From John Connolly, Three Lies and a Truth
Boston mayoral candidate John Connolly likes to say that he wants to be the city’s education mayor. But teacher Nancy Bloom, who taught at the same charter school at which Connolly briefly worked, says that, like the Snark-hunter in Lewis Carroll’s famous poem, whether Connolly proclaims his knowledge of education once, twice or a thousand times, it won’t be true. “This is for you, Bellman Connolly,” writes Bloom. “Your three lies and one truth.” “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.
“Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What I tell you three times is true.”
From The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll
By Nancy Bloom
John Connolly likes to say that he wants to be Boston’s education mayor but the title of first Snark-hunting mayor might be more accurate. Whether he proclaims his knowledge
John Connolly likes to say that he wants to be Boston’s education mayor but the title of first Snark-hunting mayor might be more accurate. Whether he proclaims his knowledge