Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher

Education, politics, and anything else that catches my attention.

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Planning For The Future

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According to the Los Angeles Times, California might have been better able to respond to the coronavirus outbreak : They were ready to rol...
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Monday, March 30, 2020

Essential Oils

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I have a very strong sense of smell. I used to burn candles in my house.  When you have a big dog, especially one that spends a lot of tim...
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Sunday, March 29, 2020

True? Or Urban Myth?

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If this is true, public shaming is in order: A company in Austin, Texas is looking to dock pay from workers who receive government stimul...
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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Why It's Hard To Take The Press Seriously These Days

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Exhibit 8,000,000: link
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Friday, March 27, 2020

My First Foray Into Distance Learning

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For the past several years at school, I've been the person who organizes 7th Period (happy hour) and sends out an email telling everyone...
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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Stimulus

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Assuming that the House will pass the Senate's version of the "stimulus" package--2 trillion dollars, in all--I decided to ca...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Two Ways of Looking At A Supreme Court Decision

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From Vox , which leans so far left it's about to fall over: Yet even as the justices seek shelter from a pandemic, they still managed ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

After Spring Break...

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It seems like everyone and his brother is using Zoom lately.  For awhile, at least, we can use it for classes, until they reimpose limits on...
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Monday, March 23, 2020

Intersectionality: Coronavirus, so-called Environmentalism, and Compulsion From The Left

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It's been making the rounds in libertarian and conservative circles for awhile now:  how's that plastic bag ban, mass transit, straw...
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Anyone Think This Will Last For Long?

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Good on the SPI for following the law, now it's time for the Michigan legislature to change the law : Students attending public school...
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Sunday, March 22, 2020

Special Education in the Era of Coronavirus

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The US Department of Education issued guidance about following Section 504 and the IDEA, and a couple days later issued a tepid clarificatio...

Building the Brand

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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade : Even though an annual choral festival in San Bernardino County, California was canceled this y...

Degrading the Brand

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Harvard and Yale have nothing left but their longstanding reputations.  Their current crop of students is nothing to be proud of : Student...
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Saturday, March 21, 2020

Distance Education

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Yesterday we got word from our district that it's very unlikely that we will go back to school after spring break (April 13th was the pl...
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Friday, March 20, 2020

My Taxes Are Paying For This Idiot's Education

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Where else but UC Davis --or, as I call it, Berkeley-lite: In a “breaking news” article late Wednesday that must be seen to be believed (...
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West Point's Way of Dealing With Cadets Re: Coronavirus

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The superintendent just sent out an email to all cadets, staff, and graduates, keeping everyone informed about what's going on at West P...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

At The Grocery Store During Coronavirus Season

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Who are the people in your neighborhood In your neighborhood In your neigh-bor-hood, oh Who are the people in your neighborhood The peop...
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The Definition of Conservatism

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"Everyone is conservative about what he knows best." --Robert Conquest “The most radical revolutionary will become a conservati...

Perhaps The Most Surreal, Remarkable Thing I've Seen In A Very Long Time

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I can't believe it's been almost 8 years since my last visit to Venice.  Without getting maudlin, I'd just say that if you'v...
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Media Coronavirus Lies

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Breitbart has them compiled in one place . Trump Told Governors to Get Their Own Goddamned Ventilators! Trump Seeks Monopoly on Coronavir...
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