http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/ a gift to you and me accidently on purpose somewhere but mostly in the city Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/#comment-300 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:39:07 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/#comment-300 ah yes! i do have the attention span of a newt! ah yes! i do have the attention span of a newt!

]]> http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/#comment-299 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:35:14 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/#comment-299 Perhaps you are distracting yourself from your prime focus but I am enjoying your reflections on schooling and multiculturalism. There is a backlash against the latter that is frightening. The school election debate in Ontario is also a real eye-opener. I think that a move to fund private schools, religious or secular, will further undermine a public school system that has been seriously underfunded for decades. And you're spot on with your observation of geographic districting creating have and have not schools with dramatically different outcomes for their students. Perhaps you are distracting yourself from your prime focus but I am enjoying your reflections on schooling and multiculturalism. There is a backlash against the latter that is frightening. The school election debate in Ontario is also a real eye-opener. I think that a move to fund private schools, religious or secular, will further undermine a public school system that has been seriously underfunded for decades. And you’re spot on with your observation of geographic districting creating have and have not schools with dramatically different outcomes for their students.

]]> http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/#comment-298 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:36:30 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/#comment-298 I know! It is just such a dam good way to not deal with oneself ain'int! But then again this school one is bugging the daylights out of me! I know! It is just such a dam good way to not deal with oneself ain’int! But then again this school one is bugging the daylights out of me!

]]> http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/#comment-296 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:19:27 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2007/09/26/unpopular-thought/#comment-296 hey. lots of "thinking" from someone who's supposed to be focusing on dealing with herself. You were looking for advice before - how 'bout including blogging on the list of verboten activities. ;-) hey. lots of “thinking” from someone who’s supposed to be focusing on dealing with herself. You were looking for advice before - how ’bout including blogging on the list of verboten activities.

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