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Volume 7, Issue 11
March 20, 2008

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EDUCATION WORLD PREMIERE HUMOR
POET'S CORONER
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The Golden Mean
by Forrest Stone

A cynic is a person who
Seems only to say No to you
Who only sees the very worst
And figures that the world is cursed

A skeptic is a different cat
Who scrutinizes this and that
Whose habit's to be questioning
Of everyone and everything

A realist will tell you straight
The facts behind today's debate
But may not guess the way around
The obstacles along the ground

A dreamer's full of vision quests
To foist upon unwary guests
Will lead you 'round the castle grand
Despite the fact it's made of sand

Among these varying extremes
Let's look for realistic dreams
Beliefs that stand a skeptic's queries
And say goodbye to the cynic's theories

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EDUCATION WORLD PREMIERE HUMOR
Real Headlines, Fake Comments
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Real Headline: Schools Look for New Ways to Curb Cheating
Fake Comment: Handing out test answers in advance seen as promising approach


Real Headline: Teachers Complain about "Hovering" Parents
Fake Comment: Floating administrators and flying guidance counselors also named as weird things


Real Headline: Many Sex-Ed Teachers Don't Cover the Basics
Fake Comment: Keeping the basics covered is very important during sex-ed


Real Headline: Charter School in New York City to Pay Teachers $125,000
Fake Comment: To match the income of a Wall Street executive who profited from the sub-prime lending mess, such teachers will now need a raise of only $273.75 million.

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