Comments on: Lewis Black rant on Southern Public Schools http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:21:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 6shadow6lord6 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5709 6shadow6lord6 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5709 <b>@VanPlayzGuitar ...</b> <br> @VanPlayzGuitar Because most schools are jock-obsessed sportocracies where athletic abilities are prized first, second and third. @VanPlayzGuitar …
@VanPlayzGuitar Because most schools are jock-obsessed sportocracies where athletic abilities are prized first, second and third.

]]> By: eragon2121 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5710 eragon2121 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5710 <b>Lmao at the picture ...</b> <br> Lmao at the picture at 1:39 Lmao at the picture …
Lmao at the picture at 1:39

]]> By: lestephenois1 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5711 lestephenois1 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5711 <b>why do you have ...</b> <br> why do you have Lasith Malinga at 0:09? why do you have …
why do you have Lasith Malinga at 0:09?

]]> By: jncojess http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5712 jncojess Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5712 <b>How about how they ...</b> <br> How about how they show George Bush when he mentions Clinton at 3: 30? How about how they …
How about how they show George Bush when he mentions Clinton at 3: 30?

]]> By: Kite197 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5713 Kite197 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5713 <b>We had microscopes. ...</b> <br> We had microscopes. But honestly we NEVER used them. And I took 3 classes in biology. We had microscopes. …
We had microscopes.

But honestly we NEVER used them. And I took 3 classes in biology.

]]> By: SubaruOfTheTriad http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5714 SubaruOfTheTriad Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5714 <b>War isn't for kids, ...</b> <br> War isn't for kids, we shouldn't bring it to them like it's a kindergarten play. If we want to teach the next generation about the Civil War, don't make it an entertaining spectacle. That's what the people at First Manassas thought too. Would we set up bleachers for World War I at the trenches if we had the option, and fill the bleachers with kids so they could be entranced with the bangs and flashes and pretty colors? no, not if we had any sense. So why do it with the Civil War? War isn’t for kids, …
War isn’t for kids, we shouldn’t bring it to them like it’s a kindergarten play.

If we want to teach the next generation about the Civil War, don’t make it an entertaining spectacle. That’s what the people at First Manassas thought too.

Would we set up bleachers for World War I at the trenches if we had the option, and fill the bleachers with kids so they could be entranced with the bangs and flashes and pretty colors? no, not if we had any sense. So why do it with the Civil War?

]]> By: Illusenfan35 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5715 Illusenfan35 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5715 <b>In a way your right ...</b> <br> In a way your right. I wonder what the people who were there would think. However, it does keep history alive and the record of what it was really like to fight in the war and put all the journals, letters, newspaper accounts, etc. together. It also interests kids and teenagers who at first just wanted to see canons go off and than see all this other stuff and they may want to know more. It is called Manassas in the South. In a way your right …
In a way your right. I wonder what the people who were there would think. However, it does keep history alive and the record of what it was really like to fight in the war and put all the journals, letters, newspaper accounts, etc. together. It also interests kids and teenagers who at first just wanted to see canons go off and than see all this other stuff and they may want to know more.
It is called Manassas in the South.

]]> By: SubaruOfTheTriad http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5716 SubaruOfTheTriad Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5716 <b>Maybe this is just ...</b> <br> Maybe this is just me, but whenever I hear about people going to watch Civil War re-enactments, I cringe and remember the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas I think it's called in the South), where a shitton of people went to go watch and then ended up fleeing in horror from the battle, like they didn't expect it to get violent. Why do so many people enjoy the art of recreating battles that cost thousands of American lives? What is the matter with us? Hell, the first time was bad enough. Maybe this is just …
Maybe this is just me, but whenever I hear about people going to watch Civil War re-enactments, I cringe and remember the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas I think it’s called in the South), where a shitton of people went to go watch and then ended up fleeing in horror from the battle, like they didn’t expect it to get violent.

Why do so many people enjoy the art of recreating battles that cost thousands of American lives? What is the matter with us? Hell, the first time was bad enough.

]]> By: wordqueen2406 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5717 wordqueen2406 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5717 <b>So true about the ...</b> <br> So true about the microscopes. We had 2 in AP Bio, and they NEVER worked. I graduated from an Atlanta high school in 2000. So true about the …
So true about the microscopes. We had 2 in AP Bio, and they NEVER worked. I graduated from an Atlanta high school in 2000.

]]> By: peptopro17 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools/comment-page-1#comment-5718 peptopro17 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:38:36 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-schools/lewis-black-rant-on-southern-public-schools#comment-5718 <b>Check out some ...</b> <br> Check out some stats and find that the public grade and college school systems south of the mason-dixon line as a whole have higher numbers than north. Check out some …
Check out some stats and find that the public grade and college school systems south of the mason-dixon line as a whole have higher numbers than north.

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