"those who can, teach. those who cannot make laws about teaching."

i'm not sure what part of my life in new york was more traumatic: witnessing 9/11 from the elementary school where i worked (tucked in between the brooklyn navy yard, the foot of the manhattan bridge, public housing projects, and the brooklyn-queens expressway), or working in the same school when NCLB was passed. as for which event was more damaging to our country, i lean toward NCLB. at least 9/11 fostered a sense of unity and purpose. NCLB forced a business model of growth onto the most important human endeavor, education. horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad idea.