February 2010
Administration Proposals Seek Broad Changes to ‘No... →
The Obama administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of President Bush’s signature education law, No Child Left Behind, and will call for broad changes in how schools are judged to be succeeding or failing, as well as for the elimination of the law’s 2014 deadline for bringing every American child to academic proficiency.
“First, great teachers tended to set big goals for their students. They were also...”
– What Makes a Great Teacher? - The Atlantic
The best article I’ve read all day.
(via harharhar)
I really enjoyed reading this and I sent it to all of the teachers in my life. It’s great that Arne Duncan and Obama are starting to focus more on teachers than on school accountability, and...
January 2010
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If I am this stressed out by grad school...
why do I think that I can handle graduate school itself?
“Also, [Will Forte] was wearing a Book It! t-shirt in the last sketch. Reading +...”
– Jon Hamm/Michael Bublé | Saturday Night Live | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club
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Unemployment Rates 2007-Present →
thomaswheatley:
melissacullens:
Well that was sad. Like watching everyone in america turn their lights out.
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“Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts says he opposes federal...”
– Sen.-elect Brown says he supports abortion rights - washingtonpost.com
That’s cool and everything but he (and many other people) are still missing the point that for poor women it’s much less about the ability to choose to have an abortion than it is about having access that enables...
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“I want to make out with the fat guy from ‘The Hangover’ [Zach...”
– Ke$ha wants to kiss Susan Boyle & Zach Galifianakis - NYPOST.com
She’s just not going to go away, is she?
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“A friend once told me that she liked to imagine how every guy she dated would...”
– Shmitten Kitten: I Shoulda Known When You Failed the Wolverine Test
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dear the internet, what movie should I watch
on this freezing cold Friday night (I hate winter)
Empire Records (I have seen this about five billion times because I was in the [ahem] Drama Club and we did this as a play [very illegally] when I was a junior in high school)
Josie and the Pussycats (it’s satire, right???)
The Mighty Ducks
Othello (the one with Kenneth Branagh as IAGO, the best villain)
Rocky (I live in Philly and have...
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I have made enemies of the teenage meth-heads who...
I think this has something to do with how a few nights ago, I decided to walk on their side of the street instead of on the side next to the square and one of them tried to hug me because he thought I was his Aunt Sally, or something. I always get really awkward when strangers approach me directly like that so I just tried to keep walking which I GUESS WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO, because I just got...
Gloria Allred Catches HUGE Lies in the Tebow...
jasencomstock:
stfuconservatives:
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ryking:
If CBS runs this right-wing advocacy ad — especially after refusing left-wing advocacy ads on various subjects over the years — the FCC may get involved since attorney Gloria Allred has pointed out that the ad is based on lies:
In the controversial ad, Pam [Tebow] reportedly shares the story of her difficult 1987 pregnancy which...
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MARY J. BLIGE LAST.FM RADIO →
aka my day’s savior. it’s really amazing what female r&b singers can do for one’s mood.
Half Baked, with Jolie Kerr: The Real Recipe for... →
yaldabaoth:
pizzariffic:
bthny:
I want to drink this right now. All of it.
For those attending my birthday shit next weekend, we will be making this. Looking at Karl, Bethany and Sarah, specifically. After the aquarium, before the bars.
BEFORE and DURING the aquarium.
WOMP WOMP
Half Baked, with Jolie Kerr: The Real Recipe for... →
I want to drink this right now. All of it.
Roeder found guilty - KSN TV →
Scott Roeder has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Dr. George Tiller.
The jury deliberated for less than 40 minutes before reaching the verdict. In addition, Roeder was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault for pointing a gun at two men who tried to chase him down out in front of Reformation Lutheran Church after he shot and killed Tiller.
“To argue that because woman A is happy with choice A, woman B should be happy...”
– Amanda Marcotte, quoted on Women Weigh Best Response to Tebow Anti-Abortion Super Bowl Ad - Jezebel (via ladynasty)
Hairsicle
jasontheexploder:
noun - What forms when one moronically forgets to wear a hat then bikes to work in subzero temperatures. As seen on Jason Mogavero, January 29, 2010
my hair froze this morning and I didn’t even bike. way below my threshold of cold, dude.
@bthny
annierachel:
I’m glad Athens isn’t like Columbus. At times it feels like this city is one big freaks vs bros war. It’s pretty gnar.
During football season last year I was semi-drunk riding my bike home with my roommates from a house show and I mouthed off to some bro who was trying to parallel park and fucked it up. It was kinda hard to get around him since all the streets in our neighborhood...
rivertrash asked: Tell me some stories about being "alt" at a state school. I relate so hard, and the one I read about playing Black Dice out your window was super funny. I did something similar once, though not in a dorm...
I am going to really, really hate today
In between my hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing, maybe I’ll have the time to answer some questions. Ask me about anything!
New morning-after pill works for up to five days →
Compared with Plan B, which becomes less effective over time, ellaOne appears to work consistently well over five days in women who have unprotected sex.
Right now it’s only available in Europe, but maybe someday we’ll have it here.
I think that one of the biggest problems with Plan B is that, at least in the population of poor women that my organization serves, it is not...
“What’s more surprising is that a woman who thinks that everyone would want...”
– Jay Leno Is A Gunfighting Boxer/Wrestler In A Marriage With Showbiz During Wartime | TV | Hater | The A.V. Club
Bros on the Internet Who Like Motorcycles
I know I'm late on this
jennyyyy:
bthny:
but This Pregnancy Pact movie is pretty amazing so far, and I’m only like five minutes in.
omg i’m missing it??
it’s on Lifetime right now but I think there are only 20 minutes left. I started watching the rerun of the final episode of Teen Mom because it’s much less infuriating than that movie.
Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger | The Onion -... →
In this big dramatic production that didn’t do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. “He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers,” said hot-shot English professor David...
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I know I'm late on this
but This Pregnancy Pact movie is pretty amazing so far, and I’m only like five minutes in.
“Latoya, who is monitoring dozens of tech sites’ liveblogs, says...”
– Period Pieces - Jezebel
If only that had been true.
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Marijuana Policy Project is not a woman-friendly... →
yaldabaoth:
In 2008, Kampia dated a 19-year-old MPP intern.
“How was the NORML Conference?” a staffer asked Kampia one year. Kampia replied, “I got laid.”
At a staff happy hour, Kampia guessed a female employee’s breast size and told her that she would be “hotter with a boob job.” (Kampia denies the conversation occurred).
Kampia made it known that a female employee’s dress had “made an...