Political Correctness In The Classroom

Courtesy of Steve Jackson:

Teachers are being pressured to give up red ink because it intimidates the students. Green and purple are friendlier. But basically, we just need to recognize that criticism, regardless of the color, hurts their feelings and upsets their parents. No kidding. Read the CNN story.
-- Grumpy Steve Jackson

influential tv?

3 still left...

1. list 10 favorite TV shows that you have or currently watch
2. People guess who was your favorite character
3. When they get it right, explain why you like that character...yes?

well...I'm going with currently watch or religiously watched in the past when it was on, 'cause i don't watch all that many...also, by the nature of the meme, i'm sticking with fictional tv.

1. Law & Order (McCoy)
2. Night Court (Bull Shannon)
3. M*A*S*H (Winchester)
4. Looney Tunes (Wile E. Coyote)
5. Barney Miller (Dietrich)
6. Star Trek: TOS (Scotty)
7. Star Trek: TNG (Ryker)
8. Star Trek: DS9 (Garak)
9. Happy Days (Ritchie)
10. Robotech (Rand and Rook as a pair)

see what comes out of that...

(i'll get into the why's in a bit...)