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[framefolly]

"Expectations," by Katherine Boo (what a cool last name!), NYer, Jan 15 2007,

about reforming Denver's low-income, low-academic performance school district, with emphasis on superintendent Michael Bennet. Keep in mind when I look for teaching jobs next year.

"The Anti-Gravity Men," by David Owen, NYer, Jun 25 2007,

about the structural engineers of

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[bluebombardier]

Also not to forget: tally points for successful completion of assigned tasks at end of day and throw self a party.

[framefolly]

thaaas righ'!

Hi Tiny again

[anonymous]

I always enjoy reading articles by this Katherine Boo person. She wrote several- the first one I read was about the girlfriend of a major drug dealer in NY, another is about visiting nurse to low income girls in the Louisiana? bayous. I think she won a Pulitzer at some point. One of my friends in social work in Columbia told me that the first article is a very famous one amongst social work students.

I enjoyed the China article very much too. How interesting that the great wall is such a scarcely researched academic subject! The independent research that has grown around it is touching.

You are such a great worm!

Re: Hi Tiny again

[framefolly]

Thank you!

Wish I could track down the first Boo articles, then...

Yeah, now doesn't that anti-Japanese song that got converted into an anti-Communist song from when we were kids -- "the 10,000 li changcheng is 10,000 li long" -- make more sense, in an insidious political propaganda way?