Comments on: Carnival! http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/12/10/carnival-2/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:57:14 -0600 hourly 1 By: Robert Pondiscio http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/12/10/carnival-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5030 Robert Pondiscio Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:48:26 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1618#comment-5030 Endorse it? I'm not sure that it's my place to "endorse" anyone. But I appreciate and respect her lament of the spirit tolerance we've lost, even if she expresses herself, er, colorfully. This line particularly grabbed me: "We live in America. Pay attention to everyone. Americans were never intended to be stifled. Americans celebrate, and most of us are happy to celebrate yours as well as their own." Mamacita's screed reminds me of another post I read earlier this week over at The Atlantic.com http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/merry_christmas_merry_christma.php Endorse it? I’m not sure that it’s my place to “endorse” anyone. But I appreciate and respect her lament of the spirit tolerance we’ve lost, even if she expresses herself, er, colorfully. This line particularly grabbed me: “We live in America. Pay attention to everyone. Americans were never intended to be stifled. Americans celebrate, and most of us are happy to celebrate yours as well as their own.”

Mamacita’s screed reminds me of another post I read earlier this week over at The Atlantic.com
http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/merry_christmas_merry_christma.php

]]> By: Susan T. http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/12/10/carnival-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5027 Susan T. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:59:02 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1618#comment-5027 Do you really endorse a screed like Mamacita's? I'm surprised. I've been enjoying the blog here, but, sheesh, was that one off-putting. I'll know better than to click on the next carnival. Where's Deadpan Ann? Now <i>that</i> (her post on speaking in tongues in the classroom) was a worthy link. Very funny. And I say that as someone who grew up not too far at all from Pelahatchie. Do you really endorse a screed like Mamacita’s? I’m surprised. I’ve been enjoying the blog here, but, sheesh, was that one off-putting. I’ll know better than to click on the next carnival.

Where’s Deadpan Ann? Now that (her post on speaking in tongues in the classroom) was a worthy link. Very funny. And I say that as someone who grew up not too far at all from Pelahatchie.

]]> By: Mamacita http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/12/10/carnival-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5025 Mamacita Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:32:14 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=1618#comment-5025 Wow! I'm STALWART? I had no idea. Thanks! (I've always loved that word.) Wow! I’m STALWART? I had no idea. Thanks! (I’ve always loved that word.)

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