OFF: Slow News Night? Just Make Something Up.

June 8, 2008 in Reading Response
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While I understand that CNN must be hurting to fill that news hole following the close of the primaries, and while I understand news isn’t always poignant, worthwhile or even interesting, my mind was still blown when I saw this story:
Obama ‘fist bump’ catching on
(CNN) — In a reference to Barack and Michelle Obama’s celebratory [...]

How To Deal With Schoolyard Bullies

June 8, 2008 in Interview an Elder
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I didn’t get it at first. What could he mean by asking:
Does your mother have a black dress?
No other credential program professor would tell this story. No other credential program professor would have this story. But because he’s Dr. Rosy, he’d tell us how he as a school teacher once dealt with a school bully.
This [...]