School's ended in some parts of the country, although not yet here in New England. Casa Brillig wishes it were over, though...
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So K1 comes home a week ago saying she needs to skip swim practice to redo a class project. "What happened to the one you did?" I asked.
"Teacher accidentally threw it out. I need to have it done by tomorrow."
I'm gonna leave specifics out, mostly because (a) there's a parent teacher conference involved to sort out why, if the teacher disposed of it, why my kid got two letter grades taken off because the replacement was LATE; and (b) I'd rather not leave my speculations and grumblings at this teacher all over Teh Google; and (c) those of you on my Facebook are tired of reading about it!
I will, however, seque gracefully to music related to school :-) Add your own in the comments!!
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd Quintessential commentary on school, and apt for Casa Brillig's mood today
Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police Schoolkid crushes, anyone remember theirs?
Hot For Teacher - Van Halen Something creepier about this one than the one above, but maybe that's just me...
Teacher, Teacher - 38 Special "Teacher, teacher can you teach me, can you tell me if I'm right or wrong?"
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And now let's see what arrived in the Top Comments mailbox:
From liz dexic:
In K S LaVida's The two dirtiest words in the language, the first 3 paragraphs of this diary neatly describe what is wrong with the US of A when the marketing weasels of the world employ Jedi mind tricks and misdirection to convince the populace that non production will lead to better economic times. This comment/excerpt from the ninth paragraph is is an apt metaphor for how the citizens will feel the morning after.
Comment: "A financial product seller, in contrast, is just there to make a deal and get his bonus for making "sales"; he hopes that it's somebody else who gets screwed. It is economic santorum."
Diarist's note: strictly speaking, when we say comment nominations, we mean comments from the Comments section, not the diary itself :-)
From bubbanomics:
someone - aka khloemi - forgot where they were. Circular logic at its best?
From Julie Gulden:
In jotter's HID today.... prior to this exchange, bleeding heart played the lead in a story of redemption. (not linked here) She then began a conversation which ended up in the DailyKos gutter...oh yes, we have a fun gutter. Other participants were too chicken to submit this...shhhh I'm talkin bout someone who's name starts with Trash.
It's a lot of work trying to decide what to send to top comments! This thread started by trashablanca details the agony of the decision. (Is there a full moon?)
Edited by brillig to include the links from the comments :-)
From Yours Truly, brillig:
In Jed Lewison's Walker moves to ban hospital visitation rights for same-sex couples, One bite at a time's comment is sadly true.
Bindle gets my nod for tying together Monty Python and the Ryan Budget Plan.