[Vision2020] Who said . . .

[Tom Hansen]

Very good, g.

Now the next step.

How about the "boys are failing in school because doing well in school is 
perceived as a feminine trait, prompting the 'You're so gay'" quote.

Now, stay in step, g.  I wouldn't want you to misunderstand my final 
thesis when we get there.

(Shooting fish in a waterless barrel was never this easy.)

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho



> "I NEVER heard or read that if a black student excelled academically, (s)
he 
> was doing the white thing."
> 
> Go into any inner-city neighborhood, and folks will tell you that 
government 
> alone can't teach kids to learn. They know that parents have to parent, 
that 
> children can't achieve unless we raise their expectations and turn off 
the 
> television sets and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a 
> book is acting white."
>    -Barack Obama, Keynote Address, Democratic National Convention, 2004
> 
> Apparently BHO has.
> 
> g
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:22 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Who said . . .
> 
> 
> > Pop Quiz Time . . .
> >
> > A local blahster stated (in his words, and his words alone), so . . . 
who
> > said:
> >
> > "The current theory is that boys are failing in school because doing 
well
> > in school is perceived as a feminine trait, prompting the 'You're so 
gay'
> > harassment.
> >
> > It's similar to the taunt among African-Americans that doing well in
> > school is a white trait."
> >
> > --------------
> >
> > V-peeps:  I am 57 years old.  I have attended public schools in Los
> > Angeles and North Idaho.  While attending these public schools I NEVER
> > heard or read the "taunt" that "doing well in school is a white trait."
> >
> > During my 20-year tenure in the United States Army, which included five
> > CONUS (Continental United States) assignments (from Fort Dix, New 
Jersey
> > to Presidio of San Francisco, California) and six overseas assignments
> > (four in Germany, one in South Korea, and one in Vietnam), I NEVER 
heard
> > or read the "taunt" that "doing well in school is a white trait."
> >
> > I have heard and read of incidents where members of minorities were
> > excluded from admission to certain public facilities.  But I NEVER 
heard
> > or read that if a black student excelled academically, (s)he was doing 
the
> > white thing.
> >
> > But, then there are a couple local private schools here in
> > Vandalville . . . Perhaps those are the schools to which this blahgster
> > refers.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget 
to
> > have fun doin' it.  Lord, let your laughter ring forth.  Be outrageous,
> > ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can
> > produce.  And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the 
sheer
> > joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun 
it
> > was."
> >
> > - Molly
> > Ivins
> >
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"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to 
have fun doin' it.  Lord, let your laughter ring forth.  Be outrageous, 
ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can 
produce.  And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer 
joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it 
was."

- Molly
Ivins

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