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Good one, Dr. Ravitch! I’m sure they are too afraid to debate you!
Ah! You got me. Was really looking forward to it. A pity it is not to be.
You got me! I was so excited. First thought, “those bullies” think they can take on Diane, but my money is on her! Ha ha ha, good one.
Raised my hopes…
The honorable Governor Andrew Cuomo has been selected to be the honorary chairman of a national group of educational thought leaders.
APRIL FOOL
polite chortle…
AGH! You got me, Diane!
Oh no, I felt just like I went through an episode in the Groundhog Day movie. That’s a good April’s fool! You’re definitely a character.
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Well, we can hope anyway; if only the debate would happen. . . . Happy April Fool’s Day to you too.
You totally got me there. I was all excited and wondering how I was going to get there! I should have known it was a joke…kind of like the Common Core, PARCC, VAM, edu-capitolists, EdReform. No longer laughing…starting to cry just thinking about how easy it was to make that list. Sadly could have continued…
Ha ha ! Very funny! Too bad it wasn’t real.
Well said, Robert!
Why would they want their sells pitch (lies) to be exposed?
DYING of laughter here!!!!
YUP. That’ll happen. . . .
When “China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street,”
When the ocean’s “folded and hung up to dry
And the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky.”
Hah! I would like to see Arne Duncan agree to debate a 5th grader.
Too good to be true!
Good one, Diane You had me!!:)
Let’s see. How would this work? It would definitely have to be the two of them . . . unfair odds in Diane’s favor otherwise, but you can only count Arne as a half. Now then: I suppose Gates would have Arne all hooked up with an earpiece and some sort of glasses with computer screens on the inside, onto which Eva Moskowitz, Bill Philips, Chris Christie, and others could shoot him ideas. He would have to practice reading and then speaking the items; how amusing if someone hacked that . . .
I would feel really badly for the Gates and Duncan families. They would find out Bill and Arne weren’t as smart as they thought . . . they would be ill-equipped to pass this test, as they do not have the properly implemented materials: truth and reality.
Could be a couple of persons who got randomly selected from this blog or any group you like. They will be given a human suit to impersonate each to engage in a mock debate. Must be fun to watch.
They can’t handle you!!!!! Prophetic woman! Truthsayer!
If this were to take place, you’d have them stuttering.
I would pay to hear that debate!!