Of Barbara Jordan and hopelessly clueless teachers. I'm so scared.

[Bouncy Ball]

I went to pick my daughter up just now. She has a doctor appointment in a bit. Since they were nearing the end of a lesson, I just stood over by the door and waited.

The teacher was pointing to a list of names on the board:

George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Barbara Bush
Laura Bush
Eisehower
Kay Bailey Hutchinson
Kay Granger

She told them they had to choose one of these governmental leaders from Texas and do a report on them. My daughter raised her hand and said "Can I do Barbara Jordan?" The teacher had no idea who that was so my teacher gave her a brief run-down. The teacher said "I don't know, I've never heard of her, you might not be able to find much on her." My daughter told her she has a book about her at home and she could bring it. The teacher just said "Well, I don't know..."

Then another child (whom I happen to know is also the child of Democrats) said "What about LBJ? He was a government leader from Texas, he was president!"

The teacher said "oh yeah" and walked over and wrote "JOHNSTON" on the board. The child said "There's no 't' it's just 'Johnson.'"

Wow.

So it remains to be seen whether my daughter will be allowed to do her report on Barbara Jordan, someone she really admires. If she is not allowed to, I will go up there and have a conference with the teacher. After all, the criteria is "governmental leader FROM Texas" and I see three on that list who don't even qualify. And how are Babs and Pickles government leaders anyway?

[Catherine Vincent]

1. That's one sorry ass teacher.

[DawgHouse]

119. Word.

[LynzM]

2. wow, is right.

And none of the Bushes are really *from* Texas anyway. Wow.

[Bouncy Ball]

3. Exactly.

My daughter said she's bringing that up tomorrow. Hee hee.

[LynzM]

6. Yup

And I can't understand a teacher who won't let kids expand on other kids' knowledge. Well, that's assuming it's an in-class report. Maybe it's just a regular report, and since the teacher doesn't know about her, she'd have to learn about her in order to grade it sufficiently? (heaven forbid)

[JohnKleeb]

62. your daughter is awesome

[Bouncy Ball]

79. Thanks John!

[JohnKleeb]

80. Sure, I gotta hear how that goes

[immoderate]

124. Me too.

I'll be watching for your thread BB.

--IMM

[mom cat]

4. Barbara Jordon was a giant. I am so proud of you and your daughter!

[MissB]

5. Wow. What a great education your daughter is getting

Wow.

So did you point out to the teacher that George Sr and Babs are from Conneticut, not Texas?

[Bouncy Ball]

8. No, my daughter is pointing out tomorrow that

Sr, Jr and Babs are all NOT from Texas and she is going to ask how Babs and Pickles are government leaders, except if she means by being First Lady. They are the only ones on the list never elected to office.



I was SO damn scared. It's moments like that that I think "We have GOT to get the hell out of here."

But sometimes I think my daughter gets challenged because she's always thinking around, behind and above her teachers to try to see what they missed. That's a bit sad, if you ask me.

[Ellen Forradalom]

99. It's sad

but a good look at "the man behind the curtain" at an early age is an important life lesson. She won't be following authority blindly, that's for sure!

[bmbmd]

122. Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas

and lived here for three whole weeks before relocating to Kansas.

[GOPisEvil]

7. ...and Sam Rayburn, and Ralph Yarborough and Henry B. Gonzales

and Maury Maverick, Sr., and John Nance Garner and...

That teacher is a dope. *shakes head* Doesn't know Barbara Jordan...

[Bouncy Ball]

9. Jim Hightower, too.

And check your PM.

[JohnKleeb]

63. Yep I work in the Rayburn building

He was speaker, good picks there.

[salin]

114. Jim Wright

so he didn't go up on a high note - but he was Majority Leader and Speaker of the House...

[coloradodem2005]

10. Is she a Bushie Freeptard?

[Bouncy Ball]

11. I have the feeling so.

[Lars39]

12. The giveaway is having Barbara and Laura Bush as 'leaders'

The teacher has an agenda. Get in their face about it,
even if Little Bouncy IS allowed to do a report on Barbara Jordan.

on edit: need more caffeine.

[livetohike]

13. Tell this info to the Principal

There are many qualified teachers out there looking for work.

[cornermouse]

14. Actually, Eisenhower may have been born in Texas,

But he left at age two for Kansas, his Library Center, and his gravesite is in Abilene, Kansas. One could make the argument that Eisenhower isn't really all that Texan...

http://www.ku.edu/heritage/abilene/ikeeyes.html

[Bouncy Ball]

16. I was wondering about him, too.

We don't usually claim him, Kansas usually does.

How odd.

But the three bushes from Connecticut were ok?

[Liberal Veteran]

30. She could do this for a report on Eisenhower....

Here are some quotes she could use from Eisenhower.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity.

All of us have heard this term 'preventative war' since the earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard it. In this day and time... I don't believe there is such a thing; and, frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience…we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

[Liberal Veteran]

15. She should do a report on how Laura....

...killed a man with a car and how she was a perfect little wifey poo who put up with her husband's cocaine use and drunkeness and never spoke out of turn.

[Bouncy Ball]

17. LMAO

Now THAT might get her in a bit of trouble!

[Liberal Veteran]

22. How about Ann Richards?

[efhmc]

46. A fine example for all young girls to emulate.

[elperromagico]

18. All Republicans, I note.

Guess there haven't been any Democrats of note in Texas.

Well, except for Lyndon Johnson, Sam Houston, Sam Rayburn, Ann Richards, Barbara Jordan, Lloyd Bentsen, Sheila Jackson Lee...

Other than those people...

[Bouncy Ball]

19. You mentioned other great ones I was trying to think of earlier.

Ann Richards, for crying out loud.

Sheesh.

[Reverend_Smitty]

24. I was just going to mention Ann Richards...

she's another good one.

BTW a simple google search of "Barbara Jordan" will yield over 82,000 results. Maybe little bouncy should mention that to her teacher tomorrow!

[elperromagico]

25. Ahh, but all of those people are either old or dead...

Worse still, some of them are (gasp!) black.

[Bouncy Ball]

26. Or HISPANIC!

(Gonzalez)

[elperromagico]

29. I'm just glad to see that the process of removing Democrats

from Texas history is progressing so nicely.

Frankly, I'm surprised Rick "He of the Good Hair" Perry isn't on this list. A little too "flaky" for the teacher's tastes, perhaps?

[Bouncy Ball]

35. She probably just forgot him.

My daughter said before I came in the teacher was waxing poetic about all of bush's "accomplishments" which she hears about at her church!

!!!!!

The LAST teacher she had this year was fired for proselytizing to the class. This one better watch out.

[elperromagico]

36. I was told by a teacher to "vote God's issues."

As I didn't see "God's issues" on the ballot, I voted for Kerry.

[crispini]

41. ROFL!

[Maestro]

20. As a teacher

I am appalled.

[Bouncy Ball]

23. Don't you know the only ones that matter are republicans?

Sigh.....

[Left Is Write]

100. The kids are being indoctrinated to the Cult Of The GOP.

It almost looks as though mentioning a Democrat's name in connection with "governmental leader from Texas" is taboo.

[KitchenWitch]

21. Where is Ann Richards on that list?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

27. That was my first thought! n/t

[BikeWriter]

31. Ann should be on the list. She has more cojones than * ever did...

...Plus she's a better wing shot on dove.

[BikeWriter]

28. Oh, my Dog! I'm crying! Our school system sucks!

Barbara Jordan is one of my heroes. * is not a Texan!

[Bouncy Ball]

33. The only bright light in my daughter's education right now

are her GT (Gifted and Talented) teachers. Both of them are big Democrats (though they have the professionalism to hide it when teaching, I only know because I know them personally) and they are INCREDIBLE teachers. My daughter is with them more than her homeroom teacher (who didn't know it was Johnson and not Johnston).

The GT teachers teach them critical thinking skills, teach them to be open-minded, and explore MANY different topics on a pretty high level.

Unlike her other teacher.

So at least she has them. If it weren't for them and her wonderful art and music teachers (also great), I'd be completely despondent.

[BikeWriter]

39. Thank goodness for that! At least there are some great teachers!

[GOPisEvil]

32. Here are some more "governmental leaders from Texas"

Some better than others *cough*Cuellar*cough*

http://www.txdemocrats.org/officials/ushouse/

[immoderate]

34. She couldn't even think of John Connally?

Ron Paul, Sheila Jackson Lee...

I taught for years and met many idiots, but they all taught typing or gym.

This is too stupid.

--IMM

[elperromagico]

37. At least Connally would be a compromise,

a Democrat turned Republican. At least the list wouldn't be all Republicans then.

[immoderate]

42. I was thinking, "What a short list of 'leaders.'"

Even disregarding party, this teacher is short on resources. And such a limited list. What would be learned by all the students reporting on the same few people?

This is so pathetic. It's the opposite of education. As a teacher, I'm disgusted.

--IMM

[elperromagico]

77. And the Bush wives? Give me a break.

They aren't leaders.

Might as well have Jenna Bush on that fucking list.

[immoderate]

106. Notice my artful use of quotes.

The only leader on that list is Eisenhower. The rest are hacks.

--IMM

[redqueen]

38. That's some scary $#&* right there.

I'm thinking more and more often about bailing on this state.

[EC]

40. I think you should have a talk with the principle

about a teacher that "doesn't even know WHO Barbara Jorden is" how is she qualified to teach? Much less know how to spell Johnson...It sounds like she worships the Bushys...And Eisenhower family moved out of Texas shortly after he was born to Abilene, Kansas, so I'm not sure being there for a few months since birth would make him a Texan?

[efhmc]

50. This definitely needs to be reported to higher ups.

[Bouncy Ball]

55. You know what I'm afraid of?

I'm seriously afraid the principal will say "Who?" when I mention Barbara Jordan.

Then I really will lose my mind.

[TyeDye75]

43. Sounds like you met a real life Peggy Hill

[knitter4democracy]

49. ROFL!!!

That's so true!

I'd tell the principal, personally. It's obvious that she has an agenda, and she's being too open about it.

Where the hell was Ann Richards on that list? I always liked her, even when I was a Republican (in my younger days).

[Bouncy Ball]

52. Oh no, don't tell me Peggy Hill is like that!

I never watched that show enough to know...

[TyeDye75]

69. To be honest

I have a feeling that she just tells Hank shes a republican, when she gets to the voting booth I think she votes demo

[efhmc]

44. Who the hell is Kay Granger and where is your child's school?

How in the world is that person in charge of teaching anything???

[GOPisEvil]

51. Congresswoman, 12th District

http://kaygranger.house.gov/

[Lone_Star_Dem]

45. Other memorable Texas political figures aside

How could a teacher not even know who Barbara Jordan was? If she were just a former Texas Rep I could understand it but she was historic as well. It's even relatively recent history, her lifetime accomplishments were all over the news in 1996 when she passed away. What world has this teacher been living in?

[efhmc]

47. This is a fox news "educated" woman. I am sure that this

"teacher" is at least not in the Houston area. There she would be run out of town on a rail for not knowing this amazing PERSON!!!

[Bouncy Ball]

54. Dallas area.

And I'd bet my arm you are right about Faux. She's also a "good Christian" (which means people who don't go to her church aren't).

God, I thought my daughter's LAST teacher was bad. WHERE do they find these people?

[efhmc]

96. Please tell me you are not in the north Dallas area. As right wing as

Richardson was and is, at least people used to be assured a good education there.

[Bouncy Ball]

103. No but Richardson is pretty hard core right wing.

[efhmc]

107. Grew up and graduated from there and have many friends who have

or are teaching there and far, far right though it is, the education is/was good. Can you tell me what school district you are in or is that too much info for the internet?

[nickgutierrez]

48. It's not just Texas - the Florida system is in shambles too

I say this as an '02 graduate from the state.

Our American history class started with the cowboys. You read that right.

[JohnKleeb]

66. Say what?

[6000eliot]

53. That looks like indoctrination

disguised as an assignment to me.

[Bouncy Ball]

56. The message she gives, by only putting republicans on the

list (even though Eisenhower wouldn't be one today!) is that they are the only ones WORTHY of research and reporting.



I'm going to email the teacher a list of possible additions to that list. Broaden those kids' horizons a bit.

[6000eliot]

58. And maybe the teacher's?

[Rabrrrrrr]

57. I say let DU help her do a REAL report on Shrubbie McCokeHead

Backed up with BULLET PROOF references and etc.

That would cheese off that shit teacher. I mean, propaganda leader.

[Bouncy Ball]

65. I just told my daughter that. I said "you should do it on bush."

She said "EXCUSE ME? Two pages on an IDIOT?" and I said on the accomplishments section, she could outline his family's wonderful connections to the Saudi royal family. And we have the DVD "Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" and she could use some facts from that.

In the biographical sketch she could say things like "So AFTER he was busted for drunken driving..." and "Once he gave up his cocaine habit (or so he says),..."

BWA!!! She looked at me like I was crazy and said "Yeah and I'd totally get in trouble."

I don't know. We're mulling it over. For real.

[Rabrrrrrr]

71. I think it would be hilarious!

So long as it's kept truthful, and everything footnoted, it's all good to go!

if teacher shrew bitch balks at it, you have academia at your back - it's about the research and accuracy, not about whether the results match with some wackjob shit teacher's religiously inspired idea of what the truth is.

[Arkana]

67. That sounds capital, old sport!

We'd have a lot of fun doing it--that's for sure.

[Blue_Tires]

59. Laura/Barbera aren't even 'governmental leaders!!!!'

[Bouncy Ball]

64. I know, that's what I was thinking!

[Arkana]

60. Kay "Senate Staffers Are Personal Slaves" Hutchinson is on that list

but Ann Richards, LBJ, and Sam Rayburn aren't? Shame on that teacher...perhaps you could help Bouncy the Younger compile a list of Texas Democrats and bring them in.

[JohnKleeb]

61. Those are all what a shockah, republicans

Barbara Jordan is a good pick or LBJ.

[Bouncy Ball]

68. Ok my daughter compiled a list of names to add to the main list

tomorrow. She wrote these all down and is taking them in to school in the am.

Ann Richards
Lloyd Bentsen
Sam Rayburn
Jim Hightower
John Nance Garner
Sheila Jackson Lee
John Connally

Any others? She'll add them.

We're still trying to decide if she should do a slightly tongue in cheek bush report or a real Barbara Jordan report. Too bad she can't do both.

I forgot to mention they have to do some kind of creative presentation. She got a friend of hers to agree to be a student Barbara Jordan (played by my daughter) teaches in a skit, and in return, my daughter has to play Kay Bailey Hutchinson while her friend interviews her.

HOW is she going to do that? We have GOT to get her some good Hutchinson quotes! ROFL!

[JohnKleeb]

70. Yeah Yardbough

LBJ. Jim Wright I guess but even I know little about him, he was speaker of the house before Tom Foley who was beaten in 1994.

[Bouncy Ball]

72. LBJ's already been added.

The teacher wrote "Johnston" instead of "Johnson" and a kid had to correct her.



So sad.

[JohnKleeb]

74. ha at that age? shes ten aint she

Ok add Yardbough too, Ive read he was quite liberal for a Texan at the time.

[yellowdogintexas]

113. Jim Wright is alive and well, teaches at TCU, writes a column

for the Star Telegram Sunday edition,loves kids and is an unreconstructed Roosevelt Democrat.

I love him to death, such a sweet sweet man.

you could send him an email via the Star Telegram for his comments on the state of the world or something.


Oh yeah,

Pete Geren (Democrat) succeeded Jim Wright in Fort Worth for dst 12
Mike Moncrief is mayor of Ft Worth, for many years our State Senator, and a Democrat
Lupe Valdez in Dallas

Lon Burnam of Tx House of Rep a Democrat

[Arkana]

73. Just have her rambling around in a beehive wig

screeching about how her staffers didn't bring her the right bagel.

[Bouncy Ball]

75. LMAO!!!!

Oh. My. God. CAN'T. BREATHE.

The visual of my ten year old daughter, wearing her hightop hot pink Chucks and a beehive blond wig screeching about staffers being slaves and "WHERE'S MY BAGEL!!!" just KILLED me.

[Arkana]

93. *takes a bow*

Thank you, thank you--I'm here all week!

[JohnKleeb]

82. ha mmmmmmmm cinnamon raisin bagels.

[yellowdogintexas]

115. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Ron Kirk, just to add a couple

more, and Dionne Jackson, recently retired county commissioner, Roy Brooks Tarrant County Commissioner,

[Catherine Vincent]

129. How about Tom Delay?

[Donailin]

133. Actually, after considering your plight

you should consider Barbara Bush. One of her most famous quotes when asked if she watches war coverage on TV is "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day it's going to happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Oh, I mean, it's, not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?"

No lie. if there's a hell, it's for people like her.

[ronnykmarshall]

76. That is beyond stupid.

Pickles and Babs? Then the dumb ass did included LBJ? If that's the cause why can't Lady Bird Johnson be included?

[immoderate]

78. Lady Bird actually did things.

Beautification is something Pickles can't handle.

--IMM

[Bouncy Ball]

81. You know, that's a good point.

Lady Bird DID do things like that.

And for that matter, how do we know Pickles IS a republican?

ROFL

[JohnKleeb]

84. She was actually born a democrat

[peekaloo]

83. Why not do one on all of Tom DeLay's ethical violations?

Or how John Cornyn learned about the Geneva Convention through watching Hogan's Heroes?

[JohnKleeb]

85. Is that right lol about Cornyn?

I knew about it through a prisoner of war program I watched when I was young.

[peekaloo]

87. I'm trusting the DUers who watched CSPAN's coverage of

the Gonzales confirmation hearings for that one. Good ol' Cornholio made this statement in support of him.

[JohnKleeb]

88. ha Cornyn is the same man who compared gay marriage to

people marrying box turtles.

[GOPisEvil]

86. Tom DeLay's Dirty Dozen!

http://thinkprogress.org/index.php?p=430

Excellent, footnoted articles outlining The Bug Man's treachery. Also, throw in a "Hot Tub" Tom reference for good measure.

I want to see that teacher's head

[peekaloo]

89. "Why Tom DeLay should be in Federal Prison" by Baby Bouncy Ball.

Thank you for that link.

[GOPisEvil]

90. Thanks to truthout and our own Mr. Pitt for posting said link.

[Bouncy Ball]

91. ROFL!

Oh God, another funny visual. Her standing up at the front of the class "Ok here's my report: 'Why Tom DeLay Should be in Federal Prison.'"

The kids all looking at each other like "HUH?"

[peekaloo]

94. I fear a "Children of the Cornyn" moment.

I salute your daughter for mentioning Barbara Jordan. I stood outside in the rain in Houston for her funeral/memorial service.

[NoPasaran]

92. Another for the list---Miriam "Ma" Ferguson

First woman governor of Texas, quite an interesting charecter.

[Bouncy Ball]

95. Oh that's a good one, too.

Thanks!

Adding her name.

[Missy Vixen]

97. Bouncy Ball, may I help with the research?

Barbara Jordan is one of my life heroes. It is astounding to me that Teacher thought she'd get away with her GOP talking points, and even more shocking that she had no idea who Barbara Jordan was. Has she had any interest in politics whatsoever in the past twenty-five years?

Here's a link to her 1976 Democratic National Convention keynote address. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordand...

In the meantime, I'd see her and raise her -- I'd try to contact Ann Richards' office and ask if the astounding Ms. Richards might want to drop by that classroom and give the teacher a wakeup call about the great Barbara Jordan...

Julie

[Bouncy Ball]

104. OMG that is a FANTASTIC idea!!!

That would be SO freaking GREAT.

Thanks for the link. Do you know the people in Ann Richard's office?

[Missy Vixen]

121. Unfortunately I don't

>Do you know the people in Ann Richard's office?<

At the same time, Bouncy Ball, I am of the school that the worst thing you'll hear is "no" if you contact her office, tell the assistant about the class assignment, and ask for a little of Ms. Richards' time.

Somehow, I'm thinking that the amazing Ms. Richards might be wanting to rearrange her schedule to spend fifteen minutes giving that teacher an education about Barbara Jordan, a woman that continues to inspire. Baby Bouncy Ball should also get an "A" out of it.

Julie

[Left Is Write]

98. NEVER HEARD of Barbara Jordan??? WTF?

And what the hell is up with her list? Barbara and Laura Bush?

Someone should also tell her there is only one "n" in Kay Bailey Hutchison's name.

[jburton]

101. Lupe Valdez would be a good one

Newly elected Sheriff from Dallas County.

Daughter of migrant field workers, Latina, lesbian, and most controversial of all: a Democrat!

[Bouncy Ball]

105. That would make her head explode!

LOL! I know Lupe Valdez, by the way. I campaigned for her a bit and got to talk to her a lot. Neat lady!!!!

[gordianot]

102. Why was Sam Houston not included?

Barbara Jordon was awesome. Shelia Jackson Lee who holds the same district would be a good name to include.

I am afraid you have a rather serious teacher problem.

My credentials (27 years in Education, Teacher, Psychological Examiner, Administrator, Parent)

[elehhhhna]

109. Yeah! "Chief Rolling Bottle" was our most colorful citizen, ever.

[Terran]

108. I too would like to know how this pans out.

Like others have said, your daughter's teacher is a complete moron, and I sincerely hope your daughter, who sounds like a GREAT person (!) will teacher HER something. She might also point out that Laura Bush is not a "government leader" ferchrissakes!

[Bullwinkle925]

110. Too bad you can't get your hands on tapes of the Watergate

Hearings and re-educate the bitch. She is certainly "One Child Left Behind"!!

[LeftyMom]

111. Please remind your daughter's teacher that

the Bushes aren't from Texas and for the sake of fairness she ought to have a few Democrats on the list. Oh, and the omission of LBJ (the most prominent Texan politician in modern history, for good or ill) is fucking criminal.

Or just hit her with a bat until she splatters. Personally, I'd use the bat.

"Highly qualified teachers" my ass. If this is what NCLB is supposed to do for american schools I'm glad LK won't be in them!

[CubsFan1982]

112. I had a similar experience.

It was 1988, and Michael Dukakis had just been nominated for President. The teacher was doing a unit on the election, and she wrote down the candidates' names on the board:

George Bush - Dan Quail
Michael Duckacis - Loyd Bentson

I raised my hand and gave her the correct spelling - she was totally clueless, and I had to correct her!

Oh, and by the way, this was in 1st grade and I hadn't even turned 6 yet. That's pathetic.

[progressoid]

116. Holy shit - I come from a family of outstanding teachers (Democrats too)

butthat might make me think about home schooling.

Sheesh.

[blondeatlast]

117. Barbara Jordan is one of my biggest heroes

and I'm a lily white middle class Arizonan.

Unbelievable.

I note that Ann Richards is not included, either. Not that there's any political bias in that list, not at all.

[roguevalley]

118. You need to have a talk with the principal. That teacher needs to

point where in the curriculum guide it says that they have to waste this much time on these people. They have guides that list what they teach and they have to be able to backtrack this to the guides. I would RAISE HELL if this was my kid.

By the way, your kid is wonderful.

[Bouncy Ball]

125. Aw, thanks!

I think this is part of a unit on Texas history, but most of the name she put up are so recent....?????

My daughter is going to school tomorrow with a long list of Texas Democrats to make the teacher's list more balanced. And some of her names go back to people like John Nance Garner. So it's more historical.

Her teacher's a farging idiot. We've had really bad luck this year, it's the second one she's had this year. The first was fired in January for proselytizing about Jesus to the class all the time.

[iconoclastic cat]

120. That's nothing!

I had to explain to one of our vets what "past perfect" tense is--and then she laughed and said, "I'll never remember that!"

Ah, our wonderful education system. Just glad to be part of the team.

On edit: Yes, I am aware that my posts are rife with syntactic errors. Welcome to my double standard.

[Bouncy Ball]

126. Yikes!! You had to explain that to a veteran TEACHER???

Please tell me she wasn't an English teacher, please tell me she wasn't an English teacher....

[iconoclastic cat]

130. Yes, yes she is.

She is also the only one in our dept. who voted for the Evil Shrub. Draw your own conclusions.

I must say this, however: she has never been anything but nice to me. We just do not talk politics.

[fujiyama]

123. WTF?

She puts up a bunch of pukes...including fuckin first ladies...and doesn't even include Johnson? It's one thing to have a political bias. We all have them. It's another to show it so overtly in a class room.

I'm surprised the idiot didn't list DeLay up there. Your daughter should have done the report on him, and ripped him to shreds - it would be good to expose the people to what a piece of shit he is.

[fortyfeetunder]

127. How old is this teaching moran?

She wrote Eisenhower, a 50's president but she left several decades out before bringing in the present day Pugs.

{sarcasm}I guess we need NCLB with teachers like this...{/sarcasm}

[PassingFair]

128. I feel for you, Bouncy.

My 8th grade daughter has a couple of teachers who are less than "left". She gets back at them by ALWAYS finding a way to tie * into whatever topic she has to write about.
It's a scream, actually, and sometimes I have to tell her she's reaching too far.
I went to her parent/teacher conferences last week, and she had given me a sheet of paper with the names of her teachers on it. Next to 3 of the names she had written in red pen, really small "(freeper)". Cracked me up. Funny thing is, these teachers LOVED her. Said she was the most mature kid in the class, and could always be counted on to know her stuff! The english teacher was very much looking forward to her essay on the legalization of marijuana! One of the lines from her essay was "Don't believe me? Just google "Wead" and see what you find!"
Lucky for us we're in a blue state, and they are checked insofar as what they can get away with!

[Donailin]

131. You have my sympathy

is that what you must endure when living in Texas? What a drag.

[GOPisEvil]

132. I think Little Bouncy should have given the teacher an assignment!

Ms. Ignorant, I think YOU should do a 2-pagereport on Barbara Jordan since you don't know who she is.