Bus Fumes

I'm in awe of Mamacita:

I do not apologize in the least for stating that I believe our schools should be catering to the HIGHEST denominator, not the lowest. If we continue to award kids for merely showing up, and continue to tell a kid he’s the GREATEST because he went for a whole two hours without hitting someone, and continue to give kids limo rides and restaurant lunches for remembering to bring a pencil to class, why should we expect our bright kids, who generally get nothing because continually performing well and behaving properly doesn’t get a kid any notice in a public school, to take education seriously? Nobody else seems to be.

She's my hero. I hope I get to meet her some day.
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Think she's kidding? Stuart Buck proves she isn't joking at all.
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Joanne Jacobs also hammers the point home.
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Kind of makes you want to lay your head down on your desk and weep, doesn't it?
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