Monday, August 23, 2004
Most Must Be Special Need Students, Now
He rides the short bus. The previous phrase, used to be a phrase, bandied about by students to denote individuals who were considered special needs students. After reading this, as reported in the Boston.com News, I have come to the conclusion that the “educators” who run the public school systems have almost completed their re-education the parents, public school staffs, state and federal legislatures and, worst of all, the students, who are now all seemingly special needs students.
"When it comes to correcting papers and grading tests, purple is emerging as the new red.
“If you see a whole paper of red, it looks pretty frightening,” said Sharon Carlson, a health and physical education teacher at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Northampton. “Purple stands out, but it doesn’t look as scary as red."
How scary.
