Author: Mr. Groovy
Anti-Black Jim Crow Didn’t Help White Drunks
Growing up, I was blessed with universal education. All of my K-12 schooling was paid for by the taxpayers. But despite this wonderful example of systemic kindness engineered by America’s leaders, I didn’t leave high school with a world-class education. My math skills were okay, my English skills were dismal, I couldn’t speak a foreign…
If the Woke Treated Teachers Like They Treat Cops
A couple of months ago, a Connecticut teacher was arrested for allegedly having sex with an 11-year-old student. And a lot has happened since this disgraced teacher’s arrest. In at least two dozen cities, thousands of members of a grassroots group called LTKA–“Leave Them Kids Alone”–have been protesting nightly, demanding that America’s “rape mills” be…
Is the SAT a Wealth Test or a Culture Test?
Last week I came across a New York Times article that showed success on the SAT tracked very well with family income. Children from wealthy families were far more likely to score 1300 or higher than children from poor families. (Because the New York Times has a pay wall, I provided some pertinent data points…
I’m an Idiot Who Tries
A while back I proposed a welding project to Mrs. Groovy. I wanted to replace some dying shrubs around the house with concrete blocks and then weld some scrap metal country frogs to sit atop those concrete blocks. Surprisingly, Mrs. Groovy didn’t veto the project and I received her blessing. (Sometimes her majesty takes pity…
Random Thoughts on My Non-Random Google Feed – 10/13/2023
Here are my thoughts on three articles that my smartphone’s Google algorithm fed me on Wednesday, October 11. 1. Teachers of recently arrived immigrant students to get help under new law According to this article, a teacher named Jenna Hewitt King is having a lot of trouble teaching kids who don’t speak English. And apparently,…