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		By: Sparky		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[So in his video when he says that vitamin supplements are crap - and then later says that adding vitamin A to rice is a good thing... ahhh what?
 

 
If he is so fond of science he should get treatment for his ADHD.  He speaks so fast and paces so much I wonder if he&#039;s on cocaine. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So in his video when he says that vitamin supplements are crap &#8211; and then later says that adding vitamin A to rice is a good thing&#8230; ahhh what?</p>
<p>If he is so fond of science he should get treatment for his ADHD.  He speaks so fast and paces so much I wonder if he&#039;s on cocaine. </p>
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		By: Mark Tiedemann		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tiedemann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 05:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you get to the bottom of that piece you can begin to understand where she&#039;s coming from.  Net neutrality means corporations can&#039;t impose restrictions, either, and in the bizarro-speak of the Libertarian Right, anything that blocks corporations (read: rich people) from doing whatever they want is unAmerican, and in this case a form of censorship.  It&#039;s twisted, but in a way consistent. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you get to the bottom of that piece you can begin to understand where she&#039;s coming from.  Net neutrality means corporations can&#039;t impose restrictions, either, and in the bizarro-speak of the Libertarian Right, anything that blocks corporations (read: rich people) from doing whatever they want is unAmerican, and in this case a form of censorship.  It&#039;s twisted, but in a way consistent. </p>
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		By: Erich Vieth		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erich Vieth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 22:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mark:
 

 
More evidence for you:
 

 
&#034;Michele Bachmann is now asserting that the issue of Internet network neutrality, known as &#034;net neutrality,&#034; is an evil Obama administration plot to censor the Internet.&#034;
 

  &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/04/michele_bachman_80.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/04/michel...&lt;/a&gt;  

 
This is truly Orwellian. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark:</p>
<p>More evidence for you:</p>
<p>&quot;Michele Bachmann is now asserting that the issue of Internet network neutrality, known as &quot;net neutrality,&quot; is an evil Obama administration plot to censor the Internet.&quot;</p>
<p>  <a href="http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/04/michele_bachman_80.php" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/04/michel" rel="nofollow ugc">http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/04/michel</a>&#8230;  </p>
<p>This is truly Orwellian. </p>
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		By: Mark Tiedemann		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Tiedemann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I agree with Dan.  Sometimes I think the metric for what qualifies as a good teacher is one who manages to instill the lessons in spite of willful resistance from the student.  Blaming teachers is just another manifestation of trying to pretend that kids have no say in their participation in school, which is a form of adult blindness I&#039;ve never understood.  No matter how &#034;good&#034; my teachers were, they could never overcome the fact that I hated being in school.  How is it their fault if I didn&#039;t learn?
 

 
(But I always did well on tests---like Dan, learning was taking place, just not on their timetable.) ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Dan.  Sometimes I think the metric for what qualifies as a good teacher is one who manages to instill the lessons in spite of willful resistance from the student.  Blaming teachers is just another manifestation of trying to pretend that kids have no say in their participation in school, which is a form of adult blindness I&#039;ve never understood.  No matter how &quot;good&quot; my teachers were, they could never overcome the fact that I hated being in school.  How is it their fault if I didn&#039;t learn?</p>
<p>(But I always did well on tests&#8212;like Dan, learning was taking place, just not on their timetable.) </p>
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		By: Dan Klarmann		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Klarmann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 11:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some of my best classes were because of bad teachers. I like to learn; always have. But I abhor rote exercises and bulk memorization. One of the few tests that I ever cheated on was a regurgitation of the full list of Supreme Court Chief Justices, their tenures, birth dates, and home towns. I think I did right, as I have yet to imagine a use for this information.
 

 
But I remember several teachers who gave up on me, and sent me to the library for a semester. I only had to show up for (and often set the curve on) tests. I learned a lot through independent and unguided reading.
 

 
Blaming the teachers is not really helping the situation. By the time kids get to school, their academic trajectory is generally foretold. I learned well because of parentally instilled values. 
 

 
Good teachers can really help those who are merely willing to learn. But bad teachers cannot stop those who are determined to. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of my best classes were because of bad teachers. I like to learn; always have. But I abhor rote exercises and bulk memorization. One of the few tests that I ever cheated on was a regurgitation of the full list of Supreme Court Chief Justices, their tenures, birth dates, and home towns. I think I did right, as I have yet to imagine a use for this information.</p>
<p>But I remember several teachers who gave up on me, and sent me to the library for a semester. I only had to show up for (and often set the curve on) tests. I learned a lot through independent and unguided reading.</p>
<p>Blaming the teachers is not really helping the situation. By the time kids get to school, their academic trajectory is generally foretold. I learned well because of parentally instilled values. </p>
<p>Good teachers can really help those who are merely willing to learn. But bad teachers cannot stop those who are determined to. </p>
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