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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Now Big Gov/Biz Wants To Test Kids On Collaboration Skills? - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Now Big Gov/Biz Wants To Test Kids On Collaboration Skills? - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education.

Now Big Gov/Biz Wants To Test Kids On Collaboration Skills?

Gulf Oil Spill:
The "Morning Joe" Segment Below
May Blow Your Mind

"SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT"


A "Test-Worthy" Example of
Problem-Solving, Collaboration,
Communication & Critical Thinking Skills

By C.J. Westerberg

Senator Sessions (R) from Alabama, Joe Scarborough (where the oil spill hitting his home-town back-yard, is almost frothing at the mouth) and Mika Brzezinski, rightfully so, ask why hasn't President Obama been convening every bright mind in the world ....getting the best minds together -- to solve this problem? The oil is spewing, birds and wildlife are being suffocated, and now chemicals that have been approved by the EPA are, well, now being questioned as may being not the best choice, with the related implications to the fishing & tourist businesses (basically the lifeblood of this area) representing 1/3 our national seafood, let alone the bigger impact on the entire eco-system in the Gulf? Do we really think this just affects a few fishermen? What about the pregnant mom in Seattle or New York who eats the fish or shrimp that "got through the system" in a few years? And we are waiting for a big executive from BP to tell us what is going on? Horrors! Where the hell is everybody?

Sorry, just not good enough.

With NYTimes Andrew Ross Sorkin and Mike Barnicle shaking their heads in dismay on the s-l-o-w developments in the Gulf, it is apparent there is not much going on in the communication,