tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post7306495293295415980..comments2024-03-29T03:18:25.501-04:00Comments on the daily howler: GAPS AND LAVIZZO: The Times returns to District 3! <b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-48482263691061080532018-06-17T18:11:04.288-04:002018-06-17T18:11:04.288-04:00Save Your Relationship and Get Your Ex Boyfriend/G...Save Your Relationship and Get Your Ex Boyfriend/Girlfriend Back!contact: Dr.Ikhine love spell caster via agbadado@gmail.com is certainly the best spell caster online and his result is 100% guarantee. My Name Kristy Colt form Tx,USA. After 12years of marriage, me and my husband has been into one quarrel or the other until he finally left me and moved to California to be with another woman. 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Contact them now if you are in need of a loan: AS THEY ARE EFFICIENT,DYNAMIC AND RELAIBLE.....Again there contact email [mooreloancompany@yahoo.com OR Text (414) 454-9493.Karen Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12080531462532368611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-27060705569246853012018-06-09T15:21:50.965-04:002018-06-09T15:21:50.965-04:00Eric's the poltroon that presonally attacks co...Eric's the poltroon that presonally attacks commenters critical of a particular blogpost oftentimes weeks after the particular post and comment. <br /><br />Practically all of his/her/its comments ignore the gist of the post-and-comment, lazily avoid countering the the criticism with a rebuttal (unlike eg. deadrat or Jonny), and instead whine "for the umpteenth time, will all of the ceaseless bemoaners of what Bob writes ever just do us and them both a favor and leave?"<br /><br />With embarrassments like Eric and Nona Nym and their ilk as friends, who needs enemies? nym no nonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-11680548563021913412018-06-09T09:27:38.051-04:002018-06-09T09:27:38.051-04:00Or you could leave. That would save the rest of us...Or you could leave. That would save the rest of us some trouble and there are more of us than there are of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35701134622737975192018-06-09T01:16:34.867-04:002018-06-09T01:16:34.867-04:001:16, all the literary references you mention made...1:16, all the literary references you mention made sense in their contexts. Remove the beam from your own eye and try reading those posts again, assuming you really even give a damn. And for the umpteenth time, will all of the ceaseless bemoaners of what Bob writes ever just do us and them both a favor and leave?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411393256656761429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-51280176055784850392018-06-08T18:34:51.574-04:002018-06-08T18:34:51.574-04:00Yeah, when talking of institutional blinkered cant...Yeah, when talking of institutional blinkered cant in the face of ruination what could be more incongruent than those references, right. <br /><br />Cecelianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-35934307381418733922018-06-08T17:11:34.878-04:002018-06-08T17:11:34.878-04:00Amazing timing, Anon of 1:16, demonstrating the po...Amazing timing, Anon of 1:16, demonstrating the point made by Bob's Readers at... 1:16.<br /><br />Guess some things just can't wait.Nona Nymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311052324455523247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-66077759244804126632018-06-08T17:09:29.788-04:002018-06-08T17:09:29.788-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nona Nymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10311052324455523247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82659117953770102052018-06-08T16:13:57.091-04:002018-06-08T16:13:57.091-04:00Mao is not a serious commenter, Mao does not belie...Mao is not a serious commenter, Mao does not believe any of his/her comments, they are drenched with irony and sarcasm. Mao is a laugh for progressives and liberals. Mao provides entertainment for Democratics. Mao's act is old and stale. Mao's lack of creativity indicates despondency.<br /><br />Mao gets additional pay for every response Mao generates. <br /><br />Enjoy a dinner out on me, Mao. Or a pee hooker if that floats your boat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-50553702108563624322018-06-08T15:15:21.119-04:002018-06-08T15:15:21.119-04:00This is a much more timely read: https://www.amaz...This is a much more timely read: https://www.amazon.com/Reactionary-Mind-Conservatism-Edmund-Donald/dp/0190692006/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_pd_session_scf_1_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0190692006&pd_rd_r=58NQ0QGBKZBZPCTYAWH8&pd_rd_w=bLhJU&pd_rd_wg=LikuZ&pf_rd_i=desktop-rhf&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=5543445730259912224&pf_rd_r=58NQ0QGBKZBZPCTYAWH8&pf_rd_s=desktoprhf&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=58NQ0QGBKZBZPCTYAWH8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-9614001358700082542018-06-08T13:56:09.223-04:002018-06-08T13:56:09.223-04:00It did. I just noticed that. Damn, for as big a ...It did. I just noticed that. Damn, for as big a fan as I am Bob didn't have to go and make me look like I'm out of my mind.Jonny Scrum-halfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700652770637696602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68951131775913490512018-06-08T13:34:35.360-04:002018-06-08T13:34:35.360-04:00Why, nothing, dear.
The phenomenon mentioned by ...Why, nothing, dear. <br /><br />The phenomenon mentioned by Bob here (and in almost every other post) is best known, I believe, as 'phariseeism'. Look it up. <br /><br />Though personally, I prefer 'lib-zombieism'. It works better, attracting more dembots and dem-spammers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-32651535880844688492018-06-08T13:21:20.121-04:002018-06-08T13:21:20.121-04:00What's wrong with doing good? What's wrong...What's wrong with doing good? What's wrong with attempting to do good?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-62310526454831918672018-06-08T13:20:18.526-04:002018-06-08T13:20:18.526-04:00Did it say Matthew Arnold before? Seems to be fixe...Did it say Matthew Arnold before? Seems to be fixed now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-41585896785986179082018-06-08T13:16:59.031-04:002018-06-08T13:16:59.031-04:00Somerby seems to be just throwing in literary allu...Somerby seems to be just throwing in literary allusions at random now. Willa Cather's book about plains immigrants has nothing whatsoever to do with education issues. Neither does Wilfrid Owen's anti-war poem. Both were required reading in high school, so his familiarity with them isn't remarkable. But it is kind of like padding an essay question with tangential knowledge because you don't know the answer to the question. What does it have to do with anything being discussed? Kids? Nothing. Desegregation? Nothing. Schooling? Nothing. My Antonia is a wonderful book, but it has nothing to do with this topic. Neither did Nabokov yesterday. Probably not Chekov either, but I haven't read that story. Scarlet Letter was irrelevant before that. <br /><br />Frankly, it would be more interesting to discuss literature than to hear about NAEP scores again. Note that I am not saying kids and education are boring, but those NAEP scores are calculated to drive away whatever lingering audience remains here. Maybe that is the point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-72351396684703684622018-06-08T13:16:43.172-04:002018-06-08T13:16:43.172-04:00We just cannot concede the truth that Somerby'...We just cannot concede the truth that Somerby's correct about the way the New York Times reports on education: it denies its readers relevant facts about testing, it assigns non-specialist reporters, it refuse to reference realities as it touts preferred narratives.<br /><br />Instead, we trivia hunt ("THE HEADLINE GOT CHANGED!!", "NOBODY SELF-ID'd AS A LIBERAL") and otherwise misdirect. It's a blast!Bob's Readersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1974785597172366242018-06-08T13:06:02.186-04:002018-06-08T13:06:02.186-04:00"Those admission-based schools are among the ..."Those admission-based schools are among the city's highest-scoring schools, but that's because their high-scoring students were high-scoring coming in."<br /><br />Might be an appropriate time to discuss the rise of admission-based public schools and the effect they might have on the overall public school school system. <br /><br />Or not. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-56493832196430943682018-06-08T12:33:16.029-04:002018-06-08T12:33:16.029-04:00What exactly were the lies in Wu's report? It&...What exactly were the lies in Wu's report? It's about helping low-performing kids. The performance scores come from other tests, not the NAEP, since the NAEP does not show results for individual students. Not mentioning NAEP test scores is not a lie. The new idea in NY is aimed at low performers, not just black kids. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29015310491152127262018-06-08T12:24:45.807-04:002018-06-08T12:24:45.807-04:00Like you, Comrade, el Presidente asks "How hi...Like you, Comrade, el Presidente asks "How high?" when your paymaster asks him to jump:<br /><br />https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/politics/russia-g7/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44138809410131893882018-06-08T12:21:35.528-04:002018-06-08T12:21:35.528-04:00"Hu's report began this way, puzzling hea..."Hu's report began this way, puzzling headline included:<br />"HU (6/7/18): Low Scores Would Earn Admission to Select Middle Schools in Desegregation Plan"<br /><br />First off, when you click the link, you see the following headline:<br />"In a Twist, Low Scores Would Earn Admission to Select Schools"<br /><br />Check your links, Bob. <br /><br />Next: <br />""Granting admission on the basis of low test scores is part of "desegregation?""<br /><br />The horror; the word "desegregation" appears. Here's what the article said:<br /><br />"School desegregation efforts around the city have mostly been centered on students who qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches, a widely accepted measure of poverty, which has generally been correlated with race in the city."<br /><br />Next:<br />Somerby says: ""Within Hu's report, you'll quickly encounter the type of liberal do-gooders who perhaps rarely know what they're talking about.""<br /><br />Who exactly are the liberals in the article? Was it: <br /><br />Kristen Berger, a mother of a fifth-grade student who is the chairwoman of the middle school committee for District 3’s Community Education Council, a parent group that advises on admission policy?<br /><br />Or was it Joe Fiordaliso, a consultant with a daughter in seventh grade at West End Secondary School?<br /><br />Or was it Sharon Parker, an arts educator and parent in the district?<br /><br />Or maybe the entire city Department of Education?<br /><br />None were identified as liberal, so who knows how Bob Somerby knows this. <br /><br />Next:<br />Somerby says: ""They assume that going to the "best" schools will help the city's lowest-achieving kids.<br /><br />We know of no reason to make that assumption."<br /><br />Well, here's some actual data to back it up:<br /><br />The report states this: "Decades of educational research have shown that mixed-ability classrooms can raise achievement especially for low-performing students"<br /><br />And there is a link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21349011/<br /><br />The study states this: "The findings suggest that the detracking reform had appreciable effects on low-ability student achievement and no effects on average and high-ability student achievement. Therefore, detracking should be encouraged, especially in schools where the lower-track classes have been traditionally assigned fewer resources."<br /><br />Somerby, speaking of teachers: "There's no guarantee that they'll know how to help the city's lowest-achieving kids"<br /><br />The reporter Wu, who Somerby assures us, isn't an "education specialist" (and that isn't her "fault" as he so magnanimously opines), quotes an actual education specialist on this very topic: "Amy Stuart Wells, a professor at Teachers College at Columbia University, said that all students can achieve at a higher level if teachers are well-trained and use an approach targeted to each child’s level of achievement, among other things."<br /><br />Such bs from Somerby. He is not an education specialist himself, but he seems like one of those people he refers to who might possibly not know what they're talking about. Though there's no guarantee of course. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-4641730362495155442018-06-08T12:07:57.079-04:002018-06-08T12:07:57.079-04:00Want to know what Josh Marshall thinks about Uncle...Want to know what Josh Marshall thinks about Uncle Vova and Mr Trump?<br /><br />https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/weve-got-a-problem-a-big-problem<br /><br />Want to know what Domenico Losurdo thinks about liberalism?<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Liberalism-Counter-History-Domenico-Losurdo/dp/178168166X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528473982&sr=1-1&keywords=losurdo<br /><br />impCaesarAvghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384806750440039982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84580034722373765282018-06-08T11:39:11.169-04:002018-06-08T11:39:11.169-04:00The poem - which is great - is Wilfred Owen, not M...The poem - which is great - is Wilfred Owen, not Matthew Arnold. Arnold died in 1888; Owen, unfortunately, died in the last week or so of WW1.Jonny Scrum-halfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700652770637696602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-90132783664756402222018-06-08T11:22:55.115-04:002018-06-08T11:22:55.115-04:00"Please disregard the gaps"
Should it b..."Please disregard the gaps"<br /><br />Should it be something like 'don't mind the gap'?<br /><br />"It's hard to have sufficient contempt for those self-assured do-gooders "<br /><br />They're zombies, Bob. Contempt is unseemly, for they know not what they do. Pity and sadness would be a more appropriate reaction. In my opinion. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com