This is a fifth grade music class in a NYC public school (PS 22). Now tell me again...why don't we need to fund the arts? Clearly, good things are happening. Also: why wasn't my elementary school music teacher this cool?
Other good videos from the kids at PS 22, complete with stunning solos (how can one public school have so many uber-talented 5th graders?!):
Respect
Eye of the Tiger
Viva La Vida
1000 Oceans
Don't Stop Believing
Landslide
Getting a lesson from Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Hardin
9.26.2009
9.22.2009
Norman Borlaug died on September 12. To say that he saved over a billion lives is not hyperbole. Do you know how he accomplished this? It wasn't with community gardens, local food, slow food, organic food, or whatever the fashion is now. He did it with science. Here's what he said just a few weeks before he died:
The boy throws the stone in jest; the frog dies in earnest.
Even here at home, some elements of popular culture romanticize older, inefficient production methods and shun fertilizers and pesticides, arguing that the U.S. should revert to producing only local organic food. People should be able to purchase organic food if they have the will and financial means to do so, but not at the expense of the world’s hungry—25,000 of whom die each day from malnutrition.
The boy throws the stone in jest; the frog dies in earnest.
9.17.2009
Reading surreal fiction might actually make you smarter. And to think my dad called my books "brain candy" when I was growing up.
9.08.2009
Do want!. I can provide the pictures of DNA fragments, but I don't know how to make it pretty. For that I require an actual artist. But it would be neat to make one of these.
9.02.2009
Why do my students send me emails like this? What have I ever said in the classroom that would make them think I'd appreciate this drivel? I'm glad to know those critical thinking skills are sinking in. If someone says "This is TRUE!" it must be so, right?
This is TRUE!
How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those who died on the 11th of September,
2001...
Thought you might like to know what happened in a little town north of Bakersfield , California. After you finish reading this, please forward this story on to others so that our nation and people around the world will know about those who laughed when they found out about the tragic events in New York , Pennsylvania , and the Pentagon.
On September 11th, A Budweiser employee was making a delivery to a convenience store in a California town named McFarland. He knew of the tragedy that had occurred in New York when he entered the business to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping and hollering to show their approval
and support of this treacherous attack.
The Budweiser employee went to his truck, called his boss and told him of the very upsetting event! He didn't feel he could be in that store with those horrible people. His boss asked him, 'Do you think you could go in there long enough to pull every Budweiser product and item our beverage company sells there? We'll never deliver to them again.'
The employee walked in, proceeded to pull every single product his beverage company provided and left with an incredible grin on his face. He told them never to bother to call for a delivery again. Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice for that community. Just letting you know how Kern County handled this situation.
And Now The Rest Of The Story:
It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man are neighbors. Bud called Pepsi and told him. Pepsi called his boss who told him to pull all Pepsi products as well!!! That would include Frito Lay, etc. Furthermore, word spread and all vendors followed suit! At last report, on June 26, 2009, Fareed Katib closed the store and filed bankruptcy!
Good old American Passive-Aggressive A$$ Whoopin!
Pass this along, America needs to know that we're all working together!
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English…THANK A SOLDIER!!!
Hmm...like any company could actually get away with this without some major public backlash. Like EVERY company would be that dumb. Come on, students. Put on your thinking caps. Please?
PS: The true version of the story, which took all of 5 seconds on google to find. Come on, students -- that's YOUR kind of research. Use it. http://www.snopes.com/rumors/budweiser.asp
This is TRUE!
How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those who died on the 11th of September,
2001...
Thought you might like to know what happened in a little town north of Bakersfield , California. After you finish reading this, please forward this story on to others so that our nation and people around the world will know about those who laughed when they found out about the tragic events in New York , Pennsylvania , and the Pentagon.
On September 11th, A Budweiser employee was making a delivery to a convenience store in a California town named McFarland. He knew of the tragedy that had occurred in New York when he entered the business to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping and hollering to show their approval
and support of this treacherous attack.
The Budweiser employee went to his truck, called his boss and told him of the very upsetting event! He didn't feel he could be in that store with those horrible people. His boss asked him, 'Do you think you could go in there long enough to pull every Budweiser product and item our beverage company sells there? We'll never deliver to them again.'
The employee walked in, proceeded to pull every single product his beverage company provided and left with an incredible grin on his face. He told them never to bother to call for a delivery again. Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice for that community. Just letting you know how Kern County handled this situation.
And Now The Rest Of The Story:
It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man are neighbors. Bud called Pepsi and told him. Pepsi called his boss who told him to pull all Pepsi products as well!!! That would include Frito Lay, etc. Furthermore, word spread and all vendors followed suit! At last report, on June 26, 2009, Fareed Katib closed the store and filed bankruptcy!
Good old American Passive-Aggressive A$$ Whoopin!
Pass this along, America needs to know that we're all working together!
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English…THANK A SOLDIER!!!
Hmm...like any company could actually get away with this without some major public backlash. Like EVERY company would be that dumb. Come on, students. Put on your thinking caps. Please?
PS: The true version of the story, which took all of 5 seconds on google to find. Come on, students -- that's YOUR kind of research. Use it. http://www.snopes.com/rumors/budweiser.asp
9.01.2009
Funny Fleetwood Mac Moment (Even if You're Not a Fan)
Forgive my lack of substance, but I just wanted to share because I think this is incredible -- not the song itself (although that is too), but what happens during the song. If you're impatient, fast forward to 4:30. Then watch the very end, after the song ends (5:54). HILARIOUS. After seeing this, are there any lingering questions as to whether or not Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac are a true class act? No, I didn't think so.
Forgive my lack of substance, but I just wanted to share because I think this is incredible -- not the song itself (although that is too), but what happens during the song. If you're impatient, fast forward to 4:30. Then watch the very end, after the song ends (5:54). HILARIOUS. After seeing this, are there any lingering questions as to whether or not Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac are a true class act? No, I didn't think so.
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