“Did your God come down and do it with his beard?”

“Did your God come down and do it with his beard?”

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Something interesting happened on the last episode of Survivor. A redneck's anthropomorphic God was mocked to his face. Yes, I am the last surviving Survivor viewer, and it is for moments like this. Mike, the classic redneck, was grousing about how much work he is doing compared to everyone else, while Lindsey the tattooed Gen-Xer thinks Mike is only aware of the work he does, and doesn't notice when other tribe members pitch in by collecting firewood and keeping the fire going. "Did your God come down and do it with his beard?" she asks pointing to the fire. I loved the addition of "...with his beard." A nice touch, as if to say, "Where is your God now, you ridiculous twit?" As it turns out I should not be surprised by the mocking of a redneck's shallow and stupid version of Christianity on TV or elsewhere. It is the new big thing, as Americans are opting out of religion (particularly Christianity) in droves.
Testing. Performance. Assessment. It’s All Fucking Bullshit.

Testing. Performance. Assessment. It’s All Fucking Bullshit.

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Governor Markell thinks that Delaware students are taking too many tests, probably because he required them to take too many tests, and so Governor Markell is going to reduce the number of tests so as to relieve the massive burden he placed on teachers and students. How nice of him. Of course, he is not eliminating tests immediately. He wants a review of the situation, another task force, to determine which state and district wide tests are redundant, and then we will do away with the duplicative tests. So it's not that tests are bad, or that many tests are bad, so long as they are not duplicative. So this is a delaying tactic to respond to the rapidly growing movement that is opposed to a lot of Markell-based and Federal-based efforts to reform education. People are upset, so maybe this announcement will placate some. To me, it ignores the core (no pun intended) of the issue. Why are we testing?
Friday Open Thread [3.13.15]

Friday Open Thread [3.13.15]

The Republican Governors of Alabama, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Maine, Kansas and Iowa are all going to raise taxes and user fees. They have no problem raising taxes in the end. They only care about who the taxes are raised upon. Their tax raises will be regressive, focused on sales tax increases and fee increases, which will hurt the middle class and the poor more. They have no problem engaging class warfare. Only if Delaware had a Democratic Governor who likewise raised taxes and engaged in class warfare against the wealthy.

Friday Daily Delawhere [3.13.15]

The Tatnall House, on Market Street in Wilmington's Brandywine Village. The house was built in 1770, and was once the headquarters for Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne. George Washington held…