A few weeks ago I went on a rant about the random guy in my office who has no job description to speak of.
Well earlier this week, I actually saw physical evidence of him working.
I should have taken a picture of it so that I'd have proof. But basically it was a memo to all the attorneys to notify them that it was time to decide how many holiday cards they wanted and to give him back the memo with their name and number requested and that their secretary would take care of sending them out. (technically he's supposed to call us their assistants but I digress)
It was a strange moment to see that he'd actually done something that we could point to and say: Look! Patrick actually
doesthings!!!!
What a bright, shiny moment for Lipsitz Green.
In other news, after a friends of mine have and moderate to lots of success on match.com I decided to join. What do I really have to lose? I'm smart enough to know most of the traps to avoid (there could always be crazies out there who have new tricks up their sleeves) and I'm not exactly desperate for love and some of these profiles are good for a few laughs. One guys headline: "If you are what you eat, then I could be you by tomorrow" Simply charming.
So I joined and I've been talking to this guy who seems frighteningly normal...although actuallly a bit talkative (at least online). We had a good conversation going for a while. Although he said some things that were a tad...how shall I put this...gay? I mean its hard to judge because he was typing but he did get really excited when talking about his cat and how his future roommate has 3 kittens are really "tiny and cute". Also the fact that he's moving in with a female friend this weekend seems kind of odd. Now, whatever, I don't care who people live with. He clearly isn't interested in this chick because he's on match.com, but still, its a little odd.
(e:mike) I totally have a mission for you regarding this guy, and I know you'll love it.
Minority students are most often poor students or go to a poorly funded school.
If you want to see the poorest, worst performing school in a district, go to the one named after Dr. Martin Luther King. It is really sad that segregation still exists in this way. And cutesy little stories about some intrepid teacher who inspires a class of poor students to excel just seem maudlin and disingenuous.
HA! I am not 100% sure what this movie is even about. I just read Anne's description and it pushed one of my buttons. ^_^
And Peter, I can't tell if I am being for real or sarcastic most of the time. ^_~
I would assume that (e:james) is very sarcastic if not cynical...not in a bad sense. Anyways, the truth is minorities are at a disadvantage statistically, but by being provided with less from the very start contributes to the historical gap in education and economic status in a profound way. I don't even know if that makes sense. All that being said Anne, that movie looks bad.
First of all (e:james) I can never tell if you are being real or sarcastic in your comments. But that being said I think these movies to try and remind people that instead of having kids in high school, or droping out to sell drugs. Kids should try hard to stay in shcool and make a better life for them selves. The civil rights movement ended and schools got intergrated but things still aren't close to even. The poor not the black or white kids still get the worset education. I think that the Mega rich hold down the poor and if that means most of them are black also, so be it. I did hear a comedian say about the one about the swim team "Don't waste your time watching it they all drown". Seriously though even if the movie is Bad Denzel will do a great job in it like he does in all his movies. I think this one might have a chance to be good cause it won't be about some guy from a bad hood getting a chance. It will be about someone or some people who can talk and argue and are smart and deserve to be taken seriously. That being said I'm skipping it.
I have a feeling rich white men are behind these movies.
They want to tell poor minority students in crumbling underfunded schools that they can do great things if they just try harder. Rather than, you know, giving them the same resources well to do white kids have. If they fail, don't win the big game, don't get into Harvard, well... it is because they didn't try enough.
Is Ayn Rand's zombie corpse writing these things?