Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Dana
true very true. I have to say that much as I despise No Child Left behind I have to give credit to the far right for exempting homeschooled children. Ditto Bush's comments on TV. Who knows, we may escape terminal dumbing down after all. Or, maybe it's just the apocalypse. Dana On Mon, 31 Jan 2

RE: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Yeh, yeh, yeh. And I was going to send you the Blackstone docs on printing to integrate it into the system. :) > err...can't I just continue to feel eternal gratitude for all of the > effort you put forth in maintaining these lists (and web sites)? :) > > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:04:20 -0500, Mi

Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Charlie Griefer
err...can't I just continue to feel eternal gratitude for all of the effort you put forth in maintaining these lists (and web sites)? :) On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:04:20 -0500, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll do it as long as you write the code. Either that or I'll write the code >

Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I see dead threads larry On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:59:46 -0500, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:52:28 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LOL...so much for a "dead" thread > > hey, dead threads have just as much right as live threads. > unfor

RE: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Michael Dinowitz
I'll do it as long as you write the code. Either that or I'll write the code and you do the new HoF front end, printing and sorting (tonights schedule). > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:52:28 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LOL...so much for a "dead" thread > > hey, dead threads h

Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Charlie Griefer
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:52:28 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LOL...so much for a "dead" thread hey, dead threads have just as much right as live threads. unfortunately, 'live' threads seem to get all of the attention. i think Mr. Dinowitz should institute a system whereby f

RE: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Ray Champagne
LOL...so much for a "dead" thread At 03:47 PM 1/31/2005, you wrote: >Oh, that's right. Open the can of worms. What about single parents? What >about TV? What about paying to get tutoring? What makes a good parent a >good parent? BIG ol' can of worms. And it also leads to people who hate >b

RE: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Oh, that's right. Open the can of worms. What about single parents? What about TV? What about paying to get tutoring? What makes a good parent a good parent? BIG ol' can of worms. And it also leads to people who hate bush having to agree with him: In an interview, the president said that the res

Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Dana
I have to think about that. I think it's dangerous to disempower parents. But if the parent has already abdicated? Hm. A lot of these families were already in contact with social workers btw. The one kid I was think of, the social workers were part of the problem. Mom had to keep the house tidy. I

Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > I also saw kids who did not own any books or toys and were not allowed > to go to the library. > So the majority of early education comes back to parenting, right? That makes our equation: good parenting = education, education = opportunity, opportunity = success. Maybe inste

Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Dana
I saw quite a bit of this when we were using public schools. "We have kids who don't know their names or the colors and your son is reading so far ahead he's in his own group and what was the problem again?" I also saw kids who did not own any books or toys and were not allowed to go to the libra

Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Gruss Gott
> Larry wrote: > Employment equity is only one part of the equation. > With the way school funding is > structured, with most of all available funds going to the richest > school districts, and very little going to the poorest, AA will be a > joke. Only by leveling the playing field will you get em

Re: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Larry C. Lyons
since you completely misrepresented my > > opinon implying that you did not understand it. > > > > And I'm quite insulted at your phrasing of this post in this manner. > > > > -Angél Stewart > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Michael Di

RE: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Michael Dinowitz
my > opinon implying that you did not understand it. > > And I'm quite insulted at your phrasing of this post in this manner. > > -Angél Stewart > > -----Original Message- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:19 AM

RE: Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-31 Thread Angel Stewart
his post in this manner. -Angél Stewart -Original Message- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:19 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Discrimination (thread) is dead Bottom line time here. Gel's position is that America is a boiling pot of raci

Discrimination (thread) is dead

2005-01-30 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Bottom line time here. Gel's position is that America is a boiling pot of racism and nothing has changed from it's beginning. Others reject this. Gel is not going to change his mind on this no matter what. Others are willing to concede that there is racism, but no where near what it was. Botto