tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post5489690010666725562..comments2024-03-28T13:25:36.836-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Supplemental: A Vox on American public schools!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-48837526108187797532014-10-14T16:31:24.806-04:002014-10-14T16:31:24.806-04:00Bob will reveal: Chomsky is right.Bob will reveal: Chomsky is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-6540770256633146132014-10-14T15:36:48.289-04:002014-10-14T15:36:48.289-04:00Anon @ 2:22 - don't feel alone. Most four-year...Anon @ 2:22 - don't feel alone. Most four-year-olds share your problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-58109010346161796992014-10-14T14:38:43.957-04:002014-10-14T14:38:43.957-04:00Well it was the gloomiest. And, that said, there ...Well it was the gloomiest. And, that said, there was learning involved. But snark like yours has been flogged to death like a beaten horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-63268161994543746112014-10-14T14:34:35.995-04:002014-10-14T14:34:35.995-04:00Anybody want to start speculating about what Bob w...Anybody want to start speculating about what Bob will reveal next week as his key finding after 16 years of blogging through the melting drifts of intellectual culture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15780719936122027822014-10-14T14:28:25.109-04:002014-10-14T14:28:25.109-04:00"Her report is so inept that it called our gl..."Her report is so inept that it called our gloomiest learning to mind."<br /><br />How thoughtful of Somerby to resist giving his opinion immediately.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12326218180429730712014-10-14T14:22:42.501-04:002014-10-14T14:22:42.501-04:00$ I'm losing count.$ I'm losing count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-2874625306615001342014-10-14T14:14:13.663-04:002014-10-14T14:14:13.663-04:00Well, "people don't read long posts"...Well, "people don't read long posts" is actually the most succinct criticism of Somerby yet.<br /><br />And do you really believe that Somerby actually writes anything in advance? Oh my poor child! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-89770754307296480142014-10-14T14:10:02.676-04:002014-10-14T14:10:02.676-04:00People don't read long posts.
It is better if...People don't read long posts.<br /><br />It is better if people go and read the article for themselves before getting Somerby's take on it. That is more likely to happen this way, than if he spared people the effort by immediately giving his opinions. My bet would be that he has already written tomorrow's post. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-48882866301005805112014-10-14T13:48:31.317-04:002014-10-14T13:48:31.317-04:00Perhaps he enjoys making you look like an idiot th...Perhaps he enjoys making you look like an idiot throwing your money away and thinking you are making some sort of point.<br /><br />Not that I have you actually being true to your word and paying up.<br /><br />Big hat, no cattle.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-66731202921269007222014-10-14T13:44:32.713-04:002014-10-14T13:44:32.713-04:00"What’s wrong with Nelson’s report? We’ll ans..."What’s wrong with Nelson’s report? We’ll answer that question tomorrow. For today, let’s describe her piece:"<br /><br />What's wrong with this blog? We'll answer that question now.<br /><br />Bob apparently thinks his readers are too dumb to click on a link, read the piece, then listen to his take on it in one, succinct, crafted post.<br /><br />Nope, he's got to "describe" it for us first as if to spare his loyal readers all the bother of independent thinking, lest their take differ from his.<br /><br />That strawman now built, he will then think all day to come up with some brilliant insights which he will share "tomorrow."<br /><br />Unless, of course, he gets distracted by another stray brilliant thought about something completely different.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64539554190821206482014-10-14T13:37:49.564-04:002014-10-14T13:37:49.564-04:00It is also possible that "most people" t...It is also possible that "most people" think that public schools in general have never been better, but there is still lots of room for improvement.<br /><br />That's quite different from saying they are going "downhill."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-46272300543826153922014-10-14T13:17:08.333-04:002014-10-14T13:17:08.333-04:00You never learn. $ 6.You never learn. $ 6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-17959373620606982042014-10-14T13:10:55.684-04:002014-10-14T13:10:55.684-04:00....and then they beat their wives and girlfriends.......and then they beat their wives and girlfriends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-83284047752237357582014-10-14T13:09:44.756-04:002014-10-14T13:09:44.756-04:00People in the inner city line up for lotteries to ...People in the inner city line up for lotteries to get their kids out of public schools.<br /><br />People in the suburbs line up for tickets to see movies about people in the inner city lining up for lotteries to<br />get their kids out of public schools.<br /><br />People all over America pay and bet good money for games played by kids who honed their skills in inner city public schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85629356535639185592014-10-14T12:58:48.561-04:002014-10-14T12:58:48.561-04:00"Most people think education is going downhil..."Most people think education is going downhill."<br /><br />Quite a remarkable and broad statement, and I wonder what Somerby bases this upon.<br /><br />Had he said that "most people" whatever that means think that "public education in the inner city is going downhill" he might have an argument he can substantiate, since we are beseiged with propaganda aimed at defunding those schools and destroying teachers' unions.<br /><br />But I'll guess that just about everywhere else, especially the suburbs, people are quite happy with public education.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64563456552605205862014-10-14T11:54:01.526-04:002014-10-14T11:54:01.526-04:00That said, it took only a few minutes to read what...That said, it took only a few minutes to read what Schenider said. We look forward to spending a lot longer reading what Bob Somerby wants to tell us he SEEMED to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1818213013252929422014-10-14T11:51:32.143-04:002014-10-14T11:51:32.143-04:00Clearly this incompetent reporter and fuzzy thinki...Clearly this incompetent reporter and fuzzy thinking professor could have spent at least a month on the gaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com