No David!
January 18, 2007Row v. Wade may have thought it cornered the market on grandiose and sustainable controversy in America but No child left behind is moving in fast.
I know someone who in 1977 at the age of nine became a baseball fan. A Detroit native, he fell hard and fast for the team that last year won the American league Championship following thirteen consecutive losing seasons. A lifetime of following and analyzing baseball with a passion whom one could compare to that of Bubba Gump and Shrimp. Yet, when asked “how well do you know the game of inches” my friend would reply “there are those who know more.”
In education it is typical for college professors to ask students to think about a teacher they had that moved them and why. This is also a typical question of educational interviewing panels. I have had many teachers. By this point most of us have. The one who stands out in my mind is a chemistry professor here in Grand Rapids. This man will tell you he was sure he wanted to be a chemist from the time he was a young child. He is married to a chemist. He is head of his department. His friends are all chemists, his accomplishments in the field are many and for those of you who have figured out who I am speaking of, yes he even looks like a chemist. Meaning if you saw him in the health and beauty department in Meijer shaking his head at the legality of selling acetone when it is marketed in the form of nail polish remover you would say to yourself, “I bet that guy is a chemist.” If you ask the good doctor how much he knows about chemistry his response is likely to be “I know far less than I hope to”.
I chose to research no child left behind last night by accident when I caught the tale end of some screenwriting from ” the man behind Ally McBeal”. Murphy Brown long gone Bergen delivered a poignant closing argument that anyone who follows David E. Kelley’s work would recognize as more than just political muse.
My mission is to learn as much as one can fit into a semester about “No Child Left Behind” because while I think I know alot I know less than what I hope to. So far my feeds are from cnn.com and foxnews.com.
Kim,
This is great! There is so much in the field of education that we need to stay up on. I think that it would be interesting to find out not only WHAT people know, but WHO is doing training on this and what does this mean for a young parent whose child is just starting kindergaten this year??
Fabulous website! I’ll see what I can come up with andpost more later.
Wonder Woman –
Tricia
Kim,
So far, so good. You’ve got an engaging style, a creative title, and most of the required elements for this assignment. Just be sure to add a complete blogroll of your classmates.
As far as your topic, NCLB is a good choice. Your challenge will be to approach NCLB through the lens of writing instruction–that is, by examining what effect it has had on the way writing is taught and learned.
Be sure to broaden your subscriptions to more than just CNN and FOX; the NY Times often features editorials on NCLB, for example.
Bush is forever saying that democracies do not invade other countries and start wars. Well, he did just that. He invaded Iraq, started a war, and killed people. What do you think? Is killing thousands of innocent civilians okay when you are doing a little government makeover?
Our country is in debt until forever, we don’t have jobs, and we live in fear. We have invaded a country and been responsible for thousands of deaths.
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!