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chiwakum not credible
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chiwakum
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:09 pm
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11277 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:23 pm
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Except his website freezes up my computer...no pun intended.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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chiwakum not credible
Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Posts: 980 | TRs | Pics Location: Ballard |
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chiwakum
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:27 pm
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treeswarper wrote: | Except his website freezes up my computer...no pun intended. |
try firefox. I'm surprised his blog caused problems for your browser.
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seawallrunner dilettante
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 3307 | TRs | Pics Location: Lotusland |
I enjoy his book greatly. I saw him speak during one of the PBS fund raising marathons, he's well spoken too. Good answers to the questions.
thank you for the link to his blog. More Cliff !!
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chiwakum not credible
Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Posts: 980 | TRs | Pics Location: Ballard |
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chiwakum
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:07 pm
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we did a gift exchange at xmas this year and I had his book in my hands until my niece swiped it from me in a surprise last second move. but I was happy she showed even a remote interest in something thought provoking.
he updated his entry tonight describing a visit from King 5 to discuss the "extreme" summer we are having. he found it very ironic.
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More Cowbell Warrior Princess
Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 5657 | TRs | Pics Location: Alive on Earth |
“If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes.” - Unknown
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MtnGoat Member
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:58 pm
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Cliff Mass is awesome. On his blog he takes on the sheer idiocy and irrationality of the new math curriculum, and then over some teapot tempest some folks dump him. I hope he makes it back.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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tigermn Member
Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 9242 | TRs | Pics Location: There... |
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:05 pm
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Funny I had Cliff Mass as a professor for an Atmospheric Sciences 101 class in the vast Kane Hall at the UW around 30 years ago...
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Slugman It’s a Slugfest!
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:30 pm
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David¹ Token Canadian
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:50 pm
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I was curious as to what he was saying that was so controversial - well its here and after reading that and watching the recommended Youtube video I'm not sure that I really agree with him.
Correlation doesn't mean causation. I doubt that kids can read an analog clock today with the speed and accuracy of yesteryear but I wouldn't put the blame for that at the feet of Washington public schools.
Climate scientists hate it when experts in other fields chime in with an opinion on global warming. It is that unreasonable that professional educations bristle at attacks on their curriculum coming from a climate scientist?
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Daryl Big Shot Economist
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Daryl
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:13 pm
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David¹ wrote: | It is that unreasonable that professional educations bristle at attacks on their curriculum coming from a climate scientist? |
Isn't Cliff a professional educator?
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16092 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Well KUOW is owned by the U of W home of the U of W School of Education. Just like if you were employed by the Seattle Times to write weather forecasts and spent part of your forecast to criticize repealing the Estate Tax. Some employers might take that but not many. Usually ya hafta dance with the one who brought ya.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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MtnGoat Member
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:45 pm
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Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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MtnGoat Member
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:47 pm
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Daryl wrote: | David¹ wrote: | It is that unreasonable that professional educations bristle at attacks on their curriculum coming from a climate scientist? |
Isn't Cliff a professional educator? |
It doesn't take a PhD in math to know that 2+2 isn't 5, and seeing what is wrong with what they are pushing doesn't take a degree either.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Slugman It’s a Slugfest!
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:57 pm
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Good point, MG. I like the drift, and I like Cliff, but I'm not the boss. I'm just saying that if an employee doesn't do what the boss wants, the boss may pull the plug. If Cliff didn't want to do what they wanted, he should have quit himself. I have quit jobs myself because they wanted me to do something I wasn't comfortable with. And it's not like Cliff needed this job to keep body and soul together. This was a sideline for him.
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