http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/2006/10/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:51:00 -0800 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6ac4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6ac4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6ac4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:51:00 -0800 Here are some recent articles that have caught my eye: Iraq is no Vietnam. This one is for Ann, Ten Reasons why corporal punishment doesn't work. Kevin Tillman, brother of Pat Tillman, and a US Army Ranger. Tiny Courts of New York. 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Raise the incentives for people to go into teaching. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669676be2b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669676be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c443e685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c443e685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c443e685e.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:59:00 -0700 Ready to wage war for a tank of juice... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c443e685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c443e685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062936a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062936a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062936a47.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:32:00 -0700 Here are my favorite Chuck Norris facts: When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants. Outer space exists becaus... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062936a47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062936a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5743c7f.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5743c7f.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5743c7f.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:58:00 -0700 Teacher Corps has lost another first-year teacher, our second in two months. I hope, at some point, "Blue Shirt" will post about his reasons for leaving. As for posting about people who have left the program, it is not that I want to point finge... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5743c7f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5743c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696aabe2b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696aabe2b.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696aabe2b.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:23:00 -0700 Here is Alan Moore's piece on the Iraq war, complete, uncut, and referenced in the previous post. Here's a joke: What do you call an eight-year-old Iraqi kid with no arms, surviving family members, or unblackened skin below his waist? I don't kno... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696aabe2b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696aabe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062976a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062976a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062976a47.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:17:00 -0700 I quoted a six-word short story by Alan Moore in the prvious post. Who is Alan Moore? In my humble opinion Alan Moore and David Simon are currently the two greatest living authors on this planet. Here is a great interview with David Simon, includ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062976a47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062976a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696a0be2b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696a0be2b.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696a0be2b.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:01:00 -0700 This month's issue of Wired features several six-word short stories. They got the idea from a short story by Hermingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn." Of the stories featured in Wired my favorite is by Alan Moore: Machine. Unexpectedly, I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696a0be2b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696a0be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:31:00 -0700 Lauryn Hill week ends with the beautiful song (and video) "Turn Your Lights Down Low..." <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c55f3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062916a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062916a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062916a47.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:21:00 -0700 Final interview clip and songs, including my favorite, the gospel song "Tell Him." <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062916a47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062916a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>