Bar Barr From Running

by | Aug 5, 2012 | Articles

http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/roseanne-barr-is-presidential-hopeful-1697375.story As a Green candidate, Utah-born comic Roseanne Barr could not gather enough votes to win the nomination for president. Now she has just announced that she has received the nomination...

On Hate, Political Speech, and Identity

by | Aug 5, 2012 | Articles

Too many people on Patch just spewing hate speech and bigotry. Patch is not a news organization it is just a collection of people writing nonsense. These people are not reporters just people out to polarize. Waxman is elected and if he won elections to keep him in...

"Do You Like Being a Teacher?" — Lloyde

by | Aug 5, 2012 | Articles

Lloyde High School, nestled right next to the 405 Freeway just outside of Lawndale, is the continuation school for Centinela Valley. The school was one of many dysfunctional schools in the region, a program of contracted-education in which students would make up...

It's Not Enough to Leave Home

by | Aug 5, 2012 | Articles

How many people hated their parents while growing up? For many, Mom and Dad become an affront to their freedom, a flesh-and-blood tyranny which prevented them from excelling, from doing the things that they wanted to do. Then again, some people grew up in very abusive...

"Do You Like Being a Teacher?" — Leuzinger

by | Aug 5, 2012 | Articles

I have waited a long time to write this post. I liked the students at Leuzinger High School. They were much better at the work that they did, they were far more respectful, too. I cannot say that the administrators looked forward to seeing me, however. At that stage...

"Do You Like Being a Teacher?" Lawndale

by | Aug 5, 2012 | Articles

Then on to Lawndale, one crazy place, to say the least, where the same cult of "They have to like you" was dominant, where the deans were so scared of setting of administration that they would not deal with real discipline problems. If they were so worried...