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...drill is exacting. At Anthony Bowen School in Washington, a dervish of a teacher named Nadine Broadus begins a reading lesson by tapping the classroom's "word wall" with a baton. "Clock. Hiccup. Clapping," chirps a staccato chorus of first-graders. Lest she get sidetracked, a kitchen timer cues her to move on after one minute. Broadus, a phys.-ed. teacher for 29 years, had no training in reading instruction prior to Success for All. "I had no background," she laughs. "And with this program, I had no choice." The rigor apparently pays off at test time. In a three...
Back in Chicago, Estes carried out Day 111 by the book--but with a few notable exceptions. While his binder called for a bland spelling drill, Estes had the class act out the words. "It does take the first steps for you," he says, "but I still use my creativity to make them want to learn." And, as any good teacher will tell you, there's no script for that...
...Amoco is being targeted for its attempt to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...
...because of my indiscretion and to them I say, 'my kids' are innocent... Please accept my humble apology..." And what an apology it was. After praising the "marvelous Phyllis Diller" and the "unpredictable Martha Raye," he rather confusedly added, "When women, doing comedy, do routines written for them by drill sergeants, I take objection. Their filth makes me and many ashamed to be in our business, and to me, women doing anything, especially comedy, are looked upon by me as one of God's great miracles... they can make a baby." And unlike Lewis, sometimes they can even make sense...
This is not to imply that the values of society at large map neatly onto those of the armed services. Just try telling your drill sergeant you intend to uphold Jeffersonian principles of individualism throughout Hell Week. There is a tension here--a mutual tugging at the boundaries between civil right and military imperative. But the latter is definitely constrained by the former...