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John E Iacono

St. Louis Park, MN
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Posted on 10/05/10 at 11:07 am in response to Bachmann statements on Social Security: false, contradictory and bizarre

Politicians on both sides of this "hot wire" issue tend to avoid specific proposals on it.

Amazing!

Posted on 10/05/10 at 10:57 am in response to A Dem dares to mention his vote for Obamacare

George Will, 09/30/10:

"the health care legislation...may not be (as suggested by JWR columnist Michael Barone, author of the Almanac of American Politics) the most unpopular major legislation since the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. But it remains as unpopular as it was when the administration told Americans to pipe down and eat their broccoli.

Posted on 10/05/10 at 09:46 am in response to A Dem dares to mention his vote for Obamacare

//I do not think "shoved down the throat of the American people" is an accurate, fair or reasonable description of how the health care bill passed.

So how does it feel to be in the minority?

Posted on 10/01/10 at 08:04 am in response to Why don't politicians apologize when caught telling a whopper?

Time to grow up, folks -- including EB.

Politicians lie! There's news!

Check out what Jefferson's boys said about the Federalists in 1800! And what their press buddies did about it -- Nothing! And then, for "balance," see what their opponents said.

Then hear Lincoln in the Lincoln-Douglas debates: "I don't want to call him a liar, but when I come square up to him I don't know what else to call him..."

Politicians in America since the beginning have been...

Posted on 09/18/10 at 03:05 pm in response to Tom Emmer focuses on wide-ranging education 'redesign' in Humphrey Institute session

Just after reading the above posts, I opened my issue of Time to find an American Express ad highlighting Geoffrey Canada, the founder of Harlen Chilren's zone, who is "getting ten thousand children in the Harlem on the path to college," who hopes to "replicate the idea in other cities."

Perhaps we could learn something from him about how to overcome these obstacles so eloquently described above.

He does not appear to share the pessimism they reflect. And he certainly is not...

Posted on 09/18/10 at 11:35 am in response to Tom Emmer focuses on wide-ranging education 'redesign' in Humphrey Institute session

Sorry, folks, but all the going on and on about how difficult it is and how many variables must be taken into account by teachers sounds a lot to my like self justification for failure by passing blame.

See again, please, my post #27, and explain to me why those comments are NOT valid.

Posted on 09/17/10 at 11:29 am in response to Tom Emmer focuses on wide-ranging education 'redesign' in Humphrey Institute session

It seems that the conversation has unintentionally become a referencum on Mr. Schoch's performance as a teacher, at the expense of the broader point regarding the connection between the GENERAL failure of the teaching profession to achieve adequate results.

I have no such intent, apart from asserting that, being human, Mr. Schoch's (as well as mine in over 25 years teaching) did not achieve the high plane he describes each and every day. Such a performance would be beyone human...

Posted on 09/17/10 at 09:41 am in response to Tom Emmer focuses on wide-ranging education 'redesign' in Humphrey Institute session

Mr. Schoch:
While there is much truth in what you say, I trust you are NOT suggesting that your presentations met this standard each and every day, or -- if they did -- that this was typical of the classroom experience of your students in all their classes. If so, I believe you live in a Platonic ideal world.

One thing: the students are children; the teacher is the professional adult. The burden of reaching them must remain with the teacher. I cannot accept the subtle...

Posted on 09/16/10 at 12:57 pm in response to Tom Emmer focuses on wide-ranging education 'redesign' in Humphrey Institute session

Thomas,

I agree completely.

Posted on 09/16/10 at 06:23 am in response to Tom Emmer focuses on wide-ranging education 'redesign' in Humphrey Institute session

If the above comments be on target, it appears we have NO problems with our public schools, the teachers, and the teachers' unions except for those darned students and their parents.

I am SO relieved to hear it.