Until recently I taught at a predominantly black high school in a southeastern state. The mainstream press gives a hint of what conditions are like in black schools, but only a hint. Expressions journalists use like “chaotic” or “poor learning environment” or “lack of discipline” do not capture what really happens. There is nothing like the day-to-day experience of teaching black children and that is what I will try to convey.
Most whites simply do not know what black people are like in large numbers, and the first encounter can be a shock. One of the most immediately striking things about my students was that they were loud. They had little conception of ordinary decorum. It was not unusual for five blacks to be screaming at me at once. Instead of calming down and waiting for a lull in the din to make their point—something that occurs to even the dimmest white students—blacks just tried to yell over each other. It did no good to try to quiet them, and white women were particularly inept at trying. I sat in on one woman’s class as she begged the children to pipe down. They just yelled louder so their voices would carry over hers.
Many of my black students would repeat themselves over and over again—just louder. It was as if they suffered from Tourette syndrome. They seemed to have no conception of waiting for an appropriate time to say something. They would get ideas in their heads and simply had to shout them out. I might be leading a discussion on government and suddenly be interrupted: “We gotta get more Democrats! Clinton, she good!” The student may seem content with that outburst but two minutes later, he would suddenly start yelling again: “Clinton good!”
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I found this, I like it but you guys will have fun nitpicking it.
From Broad Snark - by Mel
Conservatives like to talk about personal responsibility. By that they mean taking responsibility for your own well being and perhaps that of your family and community. But if you are not within the circle, what that comes down to is “fend for yourself.”
Liberals talk about taking responsibility for the less fortunate. By that they mean donating time or money to organizations (that employ other liberals) and letting them help people in need. But that creates dependency and doesn’t question the privilege underlying their altruism.
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Anarchism, as a system based on cooperation, addresses the weaknesses in both liberal and conservative philosophies.
Like conservatives, anarchists think we should be taking personal responsibility for ourselves, our families, and our communities. But where conservatives want to put up a wall, beyond which their responsibilities don’t go, anarchists have always understood that resolving our problems requires taking responsibility on a worldwide scale.
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FUCK REPUBLICANS!
FUCK DEMOCRATS!
I'M PISSED. I'M PISSED ABOUT PEOPLE TAXING THE SHIT OUT OF ME! I'M PISSED ABOUT PEOPLE JUDGING ME ON MORAL GROUNDS. FUCK ALL OF 'EM
FUCK YOU DEMOCRATS! YOU SCREW THE ENTIRE ECONOMY WITH YOU NANNY STATE BULLSHIT!
LOWER TAXES GENERATE JOBS YOU FUCKING RETARDS!
FUCK YOU REPUBLICANS!
IT IS NOT YOUR FUCKING JOB TO TELL ME WHAT MY OR ANYONE ELSE'S FUCKING MORAL CODE SHOULD BE! ASSHOLES! GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY PERSONAL LIFE!
HERE'S AN IDEA; LOOK AT THE CONSTITUTION! IDIOTS! THEY WERE A HELL OF A LOT SMARTER THAN THE FOOLS IN CONGRESS.
CONSTITUTIONALISM IS THE WAY TO GO!
ps fuck 4chan for giving me nginx when I tried to post this there.
Government's theory "If marijuana is legalized then economic productivity will decrease dramatically because much more people will use it and they will become lazy and unproductive from it" (according to my economics teacher)
There logic comes from history, looking back at the prohibition, before the prohibition many companies had to change their pay days to Friday instead of Thursday because if they paid their employees on Thursday they wouldn't come to work Friday because they'd have hang overs from blowing their checks on alcohol.
If you have any facts showing countries or states de-criminalizing or legalizing marijuana that caused any change in productivity (graphs with sources and such) feel free to share it and I would love to hear what your opinions are on this theory and why it is or isn't reasonable.
"Liberals" love to ignore how Fox attracts independents and democrats by delivering the news far more objectively than the declining left-wing outlets.
I can't believe people tolerate Obama. Bill O'Reilly is an objective, centrist journalist who presents the truth that spoiled left-wing nuts can't stand to admit... or even listen to. How sad!
The left-wing propagandists are betraying America by siding with socialist government, rather than the productive and capable and honest American people.
