to do with diversity and student assignment. Right? I can't wait to see how this issue pans out. Anyone willing to make a bet?
I'm willing to bet CMS is going to engage and listen to itself. Because CMS knows best. It's all for the children.
Read the article I posted when you get a chance and you'll see why CMS is going in the direction it is with the same mindset as what is in the article.
DeleteI've said countless times. These educrat types always claim they've built a better mousetrap, but they have yet to catch one.
Next year, another liberal, status quo education engineer will build yet another mousetrap and yet again it will fail.
The main problem with CMS is that it is just too large and has way too many educrats.
DeleteCMS needs to be subdivided.
If they cannot give up control, then they need to do something like what Texas did with the Texas Independent School District.
Cut a portion away from the giant bureaucracy and see what they do.
Of course, CMS will never agree to that themselves, so it will probably take a STRONG outside force to do it.
Not sure if the state or the feds can, but it would take something along those lines.
Otherwise, the downward spiral will just continue.
And the usual stupid excuses will too.
All the way to the end.
Make that South Texas Independent School District...
DeleteI should change the name of this blog to Wiley Coyote's "You Can't Make This Stuff Up Education Blog"...
ReplyDeleteBecause you can't.
When I read yet another article spouting statistics of Black kids making up 18% of the public school student body, but getting disciplined at higher rates than their percentage as a whole, I want to throw up.
I have yet to see any statistics that state they did the time, but didn't commit the crime(s).
I keep going back to the CMS middle school kid who was suspended 13 times in a year because "he was angry".
He should have been kicked out for the year.
Yes, poor, misunderstood Malik...
DeleteI agree. Throw the punk out. Or send him to a reform school.
But keep him away from the kids who are behaving.
But the schools just DO NOT SEE THAT.
He and those like him are EXACTLY the reason I (and many others) do NOT want our children in the same schools with the little brats.
Because they probably WILL end up in jail someday. I've known a few kids like that and the whole school would have been a better place if they had just thrown them out.
We do not need to be in that "school to prison pipeline" at all.
We have better things to do with our time than hang out with thugabees.
Wiley, Malik's MUGSHOT...
DeleteYep. Just as we figured.
Another Project Lift "graduate"...
http://www.mugshot-media.com/Counties/North-Carolina/Mecklenburg-County/Malik-Carter.26843598.html
Don't "judge" me, bro...
I DON'T WANT MY KIDS IN SCHOOL WITH PEOPLE LIKE HIM...
No matter how "bright" and "thoughtful" the libtard media portrays his thugabee ass...
Even funnier...
DeleteTurns out Malik's middle name is "Tah-zhay".
As in the French pronunciation of Target...
You really CANNOT make this crap up...
http://www.mugshot-media.com/Counties/North-Carolina/Mecklenburg-County/Malik-Carter.26843598.html
Actually, now he's been arrested SEVERAL TIMES.
DeleteLatest in Sept for financial fraud involving credit cards, it seems...
http://slammerpics.com/mugshot/malik-tah-zhay-carter-lid-48338.html
Well, I guess he's officially a career criminal.
And I don't think he's eighteen years old yet...
You REALLY can't make this stuff up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteGeezeus.... I rest my case.
By the way. Isn't spending $12,000 per student in "high poverty" schools versus $6,000 per student in "affluent" public schools unequal?
ReplyDeleteThe learning is the same. 2+2=4 whether you come from a $100,000 per year household income or a $20,000 per year income or what school you go to or what zip code you live in. Same for the alphabet. Don't all schools and homes have 26 letters in the alphabet?
Well CMS should be held up as the example which disproves the rule that underfunded schools are the reason these kids don't do well.
DeleteOf course, we all know it's just an excuse to bleed more funds from the people with the ability to pay.
But, in the end, the results will be the same.
Because money is NOT the problem.
At least not today.
And not for the vast majority of these kids who were basically raised by parents who don't care about education either.
Probably most of these losers are grandchildren of the same kind of losers I knew when I was in High School.
Very few can overcome both family and peer influence.
I posted something about the Texas Independent School District down around the Rio Grande border between McAllen and Brownsville, TX.
DeleteNow that's a poor area. Semi-rural, too.
And 90% "minority". And over 50% "poor".
Yet they have a good, small district composed of charter schools specializing in STEM subjects.
Their graduates get into some really good colleges, too.
Their secret, I believe, is that they have open enrollments and only have kids who WANT TO BE THERE.
It makes a BIG difference.
Yes, many of our schools ARE LIKE PRISONS.
But not because they're filled with "colored" people.
IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE THERE.
When a kid shows that they do not want to be in school, I say let them leave...
And let the kids who want to be in school get on with their lives.
Who needs them around anyway?
That's the South Texas Independent School District...
Deletehttp://www.stisd.net/
Maybe if they just dropped the age of mandatory schooling to something like 14 we could solve the "school to prison pipeline" problem.
ReplyDeleteAt least we'd probably get most of the problem kids out of the schools.
Life in "Post-racial" Hong Kong is pretty sweet in comparison, I'd say...
ReplyDelete(Actually, I'm just SO DAMNED GLAD that we live in a place in which "race" is not a CONSTANT ISSUE. Jeez, talk about a WASTE OF TIME AND EFFORT!)
Oh, yes, Hong Kong would be considered 98% "minority" by US standards, but their schools are just fine.
Gosh, how did THAT happen?
Even the poor kids are interested in education and ARE NOT THUGS.
The only ones who are thugs are the ones who have parents who are thugs.
See how that works out?
The great thing about China, though, is that NEARLY EVERYONE IS CHINESE!
So, they can deal with "problems" without getting all flustered over "racial inequality".
They can even throw out illegal aliens without hardly anyone objecting.
Because MOST OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE CHINESE!
And, boy is that nice to live in a place which can actually enforce its laws without a bunch of "racial" crap being thrown in their faces.
The more I see of the differences between Asia and the US, the more I believe that Asia will eventually dominate the world economy.
There is just too much "friction" in the US for it to work as smoothly and cohesively as it could to compete with most Asian countries.
And, as we all know, friction mostly generates unneeded heat and slows things down.
But that's exactly what some people want.
Mainly because they are too STUPID to see that they will eventually ALL be worse off in the longer run.
There are other talented people in the world for the US to lose out to.
The "poor" people of the world REALLY WANT what the US already has.
And they will gladly take it from us.
Especially many of our "poor" who are ill-equipped to compete and are more interested in taking than contributing.
Most people don't see enough of the world outside the US to understand that, though.
Couldn't find the CO article about Malik online, but I found this PDF...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ncpress.com/assets/winnerswebsite/DivF/f%20education%203rd.pdf
For anyone who has forgotten...
I can't get it to open.
DeleteI'm sure Ann will do a follow up on Malik and show what a great example he is to the "we must not suspend" movement.
I had a problem with it at first, too. I'll see if I can email you a copy. It had several of the articles in that series. Some truly "award-winning" reporting if I ever saw any. Had all the "right" ingredients.
DeleteEmail may be from "Who Me", but it will be my shamash gmail account...
Ha. Just on a "whim", I decided to search the Mecklenburg county arrest records for Malik...
ReplyDeleteAnd here he is...
http://www.wccbcharlotte.com/news/featuregallery/mugshots/Mecklenburg-County-Mugshots-April-7th-299052241.html?m=y&smobile=y&gallery=y&img=3
Possession of stolen goods...
http://www.mugshot-media.com/Counties/North-Carolina/Mecklenburg-County/Malik-Carter.26843598.html
Apparently it was a stolen automobile. Sure looks like the same guy and he's about the right age with the same name. I'm going out on a limb here and saying that Ol' Malik FINALLY GOT JUDGED...
What a shock.
Now for a bit of poetry...
Malik Carter wrote this poem at Ashley Park.
I am always being judged.
I wonder when people will let go of the past.
I hear people talk and say I have no future.
I see the odds that I am against.
I am always being judged.
I pretend to ignore their ignorance and hateful
comments.
I feel pain, yet I still strive for greatness.
I touch the hands of helpful friends around.
I worry that I will have no future.
I cry to release the pain that I feel at night.
I am always being judged.
I understand that I have made many mistakes.
I say sorry to the ones that I’ve hurt.
I dream that one day I will be great.
I try to be the best I can be.
I hope that I will not end up in jail.
I am always being judged.
And the liberal status quo educrats will tell you it isn't his fault.
DeleteTHAT is a major part of the problem.
Oh, hell, there were people lauding his little thuggy ass all over the place just because he could rhyme a few words about his miserable existence.
DeleteI found another of his poems. Pretty much the same theme about how EVERYONE is just so "ignorant" and "judges" him all the time when he knows that he is just so great.
Yep, the same ol' story they just love.
"He's a good boy, turning his life around. He is trying to make something of himself"
Suckers!
Here's more of Malik's Poetry...
Delete"Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence"
https://www.facebook.com/CrimCenter/posts/430814733665167
Which points to...
"See Beautiful"
http://seeabeautifulworld.blogspot.hk/2013/02/what-is-beautiful.html
AND YOU JUST HAVE TO READ THE COMMENTS ON THIS ONE....
Here's the poem:
Beautiful by Malik Carter
What is beautiful? Give me a moment to reminisce.
Beautiful is the exact opposite of ratchedness.
Hold-up - I'm going to give you time to relate
Cause beauty comes from within -
something that will never escape.
We all wake up and see beauty in the mirror everyday
Black is beautiful - no matter what they say
Ignore haters and ignorant comments until they fade away
Remember that you are beautiful the next time someone calls you ugly.
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So, we have the same basic "victim" message yet again...
I swear I've known A LOT of people just like this and their lives rarely end well.
It's almost like a mental disorder which turns people into criminals. Their thought processes are distorted.
One of the WORST things we do as a society is NOT take them away from their families and environment.
At least in reform schools, they get taken off the streets, probably have a slightly calmer life and get a chance to try to do something constructive with their lives.
On the "outside", they just play into the wrong hands time after time.
Of course, today, we'd need reform schools which could hold thousands of kids, whereas in the past, they could be much smaller.
I know because my grandmother and great aunt both worked as "house mothers" at a state-run "Girls School" for wayward youth back in the 1970's and it was a fairly small place.
I can't imagine how large it would have to be today.
Possibly thousands or tens of thousands of kids for each state.
They could have their own sports leagues.
Oh, yeah, and I don't even think "ratchedness" is even a word.
DeletePerhaps "wretchedness"?
But here are some comments from the "Beautiful" blog.
(Of course, I had to add an "update" with a link to his mugshot)
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Malik is well on his way to making this world a beautiful place. So glad to see and read the beauty that is coming from these young people.
Blessings,
Goose
He sees beautiful in himself. Sometimes the hardest beautiful to see!
So young, so filled with knowledge!...:)JP
Shamash,
ReplyDeleteHere is a comment from Ann's blog last year regarding Malik:
Ann Doss Helms said...
Maybe this makes me a mush brain in some folks' eyes, but I saw Malik as a real young man who has some ability and desire to succeed, as well as a lot of strikes against him. Intellectually, yeah, it's easy to write him off as a statistic and figure he'll land in jail. But I've got to respect the folks who were trying to give him a chance, which included pushing him to take responsibility for his foul-ups.
March 14, 2014 at 2:28 PM
Too bad we'll never know how Ann feels about Malik today, although I suspect she still feels the same way.
"yeah, it's easy to write him off as a statistic and figure he'll land in jail."
DeleteWell, at least she got that part right.
LOL... and I found this comment farther down from Ann:
ReplyDeleteAnn Doss Helms said...
4:02, I'm not equating my middle school with Ashley Park, nor my circumstances and behavior with Malik's. What I am saying is that as an adolescent my judgments weren't always the best -- and I do see Malik as a young person worthy of as much human dignity and hope as any of us.
For the record, Malik committed no acts of violence during the time I visited the school. The two things he was suspended for during that time were smoking weed and making a disrespectful, smart-alecky comment to a teacher. Both were, um, within the scope of what someone at my school might have encountered. And if the Ashley Park teacher felt intimidated by Malik while mine just found me annoying ... well, isn't that part of what this study is getting at?
March 14, 2014 at 6:16 PM
I think this is the time I compared her to a Chihuahua vs. Malik being a Pit Bull or something similar.
DeleteSeriously, many overly-liberal folks in the media just do not have the real life experiences to truly understand how these "urban" youth are different from the kids they grew up in whatever enclave they most likely inhabited.
Unfortunately, I did. And I pretty much know a thug when I see one.
The Ashley Park teacher who felt "intimidated" probably knew EXACTLY what they were up against with Malik.
As for what her "study" was "getting at", I think we ALL KNOW.
It's just more white-guilt excuse-making for the "minority" thugs in our society.
Usually by people who will NEVER have to live around them or have their CHILDREN be ENDANGERED by being around them.
Yet, they mostly control the public discourse...
And it's pathetic.
Ann is an Independent, didn't you know that?
DeleteOf course, in public, she has to proclaim that stance since is supposed to be an "unbiased" reporter reporting on "unaffiliated" school board politicians.
Well, she may be an Independent in real life.
DeleteI can understand the pressure just about anyone in mainstream media probably feels to fit in with the others. Especially considering the slant of the top editors and such.
I think it's just the kind of people who go into and stick with Journalism today.
You know, like that "Communications" professor who tried to throw the reporters out of that "safe space" in Missouri.
Those people probably weed out any students who don't fit into their mold.
Which is why, of course, we now have such polarized media.
Ha, found that old set of comments...
ReplyDeleteAnd it was a Doberman, not a Pit Bull...
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Ann,
"And if the Ashley Park teacher felt intimidated by Malik while mine just found me annoying ... well, isn't that part of what this study is getting at? "
Well there's that quote from the Thomas Sowell article...
"But does any sane adult really believe that there cannot be any difference between the behavior of black boys and Asian girls, for example? "
I'd say there IS a reason someone might be more concerned about Malik's behavior than yours, generally speaking.
Just as someone is more likely to be afraid of a snarling Doberman than a snarling Chihuahua.
Yes, both are snarling dogs.
But one is indeed intimidating while the other is mostly annoying.
That said, still, this guy had plenty of problems, and a lot these "longitudinal studies" of delinquents DO show that kids who get suspended a lot are more likely to end up in trouble with the law.
But, since they are usually written from a "liberal" slant, they assume that the early suspensions are the CAUSE of the later troubles with the law instead of an INDICATOR of someone who is just serious trouble waiting to happen.
So they say that keeping the kids in school will make them less likely to end up in prison.
But they need more "research".
So maybe they're right and maybe they're wrong.
To me, this is a DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT which I would like to see carried out AWAY from MY CHILDREN in a more tightly controlled environment.
One statistic I'd like to see with ANY school system, though, is WHERE all the local murderers went to school.
Including all schools they attended and what their suspension records were.
I doubt that many of them had clean records.
MARCH 14, 2014 AT 7:57 PM
Wiley Coyote said...
Intimidated:
1.persuade or dissuade by frightening: to frighten somebody into doing or not doing something, e.g. by means of violence or blackmail
annoying:
1.to disturb or bother (a person) in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.
Yeah, I'd say they are the same worthy of the same punishment.
MARCH 14, 2014 AT 8:06 PM
Anonymous said...
I think this study is bs and only adds to the problems in our schools. The people it will hurt most is minority students who want to learn. We will now start to implement programs to make sure the problem children stay in school. They still will not get a better education. They will be put in another room bouncing of each other. They will take a staff member for babysitting duty. The static's will improve and all will be good... Until a student gets hurt. Many staff members will be hurt but they don't matter in NC. I am sure the burocrats in CMS are are creating "strategic plans" right now.
MARCH 14, 2014 AT 8:18 PM
Ann Doss Helms said...
Shamash, did you just call me a snarling chihuahua? :-)
MARCH 14, 2014 AT 9:03 PM
Shamash,
ReplyDeleteHow the heck have you been able to pass Fakebook's Chinese name policy while I'm getting flagged?! I looked the word up. OMG. Lol.
Ok, Alicia, I guess the cat is out of the bag on that joke...
ReplyDeleteIt's actually a well known pun in Chinese.
The Grass Mud Horse (Cao Ni Ma) has two meanings depending on the tones you use. And it's only a joke in verbal (not written) Mandarin because while the words Mother and Horse SOUND alike, they are ENTIRELY different characters when written.
I thought it was pretty funny stuff and it shows that the Chinese DO have a sense of humor.
It's actually an anti-censorship anthem of sorts.
And I just love stuff like that.
Here's a video with a translation...
It is a catchy little song like a children's tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKx1aenJK08
As for the Fakebook censorship, I think I just got a bit lucky.
They kept censoring me and I kept going back and then finally I gave in and gave it one of my throwaway phone numbers and I think that helped seal the deal with Fakebook.
But I guess someone could complain. I probably need to "friend" some folks because that raises suspicion.
Also, I think having the "photo" of the Chinese guy may help in the "coverup".
DeleteIt's actually a photo of a Hong Kong educrat which has been "censored".
So, yes, I'm poking a bit of fun at folks with the whole thing...
You're probably one of the few who have figured it out so far as I know.
(Except for Chinese, who I suspect don't read the CO or its comments...)
DON'T TURN ME IN TO FACEBOOK!
This comment has been removed by the author.
DeleteHere's a "rap" version...
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2eh4xehc4
With this description...
According to the New York Times, "The Grass-Mud Horse" is a mythical creature whose name in Chinese sounds like "f--- your mother". These horses face a problem: invading river crabs that are devouring their grassland. In spoken Chinese, river crab sounds very much like harmony, which in Chinas cyberspace has become a synonym for censorship. Censored bloggers often say their posts have been harmonized — a term directly derived from President Hu Jintaos regular exhortations for Chinese citizens to create a harmonious society.
While grass-mud horse sounds like a nasty curse in Chinese, its written Chinese characters are completely different, and its meaning —taken literally — is benign. Thus, the beast has dodged the Chinese governments efforts to censor information over the Internet that is seditious or inflammatory.
Xiao Qiang, an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, said that the grass-mud horse is an icon of resistance to censorship.
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Ha, went back to "censor" the "F" word...
Is it possible that Fakebook promotes racial profiling? Because there are numerous "Geeze Laweeze" - spelled five different ways - assigned to people who appear to be African-American in their profile.
DeleteIf my profile picture were African-American, I have to wonder if Jeez La'Weez would be up for Fakebook question?
ReplyDelete(I was wondering if that was you or Wiley, or someone who visits this blog)
DeleteI think English puns are much more noticeable no matter what the profile picture looks like.
Maybe something eastern European, Slavic, Russian, or Scandinavian would work.
You can experiment with Google Translate to get a name, too.
I am mostly flying under the radar because Mandarin is still pretty obscure in the US.
For all most people probably know, it is a real Chinese name.
But I think most people know it's a fake name.
We'll see how much longer I can keep it.
OK, so does Fakebook flag black people with names like Skip or Biff Jones?
ReplyDeleteIf Bruce can be Caitlyn, then why can't Alicia be LaWeeze?
ReplyDeleteHelp me here...
For the record, I publicly announce that I "identify" with the black name La'Weeze.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can get the NAACP to sue Fakebook for discrimination since they are against Voter ID.
DeleteSeems that Fakebook shouldn't have stricter ID requirements than we currently have for voting.
Just think of all the oppressed black people with all those funky names they make up like Tahzhay who probably do not have "proper" id.
I'll bet, though, that Fakebook lets a lot of funky black names in without question.
They may even have a "list" of "acceptable" black names that they will NOT question.
It would not surprise me in the least.
That's kind of the way things roll today.
If you need help, this may be useful...
Deletehttps://thepeoplesnews.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/federal-judge-enough-with-the-stupid-names/
As a spelling challenged person - who Shakespear without an "e" would be proud of - I hereby and hearby take the world and my university to task for not being sensitive to my special needs.
DeleteJeeze, Geeze, Geeze and Ja,eeeze La'Wheze.
Ok, so maybe I should have stuck with the white name "Apple" or bi-racial "Paris". My bad.
ReplyDeleteMy learning disabled son - who will complete an associate's degree at CPCC this May - has just been accepted into the business program at App. State! Still waiting on other replies. It's a Christmas miracle. I'm so happy.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
DeleteGood news. Sounds like a good place based on what I've read about it. Maybe we'll check into it someday. We have a fifth grader and it's never too early...
ReplyDeleteIt appears I've been banned from posting on the CO using my Fakebook name as of a few hours ago. Oh, Cao Nima well!
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteWell, Cao Ni Ma, too.
ReplyDeleteYes, the Grass Mud Horse is still kicking...
Allow me to celebrate in song (to the tune of Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers):
There's a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger
With every move he makes another chance he takes
Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow
Secret Asian man, secret Asian man
They've given you a number and taken away your name
(With no apologies to Johnny Rivers...)
Interesting in that all three of us are CO banned....
ReplyDeleteOr maybe the CO is just getting better at weeding out the non-subscribers.
All of McClatchy's web papers now have the same format.
Their stock is up to $1.29 per share.
No, I haven't been banned. Still posting as Cao Nima...
ReplyDeleteAnd I've never had a problem getting around the non-subscriber thing. I sometimes use the Tor browser or just switch my PC account name and whatever cookies they use just get wiped out. I also use CC Clean to remove malware, cookies, etc.,etc.
Also, Alicia, you should try using a MUSLIM sounding name.
It seems that Zuckerberg has just come out saying that MUSLIMS will ALWAYS be welcome on Facebook.
I'd recommend using an ID in full burqa as well, that way, if Facebook asks for ID, you can probably find a fake to send.
For crying out loud, even DOGS have their own Facebook pages. Perhaps I should start posting as a cow? The CO printed a letter from my own dog, Midnight, right after President Obama was elected. Midnight thought everyone else's letters to "Dear President-elect" were boring and uninspiring. In my humble opinion, I thought they were too. It was a dog-to-dog letter. Of course, had Midnight written a letter to Senator McCain's dog, I suppose he might have been banned from expressing his opinion on the pages of the CO. Or, maybe the CO published Midnight's thoughts because he was a black dog (a lab). I don't recall any white poodles in the "diversity" mix. Not even a labradoodle.
ReplyDeleteI'm offended. Highly offended.
I was somehow able to read the Observer free last year with my school email account even though my school had Facebook blocked.
ReplyDeleteI'm still reading the CO for free but I can't using my non-school account. I also received the CO in paper format on my driveway for free for a number of years after I cancelled my subscription due to the deterioration of journalistic writing. The person who took my phone call and accepted my cancellation told me I should contact the head editors. So I did.
DeleteThe "Wassup!" series by a 'diversified' young black lesbian pushed me over the edge. The writing and reporting was so poor it wasn't worth space in your average Jr. high school newspaper. I don't expect the CO to be the WSJ or the NY TImes but I do expect some level of journalistic standards. But I'm sure this woman thought she was a great reporter after being accepted at some university that anyone else who was a different color (white) or race (Asian) would have been flat-out rejected from. Which leads us into today's Supreme Court discussion with the University of Texas. Say what you want about college football programs but you don't get to be on the team if you can't play. No participation trophy either.
Wassup!:
"Ok, like I'm here at the rally for Obama to find out how Obama's candidacy might affect rap music".
A lot of people were cancelling their subscriptions. I suspect mine was mysteriously re-delivered for free do to my regular 'Letter to the Editor" contributions which preceded on-line commenting. The good old days: Vilma Leake, George Dunlap, Larry Gavreau, Coach... I miss Lewis in the editorial department at the CO who had a quirky sense of humor. I can't remember his first name off the top of my head.
Today's Headlines
ReplyDeleteInteresting Ann Doss Helms story on the 98-year-old former BOE member and CMS attorney who landed on the "loosing" side of court ordered busing.
And here we are - decades later...