Category: Education

Why Laguna Beach Kids Cannot Walk to School.

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Want to walk to school? Laguna Beach says nope, not here | Kaid Benfield’s Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC.

Whoring Out LAUSD.

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On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles school board unanimously approved a plan to allow the district to seek advertising as a way to finance public schools in our city.

School board member Steve Zimmer said he “was bothered to my core,” because of the ethical conundrums.

Schools– grammar schools and high schools– will soon be whored out to advertisers who will erect signs and billboards on the virgin lands of young people’s classrooms and playing fields.

The city of Barbra Streisand, Larry King, Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Eli Broad and Paris Hilton needs the $18 million dollars from corporate advertisers that will possibly fund dying arts programs in the public schools. Flashing digital signs promoting video games, candy bars, toys, sports teams, movies, TV shows, these are the visual images that will pass in front of the eyes of captive young students in the Los Angeles schools.

What can be said in defense of this proposition? It is monstrously immoral and infinitely corrupting. The public schools, institutions devoted to the greater good of promoting learning, are now sold out for exploitation and greed. It is the advertiser who will gain the most. The schools, no matter what their needs may be, will lose their independence and respect with this sell-out.

I am tired of hearing how “poor” Los Angeles is and how we cannot afford even the most rudimentary educational programs. Why don’t we open marijuana dispensaries and massage centers inside the classroom? Maybe we can sell guns and cars on the playing fields of the schools.

Hey, if it makes money, why not?

LAUSD: Grading the Parents.

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Grading the Parents

Test Results from Johnson Middle School

5th Grade/ Mr. Robert Wallace, teacher

Los Angeles, CA

STUDENT PARENT PARENT GRADE PARENT PERFORMANCE COMMENTS/ SUGGESTIONS
Hector Alvarez Marsha Alvarez C No home cooked meals. Eat home more.
Kim Sing Kee Sing A Very clean bathroom in home. Keep on cleaning.
Ava Yaros Penny Yaros B- Mother commutes but encourages homework. Call daughter from freeway to keep tabs.
Gina Cohen Larry Cohen C+ Father hardly reads books. Buy Kindle.
Manuel Elindor Yuri Elindor B+ Father yells, but is strict. Lower your voice.
Samoo Genjai Vijay Genjai A Homework hour lasts from 6pm-midnight. Consider 1am end for homework hour.
Ina Balgagian Mina Bagagian F Ugly curtains near desk may discourage studying. Mini-blinds or bamboo shades.
Tomar Interissian Crobar Interissian D Mom’s Fast food addiction may interfere with child’s education. Protein powder and exercise to combat McDonalds.
Chris Zankou Poulet Zankou C Mother was mediocre student. Could affect son. Don’t discuss past.
Janelle Ross Marshall Ross B Parents in therapy trying to improve marriage. Bring child to marriage therapy.
Harold Oldman Rose Oldman A Child rewarded with fresh fruits after completing homework. Shop Whole Foods to insure organic quality.
Timothy O’Shea Carmel O’Shea B Father shows affection even when son cannot add numbers. Make sure Mom is also affectionate.
Lance Brocklove Paul Brocklove D Mother cannot cook spaghetti, showing possible neglect of child. Watch Food Network.

6 bedrooms, 3 baths, 3300 sq ft: $449,000

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In prestigious Grosse Point Farms, MI, just a block or two from the lake, is this lovely home…..

…….which costs less than most homely, tacky, tiny houses in Lake Balboa.

Showing that there is a direct correlation between economic prosperity and house prices, even the finest suburban areas near Detroit are fast becoming cheap places to invest in.

Today’s Misspelling

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Are you qualified to teach English to 7th and 8th Grade students?

Do you know, first of all, how to spell “substitute”?

This ad does not.

Best Ejucation That Money Can Buy.

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We recently found a newsletter from Campbell Hall, a well known and respected private school in Studio City. Here is an excerpt from one item (names changed):

WE ARE GOING TO MISS THE SMITHS

“Mrs.Smith and Mr. Smith are really nice, cool teachers are leaving the school to move to Iowa.
Mr. Smith has been working for 4 years and Mrs. Smith has been working for 5 years at Campbell Hall.
They has taught 7th and 8th grade science for all the years they’ve been here, and they’ve helped their students to like and understand science, as well as think it’s really interesting.
The Smiths are very well liked teachers by all their students.
Mrs. Smith and Mr. Smith think it will be better for their family if they move to a less commotional place.”