2 posts from May 2008

during my daily blogrollcall i found this interesting post by Jeff Walters over at Cotton Mouth. He found it in a user diary at DailyKos. It really puts things in perspective. Unless you don't understand football in which case you're probably just more confused about NCLB.

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND - FOOTBALL VERSION, author unknown,

(suggested by Bruce Patterson, Central Michigan University)

1. All teams must make the state playoffs and all MUST win the championship. If a team does
not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable. If after two years they have not won the championship their footballs and equipment will be taken away UNTIL they do win the championship.

2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time, even if they do not have the same conditions or opportunities to practice on their own. NO exceptions will be made for lack of interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities of themselves or their parents. ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL!

3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own, without instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren't interested in football, have limited athletic ability or whose parents don't like football.

4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in the 4th, 8th, and 11th game.

This will create a New Age of Sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimum goals. If no child gets ahead, then no child gets left behind. If parents do not like this new law, they are encouraged to vote for vouchers and support private schools that can screen out the non-athletes and prevent their children from having to go to school with bad football players.

with nclb football edition walnut high school would have certainly been a level one.

thank you president bush for your wonderful leadership. 

let's help get this guy elected.

literally. i haven't stopped since january. but this friday will be my last day of class until august. and i get a whole 5 days of no work or school. i really cannot wait.

i also can't wait to start my internship with the mississippi teacher corps. this will be a life-changing experience. hopefully i'm prepared to accept those changes. we shall see.

i'm having trouble trying to decide where i'm going to focus my intern project. i know that i want to make a film. but not sure what it will be about.

also, norris is missing. the family cat for which i'm housesitting. he's been gone for a week. if you see a fat black tail-less cat running around the east side of the square please let me know.

will blog again once this intense maymester class is over.