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One Child Who Was Left Behind

Ok, I haven't picked on someone's use of the english language in a long time.

From Ampersand who picked it up from Trish Wilson:

George W. Bush on January 23, 2004

The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.

'nuff said.

Well, not quite enough. Trish quotes the entire paragraph for context and w's closing sentence is:

I expect you, as mayors, to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations. I challenge you to keep raising that bar and standards.

I probably have no hope of ever understanding what he means by 'soft bigotry' but I do know that low expectations is a problem that does permeate our culture

"Though your qualifications are quite impressive, I regret to inform you that we have selected another candidate. It was felt that your demeanor and therefore presence in the classroom would serve as an unrealistic expectation as to what high school students could strive to achieve or become.

and that setting high expectations can lead to success.

Thanks to Resurrection Song and The World Wide Rant for the pointer to the Marquis Harris story.

Posted by Steve on January 30, 2004