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...frequently sounds exasperated. "People come to me all the time and say, 'Why did you fire this person?'" she says. The whiny voice is back. "'She's a good person. She's a nice person.' I'm like, 'O.K., go tell her to work at the post office.' Just because you're a nice person and you mean well does not mean you have a right to a job in this district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhee Tackles Classroom Challenge | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

Rhee likes to tell the story of how Rhodes got in touch with her. She recounted it on TV on The Charlie Rose Show in July: "A student sent me this e-mail and said, basically, If you really want to know what's wrong with our schools, you should come and talk to the kids because I'm afraid that by talking to the adults, you might not be getting the real story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhee Tackles Classroom Challenge | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

Every December throughout my childhood, my father would rise from the couch on a Sunday afternoon and tell us that it was time to chop down the Christmas tree. But the Walsh men are not outdoorsmen; firmly suburban, we're at most screened-in-porch men. So by cutting down the yule tree, my dad meant climbing into the attic and bringing down the tinsel-covered bits of plastic and tubing, then assembling them into something resembling Tannenbaum form. Yes, though it shames me to say it now, we were a faux-fir family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: O Christmas Tree | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...admitted that even though he's a Methodist--and therefore forbidden by the Catholic Church to take Communion--he broke bread with the monks. He suggested that the church ought to find a way to include all denominations in the rite: "Like a 'Don't ask, don't tell' kind of thing, you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Winchester | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...Freddy y Joel's and serve on our board, and we will name our cupcake line Pedacitos, which may or may not mean sprinkles in Spanish. I told Nelson she could have 2% of the company if we go public on the Nicaraguan stock exchange. I did not, however, tell Freddy this or check to see if there's a Nicaraguan stock exchange, so Nelson shouldn't get too excited. Freddy did like the rest of the plan, though I needed, to my great surprise, to explain who Oprah Winfrey is. Once I did, though, he was right there with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cupcake Kings Go Global, With a Little Help From Joel | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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