School Discipline

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This one’s short and rambling but wanted to get something up.

What am I missing? If I’m a HS student with a sub showing a movie I essentially have three options. 1) watch the movie, answer the assigned questions , no problem. 2) Sleep, listen to music or play on my computer quietly. Self time. No problem. Or 3) Cause trouble by disrupting the entire class. Why on EARTH would a student, or group of students, choose #3?

Under an Obama era directive from the DOE school discipline is supposed to be meted out based on the racial makeup of the student body, NOT the race of the miscreants. Second period today I had 25 students: Ten Caucasian, ten AA, three Hispanic and two Asian. The TROUBLE was caused by four AA students and ONE Caucasian. In order to properly discipline them I need to implicate three more white kids and at least one Hispanic or Asian.

And so nothing happens.

And then there are the “quiet rooms. The media is fomenting some outrage over these spaces where problem students are sometimes segregated. Except at SOME schools. This week, for example, I sent three kids who wanted to get WORK done to te quiet room. Kept the trouble makers together in the classroom. Can’t send them ALL to the office, now CAN I?

Football 11/19

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Missed BOTH HS games last week. WL-S held off top seed Taft 14-13. And WJ was up56-7 at the half! So we get a rematch. I’m thinking WJ gets the 3 point win THIS time and goes to the final four.

Called OSU close enough for jazz. This week it’s PSU. Buckeyes 27, Loins 10. My top four? OSU, Clemson, LSU, and … Alabama.Georgia will lose again. Oklahoma squeaked past Baylor. Oregon is STILL my pick if they keep winning. PSU will joing TSUN and Wisconsin as the best 2-loss teams outside looking in.

Finally the Saints win but drop in our rankings. Look for them to hold off Carolina 27-21 this week. Still putting the Patriots on top but the Ravens are making it tough to stay there. Chiefs currently look like a solid #3 in the AFC. NFC is led by the 49ers followed by the Norris (Vikings and Packers) with the Saints, Rams, Seahawks and Cowboys all needing to make a move. Saints can clinch at LEAST the #6 spot with two consecutive wins. Right now they’re looking at a top two seed OR a home game against the Vikings.

At the other end the Bengals are officially eliminated from playoff contention with the Dolphins and Jets poised to join them this weekend. No one out in the NFC yet but the Redskins and Cardinals will be with losses.

Football 11/13

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Roughriders SPANKED the Silver Knights Saturday night at Kile Field. It was 37-3 at the half so the second half started with a running clock. The WJ varsity never saw the field again after that point. Final score 48-24 but it wasn’t that close. This week they face the #3 seed Springfield Shawnee Braves at Bowles Field in London. Don’t think we’ve ever played Shawnee. Ever, And they’re good this year. Play mainly a D III and IV schedule. Figure they’re two TD’s better than us. Meanwhile WLS will get drubbed by Taft. 21 points of more. So no rematch.

Ohio State will roll over Rutgers 57-7. With two of the GenPop top four losing last week things get weird. Ohio State and Clemson still make the list. We gotta put LSU in the three slot. But who gets the last one? I’m thinking Oregon if they run the table. There’s an argument to be made for a one loss non conference title game playing Alabama. Georgia if they run the table. Oklahoma doesn’t have a signature win. Time will tell.

My Saints took it on the chin in a game that saw #9 sacked six times. That CANNOT happen again. They get the ill-clad Bucs this week. Look for a close 30-24 game. Patriots and Chiefs stay on top of the AFC. The Brady Bunch has played one of the easiest schedules in the NFL this season so far. The former Texans have played one of the toughest. 49ers and Packers lead the NFC with the Vikings still sniffing around. Vikings are in the hunt. Rams, Saints and Seahawks all need to step it up after open date hell.

And speaking of Rutgers, there’s this: Rutgers Invented Basically Nothing About College Football

1969

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Sure I was only 11 …. but here we go

Flickcharts top films of 1969

1287 The Italian Job1969Peter Collinson G 88 Because I’m a scuker for heist movies and this one’s a classic

127 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969George Roy Hill PG 25 Rewatched last year. Still stands up resonably well.1 735 Easy Rider1969Dennis Hopper R 329 The movie that perhaps best incapsulates 1969

11573 The Sterile Cuckoo1969Alan J. Pakula PG 521 No idea why this is that high. Soundtrack is good but sad story, sad cast. An all-around downer.

11891 The Illustrated Man1969Jack Smight PG 613 Anthology of great sci-fi stories not all that well told

9062 The Magic Christian1969Joseph McGrath PG 655 Awesome psychadelic movie, with Raquel Welch and a whip.

849 True Grit1969Henry Hathaway G 1066 The remake was good but this one’s great.

427 Z1969Costa-Gavras PG 1228 Well yes.

1148 My Night at Maud’s1969Eric Rohmer PG 1320 I have no recollection of ever having seen this!

12581 The Assassination Bureau1969Basil Dearden PG 1380 Another good crime film.
Read more at http://www.flickchart.com/Charts.aspx?year=1969&user=Hedgehog#74xrB73BSo36qfLz.99

Football 11/5

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Happy Guy Fawkes Day.

WJHS got their win in a wild 4th qtr that saw six TDs! Week 1 of the post season they’ll host Cincy Summit Country Day. We’ve beaten them before. The Silver Knights come in riding a two game losing streak and only one quality win on the season. Riders have three quality wins and would like a second shot at WLS who also made the playoffs. WJ by 14.

The Buckeyes are active again, this time against the clown-suited Maryland Terps. OSU by 40. Our top three remains intact (OSU, Baqma, Clemson [who actually dared to wear orange/purple/purple last week.]) LSU and PSU have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads. Oklahoma and Oregon are on the outside looking in but my money’s on the Ducks. Wisconsin, Auburn and Michigan play spoilers.

Saints and #9 return to take on the Dirty Birds. Saints over 30, Falcons under 20. Patriots and Chiefs still the class of the AFC. Ravens surpass the Texans as the challenger. Saints and 49ers are the best of the NFC. Packers looking rough. Vikings on the rise.

Halloween wrap up

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26. Frankenstein. 1931. An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses. Do you NEED more? Still in my top 200. 9.8

27. The Exorcist. 1973. When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter. A seasonal clinger. Dropped a bit but still in the top 250. 9.7

28. Bride of Frankenstein. 1935. Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. Better than the original. Top 100. 9.9

29. Young Frankenstein. 1974. An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. Are we seeing a trend? Top 50. 10/10.

30. Psycho. 1960. A Phoenix secretary embezzles forty thousand dollars from her employer’s client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Another top 50. 10/10

The wrap up …. It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, X Files season 4 episode 2 “Home”, The original Halloween, and the dance scene in From Dusk Till Dawn. And if you’ve gotten THIS far you might wanna read The Decline (or Not) of the American Horror Film

Trick of Treat!?

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Ah the big day…er…night. And the memories come flooding back. My first clown costume (which probably incited violence among leftwingers and incel alike back in the early 60’s.) Going door to door on Darbyview Drive (which now sounds like a porn title.) Waiting in line at the houses with GOOD stuff (sorry, I don’t have a parenthetical here.) Then there were The Boys Halloweens. King Tut. Dracula. Elvis. The Vegas Magic Trick Clown (probably incited violence among leftwingers and incel alike back in the early 90’s.) After he went door to door I’d read a “bedtime story.” Tell-tale Heart. Interview with a Mummy. Something from Deathbird Stories. Then the DotD parties on College Avenue (including many guests who WERE leftwingers and incel.) Spent the month listening to my Halloween playlist, watching my Halloween movies. Got the candy in the bowl for tonight. Today is rainy and gray. A PERFECT Halloween. Hope you enjoy yours.

Football 10/29

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Roughriders romped by 30+ again. They face 6-3 Fairbanks the final regular season week and control their own destiny in the post season. The Panthers are the ONLY team to beat WL-S this season, but last week fell to Mechanicsburg by 55! I still think WJ triumphs by close to 30.

Buckeye’s get ANOTHER open date. Haven’t been able to suss out why. Top four? OSU,Alabama and Clemson, hands down. After that it’s tough. LSU will lose to ‘Bama. PSU will lose to OSU, and Oklahoma has already lost. Baylor, Minnie Ha Ha and App State? No. Just no. Wisconsin, Michigan and Auburn are all good teams but have two losses. That leaves Oregon, who might STILL make it.

Drew Brees is BACK! Saints dismantled the hapless Chicago Cardinals last week, in his return, without Alvin Kamara. They pulled an open date this week so …. let’s look at the top four. Patriots are #1. Talk to the hand. Chiefs are still #2 in the AFC even without My Homees. Texans need to gain some ground. In the NFC it’s 49ers on top with the Packers and Saints salivating right behind. Viking need to impress against the Packers to be credible.

Halloween V

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21. The Shining. 1980. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future I STILL don’t see what all the fuss is about, but I’ll keep watching it so long as it keeps making the list. 7.5/10

22. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. 1920. German. Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. Just beautiful. And with Nosferatu not making the list this year, it’s good to have this perfect example of European expressionism.

23. Ghostbusters. 1984. Libertarian favorite. Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service. Makes the list because I included comedies. Might keep it around. 9.4.

24. The Sixth Sense. 1999. M Knight Shamalamadingdong. A boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist. Still holds my interest. 9.7

26. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. 1966. Childhood favorite. Luther Heggs aspires to be a reporter for his small town newspaper, the Rachel Courier Express. He gets his big break when the editor asks him to spend the night at the Simmons mansion that 20 years before was the site of a now famous murder-suicide. 7.4