Education

[FreeThinker]

I stole this from Facebook.

[DesDownunder]

YES!

Wait a minute...I'm a high school dropout.

[Lugnutz]

I recognise Rush, but the rest I haven't a clue.

I did get my GED after leaving school.

[Cole Parker]

That's great, Free! Thanks. One more weapon for my arsenal.

C

[TracyMN]

As did I, FT; when I heard they didn't take attendance at college, I wanted to see it for myself. Not surprisingly, I did better there.

That's me in second grade, but in a skirt. Girls couldn't wear "slacks", and talking was a ping-pong paddle offense. I remember wondering what that teacher was so mad about all the time... he lived a block from school with another male teacher. Lesson of that day? "It won't kill you to cry in public".

And I don't know about you guys, but worse things have been said about me... all lies of course.

"Was bored, and talks too much" Darn near a compliment!

[DesDownunder]

I've been a naughty boy and should be spanked by a gentle muscular giant.

[TracyMN]

He was handsome, too, and young for a teacher in those days. If only you'd been there, Des, he might have smiled once in a while!

[Bruin Fisher]

Yay! I follow Rachel Maddow on Youtube and find her informative and fascinating. What I don't know is how influential she is in America? Does she have a big audience?

[FreeThinker]

Her audience is growing and she has been known to beat Fox News in the younger demographic. She's really the only personality, along with Lawrence O'Donnell, that I watch on MSNBC. I'm not an Ed Shultz fan and I can't stand Chris Matthews, primarily because he never shuts up. I don't think there's a bigger and more obnoxious narcissist on American cable news than Chris Matthews, and that includes all the excrement on Fox. Rachel is rational, unemotional, and thoroughly researches her topics.

[Cole Parker]

I agree that her knowledge is outstanding. Of course, she has a PhD. You might expect it. But she's charismatic, too, and it's a great pleasure to watch her.

C