From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
news:op.s6w82tl8eipai0{at}dsl40.bgtnvtpl.sover.net...
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:53:36 -0500, Mark  wrote:
>
>> Actually,  I meant it was the "progressives" that don't
like him. Not
>> that
>> he is.
>>
>> I think his words in the quote attributed to him have probably long since
>> been clarified by him, but basically he's right, is there really a need
>> for
>> each and every student to study and master calculus? > options also provide the desired result of engaging the brain and
>> teaching
>> it how to reason exist?>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:44238349$1{at}w3....
>>> Yep Neil's really progressive GMAB
>>>
>>> http://www.nndb.com/people/505/000026427/
>>>
>>> During a 2002 appearance at Whitney High School in Cerritos, California,
>>> Neil Bush told the audience of assembled high schoolers that nobody
>>> actually wants to study calculus, declaring that they shouldn't be
>>> "forced
>>> to study something a kid thinks is terribly useless and obscure."
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
news:44237c9d{at}w3....
>>>> So, is "Ignite" really as bad as
"they" make it out to be, or is it
>>>> just
>>>> a case of "other educators" being unhappy with
it because it's by a
>>>> Bush?
>>>>
>>>> I mean like are "other educators" unhappy with
NCLB too, because it
>>>> measures their progress? Or is it, basically that,
"progressives" don't
>>>> like accountability much, unless they're the ones wielding
the hammer?
>>>>
>>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>>>> news:442366d6$1{at}w3....
>>>>> It's just tacky way to give a charitable contribution
while making
>>>>> sure
>>>>> your son gets the benefits.
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember this is the Neil Bush of Silverado fame
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35297-2003Dec27?language=printe
r
>>>>>
>>>>> However, Ignite! has been attacked by other educators
for dumbing down
>>>>> history. Among its controversial aspects is a lesson
that depicts the
>>>>> Seminole Wars in a cartoon football game -- "the
Jacksons vs. the
>>>>> Seminoles" -- the animated Indians smashing
helmets with animated
>>>>> white
>>>>> settlers. The Constitutional Convention is taught in a rap song:
>>>>> It was 55 delegates from 12 states
>>>>>
>>>>> Took one hot Philadelphia summer to create
>>>>>
>>>>> A perfect document for their imperfect times
>>>>>
>>>>> Franklin, Madison, Washington -- a lot of the cats
>>>>>
>>>>> Who used to be in the Continental Congress way back.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ignite! is working well, Bush wrote in an e-mail:
"Teachers and
>>>>> students
>>>>> have given anecdotal feedback that confirms the
powerful impact our
>>>>> program is having on student achievement, student
focus and attitudes,
>>>>> and teacher success in reaching all of their students."
>>>>>
>>>>> But at Whitney reviews were less laudatory. "The
kids felt pretty
>>>>> strongly that what this was about was lowering the
bar," says Humes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Humes wasn't impressed, either. "There was a lot
of rhyming and
>>>>> games,"
>>>>> he says. "It reminded me of what my son uses -- but he's in
>>>>> kindergarten."
>>>>>
>>>>> When Bush spoke at Whitney, several students began
arguing with him.
>>>>>
>>>>> "He was very surprised," Humes recalls.
"You had to see the look on
>>>>> his
>>>>> face when one young woman got up and said she liked
calculus. He said
>>>>> it
>>>>> was useless. This is the branch of mathematics that
makes space travel
>>>>> possible, and he said it was useless."
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mark"  wrote in
message news:44235f81{at}w3....
>>>>>> I'm not familiar with "Ignite" is it a
bad program or something, or
>>>>>> does it work well to help students learn?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>>> news:44235d63{at}w3....
>>>>>>> Propping up Neil Bush while calling it charity
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/14170174.htm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Barbara Bush earmarked Katrina donation for
son's company
>>>>>>> HOUSTON - Former first lady Barbara Bush gave
relief money to the
>>>>>>> Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund on the condition
that it be spent to buy
>>>>>>> educational software from her son Neil's company.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>
> I guess we've all forgotten the tax benefits the Clintons discovered in
> donating their underwear?
>
>
> --
> Gary Wiltshire

Crass opportunists are in every affiliation and should be exposed. I have
no problem with the exposure of their schemes and their ultimate rebuking

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