Monthly Archives: June 2009

June 23, 2009

Mortgaging Our Future: UFT agrees to cut Pension Benefits

Isn’t it great when politicians dress up a flagrant con job as a “cost-saving” measure? As if teacher recruitment and retention isn’t bad enough in this city, along comes the cabal of Bloomberg, Klein and Weingarten–who sound like an ambulance-chasing … Continue reading →

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June 22, 2009

Summer Vacation Flick: Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”

I’ll be pretty infrequent with posts this week, as curricular matters need to be attended to.  In short, my curriculum and assessment quagmire that I alluded to last week needs to be somewhat completed.  Welcome to my personal hell. Anyway, … Continue reading →

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June 18, 2009

This Day in History 6/18: The War of 1812

It just figures that the first day of the US Open at Bethpage Black gets rained out.  It shares an anniversary with another unhappy accident. Today is the 197th anniversary of the War of 1812, one of the strangest wars … Continue reading →

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