What Makes a Mass Movement?

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1. Aaron Barlow says:

   April 1, 2014 at 3:10 pm

   And the only reason I’m Singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar Situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
   Situation like that there’s only one thing you can do and that’s walk into
   The shrink wherever you are ,just walk in say “Shrink, You can get
   Anything you want, at Alice’s restaurant.”. And walk out. You know, if
   One person, just one person does it they may think he’s really sick and
   They won’t take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
   They may think they’re both faggots and they won’t take either of them.
   And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
   Singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and walking out. They may think it’s an
   Organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
   Fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice’s Restaurant and
   Walking out. And friends they may thinks it’s a movement. — Arlo Guthrie

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2. bbbbmer says:

   April 1, 2014 at 3:17 pm

   ROFLMAO!!! …quite literally… Thanks DiRav!!!

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3. Hannah says:

   April 1, 2014 at 6:36 pm

   HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Diane! You used to be a “lone nut” before people started following!!! Thanks for the chuckle 🙂 !

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4. Robert Thurston says:

   April 1, 2014 at 7:43 pm

   Diane, it made me smile but it makes me a little sad because I’m a teacher and it’s all about modeling and I’ve been coerced into drinking the Koolaid. Perhaps other people have seen me drinking the Koolaid, even if it is in a halting fashion and not with reckless abandon. Perhaps their immune systems are not as strong as mine. What if they can’t see the distaste behind my compliant smile or the churning in my guts? Will they be tempted to drink the Koolaid as well?

   If this was a description of the privatization movement, or VAM movement, or standardized testing movement, or Common Core movement all it takes is a well-financed “lone nut” to create a new reform movement. I still remember the leaders’ names — Rhee and Coleman, not to mention corporate and foundation personages.

   Dancing is great. Dancers don’t harm anybody. Life is a dance and should be lived accordingly. Let’s put dance back in school!

   Perhaps tomorrow I’ll whistle, “we’re off to see the wizard” while I skip down the hall — though it would have worked better for April Fool’s Day.

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5. chemtchr says:

   April 1, 2014 at 9:30 pm

   In retrospect, it is hard to see who was following whom, back in the beginning.

   Diane, you and Deborah Meier started this very sedate dance back on Edweek, and others were dancing also, and then it turned out we were dancing to variations on a theme, then fantastically well-funded people started calling you names all over the internet, and then…

   It’s all the newest movement. The instructional video makes it look much easier than it was. Thanks for getting out there in public.

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6. Laura Holtzclaw says:

   April 2, 2014 at 3:26 am

   http://www.commoncoremovie.com/?src=newsStory04012014

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7. Will Dix says:

   April 2, 2014 at 11:36 am

   Im in!

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8. Linda Seals says:

   April 15, 2014 at 7:06 pm

   Diane, I am a teacher in Hawaii. We have just in the past four years replaced our publically elected state wide school board with an appointed one. Now we are in the VAM stage, where it does not count yet but is being posted. Today Civil beat Hawaii, our local online newspaper reported about our union and our department of ed teaming up to recruit Hope Street Group Fellows. Our Union president stated the partnership with Hope Street Group will help ensure teachers have the “tools, knowledge and networks necessary to thrive in the classroom.” Really? I saw who funds this group and it is the same cast of characters. What do your readers know about the Hope street Group?

   Linda Seals

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