Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread L Freeman
Any suggestions on what to do with schools that don't want to tolerate boys style?  My son is doing well academically, with the exception of writing. He HATES sitting still, and cannot organize his desk to save his life or mine,. He has a natural aptitude and excels in math and science. He is

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
L, sounds as though you're on the right tack. My niece has always been a high-grade poster, but she was constantly in trouble throughout grade and middle school, because the curriculum simply couldn't hold her attention. When my county began the magnet schools program, my sister put her into one

Re: [scifinoir2] This is not a Test

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
More than welcome, my friend! On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Ok thanks! On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: TV, on The Movie Channel, Mr Worf. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Mr. Worf

Re: [scifinoir2] Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
*Maybe* Peter Jackson or Guillermo del Toro, if they were to foray into SF. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think what made him great was the attention to detail on the level that he worked at. One of the really cool things about

Re: [scifinoir2] shares - Comics Land - 3/18_01

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
Anyone who DOESN'T have their money on Ash, please call me. I've got some prime oceanfront property you might be interested in, just south of Rapid City... On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Comics Land - archives duplicates inevitable from newest

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Kelwyn
Leslie, Your comment you would think he was a budding serial killer resonates with me. In the aftermath of the Columbine Massacre, there arose several states of hysteria - Wisconsin being one of them. In Milwaukee, several black boys, including my son, were singled out as enemies of the

[scifinoir2] The Neo-Con Artists Strike Again

2010-03-19 Thread Kelwyn
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100318/pl_mcclatchy/3455226 State of health care debate: Pundits attack 11-year-old Conservative talk show hosts and columnists have ridiculed an 11-year-old Washington state boy's account of his mother's death as a sob story exploited by the White House

[scifinoir2] Where's my Cloak of Invisibility?

2010-03-19 Thread Kelwyn
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/ap_on_sc/us_sci_cloak_of_invisibility Cloak of invisibility takes a step forward By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer – Thu Mar 18, 4:05 pm ET WASHINGTON – From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
I've heard good things about Montessori schools. The problem, as you say, is that the schools seem to be focused on only one style of teaching. I sat still in school as a kid, as most of us did. But, I also had P.E. for a break, so my mind and body could roam free. I had a lot of classes where

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Same here. I always got good grades, but my parents were always told that I tended to talk to much. Indeed, in high school I had to take VOE (Vocation Office Education), where I learned to type, create business letters, etc. I did well, but the teacher gave me a bad grade in citizenship, and

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Kelwyn
I don't know if this is still true but fourteen years ago, when my daughter was enrolled in Montessori school, where the pre-school was laid out in different life modules, the black students would always end up in the kitchen area. This was found to be true at both private and public

Re: [scifinoir2] Where's my Cloak of Invisibility?

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
No one wants Martin Baxter to have this technology. Especially neo-cons. Ergo, Martin Baxter MUST HAVE this technology. [?] On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/ap_on_sc/us_sci_cloak_of_invisibility Cloak of invisibility

Re: [scifinoir2] The Neo-Con Artists Strike Again

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
THIS is why Martin Baxter MUST HAVE that technology. Within hours, he would have compromising pictures of these clowns spread across the Internet. Martin (when contemplating Acts of True Evil, must speak of self in third person, for reasons of plausible deniability) On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:44

Re: [scifinoir2] The Neo-Con Artists Strike Again

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
And, past my rage, allow me to give all honors to the young man, for proving that he IS a MAN in the face of the CHILDREN who would try to marginalize his pain. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100318/pl_mcclatchy/3455226

Re: [scifinoir2] The Neo-Con Artists Strike Again

2010-03-19 Thread Mr. Worf
This is the kind of crap that makes me sick to my stomach. How do you rationalize a lack of empathy for a kid that lost his mom? They are monsters. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100318/pl_mcclatchy/3455226 State of

Re: [scifinoir2] Where's my Cloak of Invisibility?

2010-03-19 Thread Mr. Worf
I can see nothing but bad coming from this. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100318/ap_on_sc/us_sci_cloak_of_invisibility Cloak of invisibility takes a step forward By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer – Thu Mar 18, 4:05 pm

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Mr. Worf
I think the problem for a lot of kids is that if you do not fit into the mold you will be labeled as a bad apple and become an outcast. It is likely to happen quite often with children of color or poor white children. The problem with profiling kids is that they are constantly changing. The kid

Re: [scifinoir2] Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

2010-03-19 Thread Mr. Worf
Guillermo del Toro I believe could do it. Some of the ideas that he has for movies are pretty over the top visually. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: *Maybe* Peter Jackson or Guillermo del Toro, if they were to foray into SF. On

Re: [scifinoir2] The Atari Flashback 2!

2010-03-19 Thread Rogue
Sometimes the classic can provide more hours of fun then anything else. --Dax I love mankind--it's people I can't stand. From: Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:44 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The Atari Flashback 2! Ditto! I have my Sega Genesis

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Whenever I have occasion to ride the city bus, I always laugh ironically at how the black young men inevitably move to the back. I commented to my wife once, my parents fought this battle so these dudes can sit in the back of the bus--but it's because they *choose* to do so. So I get what

Re: [scifinoir2] Where's my Cloak of Invisibility?

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
I see what you mean, Mr Worf. Governments out for themselves, private individuals out for themselves, terrorists -- a madhouse, it would be. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I can see nothing but bad coming from this. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:52 AM,

Re: [scifinoir2] The Neo-Con Artists Strike Again

2010-03-19 Thread Martin Baxter
And it's NOT the first time. I can recall three such incidences at health-care town hall meetings. Funny thing? If you call the neo-cons that to their faces, they'll rise up at you with nigh-Biblical indignation. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This is

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Lots of news on boys and school. None of it good.

2010-03-19 Thread Kelwyn
The mystery writer Walter Mosley once said the problem with being black is that sometimes you see racism where it isn't and often times you don't see it where it is. I think about that often. I will pass your well wishes to my daughter. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith

Re: [scifinoir2] The Neo-Con Artists Strike Again

2010-03-19 Thread Mr. Worf
It is too easy to hide behind rhetoric than face the truth. On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: And it's NOT the first time. I can recall three such incidences at health-care town hall meetings. Funny thing? If you call the neo-cons that to their

[scifinoir2] ‘Repo Men’ bloody but funny

2010-03-19 Thread brent wodehouse
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/R/Repo_Men/2010/03/18/13275526.html ‘Repo Men’ bloody but funny By LIZ BRAUN, QMI Agency Here in the future, you can have any body part replaced with a man-made gizmo. There’s no waiting list and no hoping someone will die for the organ you need to be donated

[scifinoir2] Yahoo! TV Blog: 'Smallville': Predictions...

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, a *tenth* season? That is amazing! They've really complicated things now. Clark and Lois have aged so much, it's all but impossible *not* to make him Superman! But there are still important stages missing before he takes that leap. Of course, I'm always yammering about the years of

[scifinoir2] OT: Author Details How Some Profited from Financial Meltdown

2010-03-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Here's the link to the NPR Fresh Air interview with the The Blind Side author, whose newest book The Big Short tells how some people anticipated and profited from the financial meltdown. I'm amazed at this guy's writing diversity, but the story here is shocking, for all that we've been in this