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A Great Idea for Drama Class: Performing Wasilla Town Meetings

This is just hilarious, and a brilliant idea at the same time: taking the Wasilla Town Meeting minutes (Sarah Palin presiding), and turning them into a one-man drama performance. Do yourself a favor and laugh as you learn about the extent of this woman’s experience, and worse yet, her leadership style.

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After Tom Friedman, Sarah Palin is Flat Now Too

Oh yes. Thomas Friedman, author and saint of the edublogosphere for his book, The World is Flat, now flattens shameless dimwit and aspiring 2012 Cheerleader-in-Chief Sarah Palin with this steamroller of an op-ed piece in today’s New York Times. A taste: Criticizing Sarah Palin is truly shooting fish in a barrel. But given the huge [...]

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Palin Debate Flowchart: Smiling Down the Decline

Nothing sadder than a sick joke that’s true. Adennack‘s brilliant flowchart below is not an exaggeration of Palin’s approach when non-answering Gwen Ifill’s debate questions: If you’re as disgusted as I am that the media is calling this insult to democracy and intelligence a “passed test” on Palin’s part (and Ifill miserably failed my test [...]

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Quotable: “U.S. Schools as Islamic Madrassas”

Call me crazy. I care that science not be confused with superstition in schools. That’s why I like this riposte to Sarah Palin’s “teach them both theories” nonsense about creationism/intelligent design in science classrooms: [N]ext time you hear this innocent sounding, ever so reasonable, “teach both sides” proposition . . . from . . . [...]

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Right and Wrong Questions for the Vice Presidential Test

Test-Making 101: A Teacher’s Take Most teachers know that multiple choice tests focusing on facts only are easier for their students to ace than essay tests requiring students to use those facts to analyze a problem and reason their way to a solution. A concrete example would be a map test requiring students to merely [...]

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Sarah Palin in “Head of Skate” – Fun Little Spoof Trailer

A little ice-breaker after my fear-frozen last post: CollegeHumor.com also found noteworthy Matt Damon’s comments about Palin leading the US government and military. But they had fun with it, bless ‘em. Enjoy (and h/t to Crooks and Liars). See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. (And on an educational note, if any of [...]

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Why Palin, Her Supporters, and the US Media Terrify Me

[Update: To learn more about Palin's ties to a disturbingly extreme, theocratic wing of Christianity, see these articles from the Christian website, "Talk to Action: Reclaiming Citizenship, History, and Faith." They substantiate all claims with sources, and are very fair. This article is a good, comprehensive start.] From CNN: A Feature on Palin’s Church: From [...]

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