Comments on: UFT Seeds of Knowledge TV Ad http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/02/25/uft-seeds-of-knowledge-tv-ad/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: vital core http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/02/25/uft-seeds-of-knowledge-tv-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-315 vital core Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:11:33 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/02/25/uft-seeds-of-knowledge-tv-ad/#comment-315 <i>...News characterizing the ad as UFT head Randi Weingarten’s payback for the NYC Department of Ed’s plan to evaluate teachers based on standardized test scores.</i> Interesting. Is it true? I can't figure out who's the bigger liar, the News or the UFT, so I'm stumped. <i>If you watched the CBS Evening News tonight in New York City</i> I forgot the Evening News was still around. But of course the ad is <i>all warm fuzzy images</i> if done right. Imagine the demographic breakdown of people who are willing to debase themselves to watch the CBS Evening News. Not many under 35 years old, and certainly not many of any age with an IQ above room temperature. The effective target is the limbic, not the diminutive frontal lobe. Me postmodern...must feel...cannot think. …News characterizing the ad as UFT head Randi Weingarten’s payback for the NYC Department of Ed’s plan to evaluate teachers based on standardized test scores.

Interesting. Is it true? I can’t figure out who’s the bigger liar, the News or the UFT, so I’m stumped.

If you watched the CBS Evening News tonight in New York City

I forgot the Evening News was still around. But of course the ad is all warm fuzzy images if done right. Imagine the demographic breakdown of people who are willing to debase themselves to watch the CBS Evening News. Not many under 35 years old, and certainly not many of any age with an IQ above room temperature. The effective target is the limbic, not the diminutive frontal lobe. Me postmodern…must feel…cannot think.

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