tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3383928828022038345..comments2024-03-28T12:07:48.021-04:00Comments on the daily howler: A BASIC LACK OF SKILL: Et tu, President Clinton?<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-5914108414847403072011-11-28T11:44:52.572-05:002011-11-28T11:44:52.572-05:00When twaddle is almost all you ever hear, it's...When twaddle is almost all you ever hear, it's pretty hard to resist, as Bob's crusade recounting the war on Gore amply demonstrates. <br /><br />I think it's especially easy for folks with no recent public school experience or contact to fall prey to anti-teacher and anti-kid disinformation such as the context-free (and often fact-free) discourse about reading and math scores. Does anyone imagine Bubba or Hillary or NBC "reporter" Chelsea have the slightest clue about what public school students in US cities and suburbs are capable of doing? C'mon, man! <br /><br />Does anyone imagine Nick or Maureen or her clueless former assistant have spent any time in a public school classroom anywhere? If they actually had first-hand experience, it might impede their readiness to pour out all that twaddle. Might.BillNRocnoreply@blogger.com