Dan, Re your comment:
I be less concerned with their grammar and more with the content. What do they mean by manly deeds? Is that homophobia I smell? My post is mainly concerned with the glaring dishonesty of trying to sound like a casual outside observer of the campaigns instead of an actual candidate for the BOE. 1. A charade by the poster who is really a candidate hardly seems to model honesty. 2. The careless language is no model for excellence in education 3. "Enable them to continue to transcend the values of "manly deeds, scholarship and love for all mankind" from another post is what you're referring to. "Transcending the values" doesn't make sense. Re "manly deeds": Sophisticated educators are sensitive to the nuances of language. Hence "mankind" is generally changed to "all men and women" or "humanity" or "humankind" by editors. Nuances are no small matter either. 4. Your sense of smell seems on target regarding "manly deeds." But it is just another example of the main theme that campaign has been waging: "us vs. them." Sunday was Holocaust Remembrance Day. Just wondering how much preaching there was about love, or at least tolerance; or maybe preaching against demonizing as a political tool. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
