Unhinged? Online comments re: Supreme's school integration decision

online discussion, BB, commentary | 29 June | various

[zendari]

Still crossing my fingers for a Monday retirement announcement.

With some luck, Stevens decides he no longer wants to wrestle with the 35 year younger Chief Justice. Or Souter decides to show the slightest bit of gratitude towards Bush 41 by letting 43 pick his successor, uses his recent senior status eligibility to collect a full paycheck, and disappears into New Hampshire before someone can steal his house.

[bt_dooftlook]

The good news is that they don’t have guns, due to a perpetually adolescent misreading of the 2nd amendment...

[Nuc1]

Well said. Busing is a failed experiment. As are the educational methodologies that have been followed for the last 50 years. The problem we have is the entrenched liberal educational leadership. It is three decades past time to break this monster up.

As an aside, there were sixty kids in my first grade class and you could hear a pin drop when Sister Mary Paul was in the class. Naturally enough we did our school work and we learned stuff. Interesting relationship isn’t it.

[Sacajaweau]

I went to Catholic School from 6th grade on (1954-1961). At that time, teachers in both schools were excellent IN THE PRIMARY GRADES. I found no difference in the teaching methods. But, the Public schools were superior, having music lessons, playgrounds, plays, visits to the Rochester Museum, the Eastman House, the Eastman Theatre etc. It was very diverse.

Kids rarely got into trouble (and we all carried a knife to play mumbly peg).My biggest crime was stepping on Mrs. Culian's lawn (The old lady with the broom stood by her property every day when we were walking to school!!) My first confession was: "I stepped on Mrs. Culian's lawn 500 times.