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Tuesday, 10 February 2004
You learn quickly, grasshopper
I'm trying something new. I call it "Zen blogging." I'm just gonna let these quotes, which appeared in the same article in today's Sun about the big Thornton rally in Annapolis, speak for themselves:

The rally included many eager to participate in a show of civic action, and some not so willing. Eight-year-old Chinua Abubakar was fidgeting in the evening chill, so his mother wrapped his ears in a knit cap but rebuffed his calls to leave. "I've been telling him he must listen," said Darlene Abubakar, a Prince George's County resident who wants smaller class sizes.

"We think that term 'slots for tots' reeks of questionable ethics," said Beth Novick, a sixth-grade teacher at Greenbelt Elementary School in Prince George's County who brought two of her pupils.

"If no one comes down here, I'll wake up one morning and have no P.E. class," said Tim Mullaney, 11, one of Novick's pupils.

Tony "The Blogmaster" Jackson

Posted by thynkhard at 3:41 PM EST
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Tuesday, 10 February 2004 - 4:46 PM EST

Name: Marc

Gold. Those quotes really do speak for themselves. I think it's hilarious that this rally for Thornton funding coincided with the budget crisis in the city school system. Millions of dollars have just disappeared from the city school system, so what is the answer? Accountability? Vouchers? No - more money!


Council President Sheila Dixon said the schools need a new source of revenue and introduced a resolution last night to support the Maryland State Teachers Association's campaign to raise the state sales tax 1 percent to finance education. "We're jeopardizing the kids and teachers," she said

I heard a quote on the Fox 45 news last night that full Thornton funding would raise per-pupil spending in the city to over $11,000. For 11 grand, you could send the kids to private schools, and they might actually learn how to read.

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