The nor’easter storm pounded the New England coast this week. Although Lame in NYC got lucky, I’ve got the feeling Audra took the brunt. Maybe Cynthia can give us a report from Vermont. Good luck to everyone up there.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati received a dusting and cool temperatures.
In the spirit of my education series, The Onion’s archives provides this week’s Wednesday satire to spring you toward the weekend. Even though these are from the vault, the Combo Challenge is still available – so hey – make your own headline from the words in the headlines below the image. My Combo is at the end. Have a good rest of the week.
Embed from Getty ImagesStudents thankful standardized curriculum sparing them from free-spirited teacher antics
Parent urges child to invest in improv comedy education
Study: Most high school graduates woefully unprepared for high school
Instruction in Internet negates need for sex education
Education is our passport to something or other
Are tests biased against students who don’t give a shit?
Study finds college is more valuable than spending four years chained to radiator
Importance of education given valuable lip service
Dept of Education study reveals Seniors Rule
Parents of nasal learners demand odor-based curriculum
Progressive charter school doesn’t have students
Report: Chinese third graders falling behind US high school students in science and math
My Combo: Progressive charter school students who don’t give a shit urge woefully unprepared parents to invest in free-spirited improv sex education curriculum
A Frank Angle 
Love the idea of nasal learners. Maybe bloodhounds could be hired as their teachers!
We are up to our armpits in snow, here in western Maine, but the worst of it is high winds and drifting. They say it will let up, wee hours of Wednesday. Being a hermit, I don’re suffer from cabin fever, but I’ve got fingers crossed against losing the heat and lights…that could be serious trouble for an oldie like me….
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Cynthia,
Thanks for the update, and hope the electricity and heat stay working. I recall you being in the western part of the state, but just the wrong state! Meanwhile, I wonder if nasal learners will be the next craze in students.
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Stay safe Cynthia – how are you holding up?
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Got through it, none the worse for wear. Brilliant sunshine today, and snowbanks six feet tall on the sides of my street….these Maine-iacs sure know how to move the white stuff and clear the way…Thanks for checking in, Mary…
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… and thanks for letting us know! Did the electric and heat stay on?
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Yes they did stay on, Frank….I’m thinking since I can no longer do the wood-fire thing, I will have a propane insert installed in my fireplace this coming summer so that losing power will be less threatening when these nor’eaasters come along…
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Hooray for uninterrupted service … and good idea about the propane tank!
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There is no doubt about that! Around here one inch of the stuff throws their world into a major panic and forget about having snow plows!
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Happy to hear you are good – love 6′ haven’t seen one of those piles in along time
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You may well say aren’t we all but,
“Internet sex Study finds Chinese woefully unprepared for free-spirited Seniors antics”
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Fasab,
I would never say that about seniors from any culture!
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Study finds college more valuable than being chained to the radiator — they didn’t analogizing “living in Mom & Dad’s basement, I noticed …
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Elyse,
… and I know you have experience with that.
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Most high school graduates need odor-based shit education
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Bulldog,
Just another example of schools not meeting student’s needs …. and it could lead to an unfunded government mandate.
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Yes, Frank, NYC did dodge the blizzard bullet, but I should have a blog post about this historic weather event that was only historic in NYC for not being historic on Wednesday.
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Lame,
Amazing that 10-12″ of snow is considered dodging! … but hey … just another example of the importance of perspective. Did you have to go to The Grind?
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I didn’t have to go, but I could and I did. Only the company founder and a manager showed up. I got to work in total peace and quiet with no interruptions. It was my most productive day ever there in ten years.
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That a way … just finished reading your post … cheers to the super tuber!
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Most high school graduates who don’t give a shit demand odour-based curriculum….have a good day, Frank!
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Kayjai,
That’s it … odor-based education will decrease the dropout rate!
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That last one about the Chinese 3rd graders cracked me up – you are on an education theme of late, eh? Well, we’re freezing up here. Clear skies and no snow, but under minus 20 C with the wind.
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Trent,
Glad to know that I saved the best for last. … and The Onion has many more about education in its vault. … then again, I’ll have another set of quotes from my past next week. Meanwhile, stay warm up there!
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Will do. Have a good one, Frank.
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“Nasal learners thankful for sex curriculum.”—Well, why wouldn’t they be?…
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Carrie,
And I’m not going to ask why the are thankful!
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Probably just as well.
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I am so thoroughly gobsmacked by the Onion’s headlines and your compilation, Frank that I wouldn’t even try to compete! However, I am inspired to suggest that public education should abandon all rules and let teachers compete based on a parental evaluation vote once a year.
We are heating up down here at the edge of the Ozarks. The high today is predicted at 71°!!! Students, can you spell “climate change”? 😆
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Jim,
Oh my … here’s a key to surviving parent evaluations … Assuming two teachers with classes in the same subject, make sure the other one isn’t well thought of.
WOW … 71? That’s golf weather for me! … enjoy the warmth!
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Ouch! Ya got me dead to rights on that one, Frank. 🙄
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I lived it … I was a better teacher when the other teacher wasn’t well thought of … and the other way too. Sad, but a true story.
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I don’t think I can top yours Mr Frank 🙂
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Narf,
Making the Queen of Quips speechless is quite the accomplishment!
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Yours was just so “right”. Could almost have been a real quote all of it’s own!
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🙂
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The high snark content of today’s Onions made them miss my face. These however made me duck:
1. Progressive charter school doesn’t have students.
2. Study: Most high school graduates woefully unprepared for high school.
3. Report: Chinese third graders falling behind US high school students in science and math.
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Tim,
I salute your worthy selection.
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Most high school graduates given free spirited sex education, falling behind in science and math. 🙂
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Sylvia,
No wonder students struggle with science and math!
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Oh, Frank those students are quite …progressive!!! 😉 Maybe that explains why:
Instruction in Dept of Education negates need for odor-based curriculum, chained to radiator for unprepared students. 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
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Marina,
I’ve always said chaining unprepared students to a foul-odor-emitting radiator was a good idea … so combining that with odor-based education is the ticket!
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Just under a foot of snow but it’s the darn wind and freezing cold chill that is breaking me. Ugh…
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Audra,
Seeing the images of the wind makes me cold just watching! Hope a break is coming soon … then again … temps in the 20s would be an improvement. Hang in there!
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“Most high school students chained to a radiator for four years don’t give a shit about math or science but demand sex education, sparing them from falling behind Chinese third graders.”
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Lorna,
Fabulous … and we know it’s true!
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Great combo, Frank! Well here’s mine… Students biased against Chinese radiator odor.
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Resa,
Another odor issue … what’s happening to this world?
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