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     Sherlock Citizen Username: Sherlock Post Number: 13 Registered: 5-2005 |
There is no greater proof that Pollack must be removed from CHS than the MLKA Black History Assembly today. I was there. It was powerful. It was everything you hope will be in a presentation like this. The student films were remarkable, and I smell Emmy here. I am sorry that I don’t know all of the filmmakers names, they will have a long career in films, I do remember one, Chris Thorne. These students and the students that were in the audience are to be applauded. Their conduct was exemplary. You could hear a pin drop throughout the assembly. The History dept teachers participated, and let me just say they rock. How lucky we are to have teachers who are so passionate about history that they are able to ignite that passion in our students. Don’t not let anyone try to whip you up one way or another about these films, talk to your students, request copies from the school and see for yourself. Too many people are lazy. Rather than see, read or do for themselves they have others spoon feed pre-formed opinions of something and then regurgitate them over and over. It is time to inform yourself about CHS. This last couple of weeks I have been involved with the students and parents over at CHS. It has been an honor and a privilege. For those of you who have not gotten involved I feel sorry for you. It is rare in life when one can participate in or be witness to the birth of a movement. Our students are awake, they are thoughtful, informed and powerful. They will change the world, and I got to witness the beginning. | ||
| Glock 17 Citizen Username: Glock17 Post Number: 458 Registered: 7-2005  |
"American students are perhaps the most politically unsophisticated students in the world, in the world, in the world." Stokely Carmichael: "Black Power" | ||
| Wordsmith Citizen Username: Wordsmith Post Number: 17 Registered: 5-2003  |
Dear Mr. 17, Why is your statement set off in quotes? Should it be attributed to someone else? If I may interject my own humble opinion, I certainly hope this statement belongs to someone else. It is very uninspired and repetitive. Or, as you young people might say, it’s really lame. But that’s just my two cents worth. Yours, Ms. Wordsmith | ||
| Buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 4350 Registered: 5-2001  |
Stokely Carmichael | ||
| Glock 17 Citizen Username: Glock17 Post Number: 460 Registered: 7-2005 |
Best speech...ever. they now have the full speech AND an audio MP3 of it at http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/stokelycarmichaelblackpower.html | ||
| Sherlock Citizen Username: Sherlock Post Number: 23 Registered: 5-2005 |
Just fyi I am not a kid, I am a parent of 4 | ||
| Glock 17 Citizen Username: Glock17 Post Number: 465 Registered: 7-2005 |
Yeah for the record, Wordsmith...I'm one of those young people you speak of. | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 7142 Registered: 5-2001  |
Glock is correct. The middle schoolers of my European colleagues put most American high schoolers to shame. It's neither the fault of the kids nor the teachers. It's the curriculum in our sanitized little "NCLB" world. And, yes, I know it's been that way for years, not just under the current administration. Although, as far as I know, this is the first one in decades to have a so-called educator close at hand. | ||
| Bob K Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 11136 Registered: 5-2001 |
Ms. Wordsmith is having a bad couple of weeks. This is the second time recently she didn't read the entire posting before offering criticism. LOL | ||
| ffof Citizen Username: Ffof Post Number: 4641 Registered: 5-2001  |
"For those of you who have not gotten involved I feel sorry for you". Oh a sudden surge of involvement from Sherlock, makes sherlock an expert.  | ||
| Glock 17 Citizen Username: Glock17 Post Number: 466 Registered: 7-2005 |
I added that after without putting edit...funny...although misleading. | ||
| Sherlock Citizen Username: Sherlock Post Number: 27 Registered: 5-2005 |
ffof, is it your habit to speak on that which you know nothing about? I only recently dipped into this world. In the real world I have been very vocal and active for 16 years. You see there are those write or speak about what is wrong with what other people do and those who go out in the world and do. | ||
| Wordsmith Citizen Username: Wordsmith Post Number: 18 Registered: 5-2003 |
Dear Mr. K, Our Mr. 17 added the attribution to Stokely Carmichael after my post. You will note that Buzzsaw supplied the correct information just two minutes after my inquiry. Mr. 17's comment, immediately above, concedes the fact and claims it's funny; I will let the readers decide the latter point. I suspect Mr. 17 is the just victim of youthful enthusiasm, so eager for the world to see his posts that he can't be bothered to proofread. Yours truly, Ms. Wordsmith P.S., My bad for not adequately proofeading my own work. It is OK now? M.W. | ||
| Robert Livingston Citizen Username: Rob_livingston Post Number: 1841 Registered: 7-2004  |
"Dear, Mr. K," In the parlance of the kids, how very f'n lame. | ||
| Robert Livingston Citizen Username: Rob_livingston Post Number: 1842 Registered: 7-2004 |
For the record, Wordsmith fixed her post. | ||
| ffof Citizen Username: Ffof Post Number: 4645 Registered: 5-2001 |
sherlock- "You see there are those write or speak about what is wrong with what other people do and those who go out in the world and do." AND, some just like to make sure others know what they are doing, and others just do. | ||
| wendy Supporter Username: Wendy Post Number: 2269 Registered: 5-2001 |
And there are some like Sherlock (yes I know who she is and she knows who I am)who couldn't even adequately be a MMS HSA president until she realized she had to actually join the HSA - something she never did at Tuscan because it must have gone against her political philosophy. Somehow in keeping with her political philosophy, I also understand there was no newsletter during her entire tenure as HSA president. Am I stretching the truth? I don't think so. Who cares. Apparently she doesn't and neither do others when they discuss the issues at CHS. Not nice you say to bring this FACT out in public. Check out Sherlock's opening statement in this thread. Have your disagreements with the principal or the administration - I certainly do. But to be rude and caustic and highly irrational in a public forum - how does it feel to be on the receiving end Sherlock? Oh I'm so proud of myself for speaking the truth. That is what I teach my son. I also teach him to respect his fellow human beings and see things for what they are. Not to see oppression behind every stone. God knows what you have taught your children Sherlock. Hopefully not to act with the kind of disrespect you have shown on this board and in public. Wendy Lauter | ||
| Glock 17 Citizen Username: Glock17 Post Number: 471 Registered: 7-2005 |
Dang...sherlock...you just got served | ||
| Scully Citizen Username: Scully Post Number: 285 Registered: 8-2005 |
Sherlock: 'There is no greater proof that Pollack must be removed from CHS than the MLKA Black History Assembly today. ' I don't understand the point you are trying to make. Why is the fact that the students and faculty gave a terrific assembly 'proof' that anyone should be removed? | ||
| Onyx Citizen Username: Onyx Post Number: 119 Registered: 10-2005 |
Scully, have you just come out of a time warp?  | ||
| Sherlock Citizen Username: Sherlock Post Number: 30 Registered: 5-2005 |
Because no reasonable person would have gotten in the way of this incredible assembly. Wendy, you are truly vile, I know who you are and yet I don't need to do what you did, but you have to live with yourself, and perhaps that is all the punishment you need. | ||
| ess Citizen Username: Ess Post Number: 1622 Registered: 11-2001 |
Sherlock, if that is how you felt, then perhaps you should have stated that initially. Otherwise, your entire post was one long non-sequitur. I appreciate that you praised the MLKA assembly and the teachers, but leading off with "There is no greater proof that Pollack must be removed from CHS than the MLKA Black History Assembly today" without including your rationale made no sense. Then, judging from your 8:11 post, you reveal yourself to be rather nasty. Nasty + nonsensical = low credibility. | ||
| aquaman Supporter Username: Aquaman Post Number: 835 Registered: 8-2001  |
Sherlock, Stop bashing Wendy. She's one of the ones who makes a difference. Sherlock, after reading your posts I thought you were a middle-schooler pretending to be an adult. Turns out you're an adult with children in our school system. You are a semi-literate angry adult who wants/needs to shakes things up and use your kids as proxy. Pathetic. | ||
| Scully Citizen Username: Scully Post Number: 287 Registered: 8-2005 |
Onyx: 'Scully, have you just come out of a time warp? ' Yeah, probably. I've been accused of worse. Guess I've walked into an ongoing debate. Sorry BUT within the post I was asking about the assembly was described as both great AND proof that someone should be removed(!?). On it's own it didn't make sense. My kids are out of college so I don't pay as much attention to the education threads as should (as a taxpayer if nothing else). | ||
| Scully Citizen Username: Scully Post Number: 288 Registered: 8-2005 |
Wordsmith: I think your Mr. 17 meant 'funny' in the sense of 'odd' or 'ironic', not 'ha ha'. | ||
| Glock 17 Citizen Username: Glock17 Post Number: 472 Registered: 7-2005 |
Indeed. | ||
| Just The Aunt Supporter Username: Auntof13 Post Number: 4610 Registered: 1-2004  |
Scully Or maybe he (glock) meant 'pathetic...' | ||
| Cougar T & F Citizen Username: Speedyshady Post Number: 20 Registered: 3-2006 |
I love this place...LoL On a more serious note and back to the discussion. While I did not see the actual assembly (on Bio. trip to St. Barnabas to view a live Kidney Transplant - example of the great opportunity for education we have at CHS) I did see the video documentary that was put together by select students. Cris has always been great at what he does. It was no surprise that he came through once again and proved others wrong (reference to an alleged comment made by the principal stating, "the presentation would most likely cause a riot in the school"). If only we could go back in time and if this assembly had happened as planned...where would we be? | ||
| Southorangemom Citizen Username: Southorangemom Post Number: 298 Registered: 6-2003 |
Why isn't Wendy banned for the way she trashes peopld? Dave? SouthOrangeMom | ||
| sac Supporter Username: Sac Post Number: 3335 Registered: 5-2001 |
Shouldn't this thread be moved to the new moderated education section? | ||
| mamatamu Citizen Username: Mamatamu Post Number: 151 Registered: 7-2002  |
Southorangemom, excellent question for Dave. Why Dave, why? Here may lie the issue for Wendy Napoleon complex Part of Speech: noun Definition: the condition of being small in stature but aggressively ambitious and seeking absolute control. Mean people suck! (watch her comeback with something even more caustic) | ||
| Dave Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 9123 Registered: 4-1997  |
Wendy is about Napolean's height. There may be something to this. | ||
| crabby Citizen Username: Crabbyappleton Post Number: 553 Registered: 1-2004 |
mamatamu- Your post is really quite shameful. | ||
| Sauna Queen Citizen Username: Goodneighbor Post Number: 45 Registered: 4-2004 |
crabby Are you applying the same standards to Wendy's post? Because that was also quite shameful. | ||
| mjh Supporter Username: Mjh Post Number: 450 Registered: 5-2001 |
Most of this thread is quite shameful. Seems to be a case of the students behaving much better than the "adults". | ||
| crabby Citizen Username: Crabbyappleton Post Number: 554 Registered: 1-2004 |
Sauna queen- now your post is the most shameful. | ||
| Parkbench87 Citizen Username: Parkbench87 Post Number: 3963 Registered: 7-2001  |
I think it's about time for some Evelyn Champagne King Shame Burning, you keep my whole body yearning You got me so confused It's a shame Sometimes I think I'm going insane But still I want to stay Wrapped in your arms Is where I want to be I Want to be, want to be Wrapped in your arms That's my high, my high Shame, ooh My mother says you're playing a game And what you do to me is a Shame Ooh, gonna love you just the same Mama just don't understand Wrapped in your arms Is where I want to be I want to be, want to be Wrapped in your arms That's my high, my high I can't get enough, ooh baby Enough of that magic touch Love is in my heart Tearing the rules apart So, why should I be ashamed Only love can be to blame If we lose our love It's a shame Ooh, I wouldn't want to live with the pain Gonna stay forever Wrapped in your arms Is where I want to be I want to be, want to be Wrapped in your arms That's my high, my high Only love can be to blame If we lose our love It's a shame Ooh, I wouldn't want to live with the pain Gonna stay forever Oh, it's a shame Shame | ||
| Phenixrising Citizen Username: Phenixrising Post Number: 1516 Registered: 9-2004  |
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| Hoops Citizen Username: Hoops Post Number: 1061 Registered: 10-2004  |
Parkbench87 - your post is definitely the most shameful | ||
| joel dranove Citizen Username: Jdranove Post Number: 303 Registered: 1-2006 |
Dave: Perhaps you can open a "Therapy Wanted" thread, and selectively relocate those posts indicating the citizen should seriously introspect to that thread. I volunteer to be first. jd |
