tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post4325761287978624075..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: What we risk losingdoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-90474327050413750752012-05-21T10:13:37.645-04:002012-05-21T10:13:37.645-04:00Ohio doesn't have Grackles. Austin has quite a...Ohio doesn't have Grackles. Austin has quite a few.<br /><br />I haven't taken to them. They seem aggressive, loud and once when I returned to Texas from a week long Ohio trip, they had blanketed my car in excrement. <br /><br />Eerie timing though bc the other day while biking to campus I was thinking about how maybe I misunderstand the Grackle.This Brazen Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924652859389870978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-55514574545831984852012-05-20T20:01:36.401-04:002012-05-20T20:01:36.401-04:00Ted--and adding to what Michael said, if you and A...Ted--and adding to what Michael said, if you and Ange are around at a different time, we'd still love to see you!<br /><br />LeslieLesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789466193565758716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-65519443738772796952012-05-20T18:58:49.434-04:002012-05-20T18:58:49.434-04:00Dear Sue,
Walt Kelly will be on my shrine, should...Dear Sue,<br /><br />Walt Kelly will be on my shrine, should I ever build one, next to Wendell Berry and W.B.Yeats. <br /><br />Maybe I need a better word than seriousness.<br /><br />My sister was a serious environmentalist, serious enough to have a law passed in her name and a park named after her in Ann Arbor--yet she led a caravan of Elvis impersonators singing in garbage trucks across the Canadian border--and got a lot of airtime as they sang "Return to Sender". I need a word for that kind of seriousness. =)<br /><br /><br />Dear Ted,<br /><br />I love grackles, and, it turns out, rock doves, too. That they overpopulate in Austin just suggests you all need to develop a recipe for them.<br /><br />And now a sekrit--we're getting a crew together early July at the shore. John, Jeff, Marnie, and a few others will be there. We got floor space. If you're interested, email me: doyle.bhs at the google mail.<br /><br />We'll have clams, crabs, pesto, beer, mead, and plenty of stories. We ain;t getting any younger.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-27382260239248595332012-05-20T14:44:02.362-04:002012-05-20T14:44:02.362-04:00Greetings Mike,
I definitely agree with your desc...Greetings Mike,<br /><br />I definitely agree with your description of those creepy "lupine grins."<br /><br />Yet, I can't possibly connect "grackle" with "grace." A few visits to the intersection outside UT Austin's Perry-Castañeda Library--particularly at about 5 PM or so in mid-fall--might lead you to think "shotgun" next time you see a grackle. The stench and noise are almost unimaginable.<br /><br />Thinking about that scene actually brings to mind the output of the sanctimonious Jonah Edelman, Michael Feinberg, Wendy Kopp and their ilk--those who grow fat and (only modestly) rich from the leavings of Gates, Duncan, Broad et alia. Forget the shotgun. Pass me a rocket launcher.<br /><br />I could use the sound and feel of waves crashing on a beach about now. Perhaps even with a solitary crabbing grackle.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028801657553999993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-10211375529723555592012-05-20T13:00:51.582-04:002012-05-20T13:00:51.582-04:00Huh?! I so appreciate your very serious concern wi...Huh?! I so appreciate your very serious concern with kids learning dumb stuff in school when they could be connecting with the world. <br /><br />Have you heard about the forest kindergartens in Germany, and spreading to other countries? How about having 'school' outdoors most of the time, with a warm room for looking at books and eating hot soup?<br /><br />(I've often taken myself too seriously. But offsetting that is my desire to be lazy.) ;^)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-20393147639456209052012-05-20T10:54:09.462-04:002012-05-20T10:54:09.462-04:00Dear Sue,
I sometimes take being serious too seri...Dear Sue,<br /><br />I sometimes take being serious too seriously.<br /><br />Seriousness should be the 8th deadly sin.<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by!doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-35429317118729498952012-05-20T10:34:46.062-04:002012-05-20T10:34:46.062-04:00>The risk is spending too many hours poring ove...>The risk is spending too many hours poring over their dull documents (Next Generation Science Standards, anyone?), trying to parse out meaning of individual phrases when we should be calling out the process that created such a document.<br /><br />Thank you. I knew there was a reason I didn't want to even enter into the conversations about the Common Core. I can't say anything particularly useful unless I put in way too much of my precious time studying them.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com