A Poi Choice of Words
I missed this story when it first happened.
Apparently before the Hawaii caucus, Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii — a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY — assailed the Honolulu private school, the Punahou School, attended by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, in an attempted to paint Obama as a rich elitist.
In an interview with The Honolulu Advertiser before the caucuses, Inouye said: "If you ask the people in Hawai’i what they know about Barack Obama, I think the honest answer is, ‘Very little.’ He went to school in Hawai’i but he went to Punahou, and that was not a school for the impoverished….to suggest that Punahou maybe set his life plan in place, I find it very interesting," said Inouye, who attended public school.
Obama responded in an interview with KITV: "Shame on Danny for trying to pull that stunt. I went to Punahou on a scholarship. I was raised by a single mom and my grandmother."
Inouye has apologized to Punahou President James Scott and he sent a copy of the letter along with a note to Obama.
”It was just a misstatement,” said an Inouye spokesperson. ”It was never the intent to disparage Punahou in any way. It is without a doubt one of the finest schools in our nation.”
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I’ve admired Sen. Inouye for a long time, ever since I heard that he keeps the door to his office in the Senate always open, believing that there is nothing that should be discussed behind closed doors. So, it saddens me that he is not above such sleazy political tricks like atacking a candidate through his history. Not a proud moment for the senator, or fot his state!!
I am sick of all of these people criticizing obama, but the next day, all of a suddenly they “apoligize”, or are made to apoligize. Oh, but when OBAMA criticizes, there is NEVER an apology, even if one is obviously called for. Like the Army General that said lately that obama’s story of the soldiers was “ok by him”—–please—-think, people….if obama were to become President, these people criticizing him would have to PAY—–he’d make sure they did, one way or another.
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Tolerance of ignorance?The US – especially its public school system – promote and revel in ignorance.
And again…
You’re one of those who see the secular government, and its funding of schools in opposition to his church are you?Let me give you a clue: We’re not talking about schools (public or otherwise) — dont try and change the subject Mr. Rove.
… is 10th grade considered “elementary” school? Or is the test simply at a higher standard that his students’ grade level?
Now don’t get me wrong. I understand learning disabilities, and I empathize.The wtf for me, is that he managed to get a university degree. I mean, I totally get equal opportunity, and all that jazz. But really… are we meant to accommodate everybody regardless of whether their disability or inability makes them inherently inferior in their chosen profession/degree ?See: Female firefighters, 90% of the people you go to school with, etc…
The article says …Even estimates on the number of all American children being taught at home swing broadly, from one million to two million. No matter what the faith, parents who make the choice are often inspired by a belief that public schools are havens for social ills like drugs and that they can do better with their children at home.permalinkfeedback | bookmarklets | buttons | widget | store | advertise WIRED.com - WIRED How-ToUse of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy(c) 2008 CondeNet, Inc. All rights reserved.please log in or register in to vote for the links you like or dislike. this will affect their ranking and help customize reddit for you.create a new accountall it takes is a username and passwordusername:email: (optional)password:verify password:setMessage($(’captcha’), ‘type the letters from the image above’);remember meI understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its User Agreement and Privacy Policy.create account
Yeah let’s get rid of the 1st Amendment to save America!/yougottabekiddingme
I think your missing the point, if the teacher is dyslexic and can’t read — can they help the students learn? If they ask a question about how to read something, should the teacher not be able to do that?I think whether the teacher understands the is a distraction, can the teacher convey the concepts? Can they guide the child & see where they have misconceptions — for instance they my be able to do the current assignment correctly but have a deeply flawed understanding — would the teacher be able to detect that?
The tolerance of religion and celebration of ignorance is going to destroy America.
A thousand upmods for you kind sir.
Maybe his university allowed alternate ways of testing his comprehension of business math concepts. If he was doing business marketing, he probably didn’t need a whole lot of calculus.Just imagine the story had been “dyslexic teacher fails 10th grade reading comprehension test,” and the teacher had a math degree instead.
This makes good sense. At every turn the Federal government should be stopped from spending money on education. The powers of the Federal government are clearly defined and spending money on education is not among them. Education is a state issue.
Are you always this stupid? I didn’t say anything about religion or secularism. I responded to some idiotic comment on reddit.
Its time to decide what future we want. There is a very big difference between the founding and today.Firstly, State Religions were rife. In the day, Freedom of Religion was tanamount to freedom of conscience and assembly.We’ve grown beyond state religions. So to should we grow beyond tolerating the incursion of superstition into our public life, and permitting it to be used as an argument in any regard.Its time to grow.
A headline should have some single idea that captures our interest, surprises or delights us. I see nothing of that kind here.Please try again.