Articles Tagged “teachers”
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‘Great Job, Teach’
BY LARRY STEELE He walked by the camera in his red OU t-shirt, splattered with dirt, hair disheveled, and cuts on his face. He told the reporter about helping rescue people from the rubble of the tornado. He spoke of his experience at an elementary school. He told of removing a car from the hallway [...]
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The Right To Lie
BY SHARON MARTIN The headline read, “Virginia man gets seven years in prison for stealing Obama’s teleprompter.” What the man had actually stolen was a Ford pickup that belonged to the White House. The truck, filled with audio-visual equipment, was parked near a venue where the president was scheduled to speak. The thief, Eric Brown, [...]
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Ballot-Measure Democracy A Notable Success in 2012
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Story Of Power
BY SHARON MARTIN People who have never taken an education class want to fix education. They want to fix it, all right! They will pare it down to the basics, give students just enough education that they can sign their names, follow direct orders, and work for minimum wage. Except their kids, of course; they [...]
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Nostalgia Cuts Both Ways
BY VERN TURNER Most people using Internet and e-mail have seen the nostalgic bits that circulate. I’ve received a jukebox with hits from every decade that records were made. I’ve seen photographs of just about every city and town in the country taken from 1915 onward. Recently, however, someone sent me a series of Rockwellian [...]
