http://www.fitsnews.com/2006/12/23/the-world-is-flat-we-get-it-already/ Politics, Sports and Pop Culture Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:17:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fitsnews.com/2006/12/23/the-world-is-flat-we-get-it-already/#comment-79 L’Etat D’Etat « FITSNews For Now Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:23:50 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=64#comment-79 [...] I wanted to start tonight with a quote from Thomas Friedman’s book “The World Is Flat,” because ultimately, at the end of the day, I can read and you guys [...] [...] I wanted to start tonight with a quote from Thomas Friedman’s book “The World Is Flat,” because ultimately, at the end of the day, I can read and you guys [...]

]]> http://www.fitsnews.com/2006/12/23/the-world-is-flat-we-get-it-already/#comment-78 Legislators Agree: Governor’s Speech “Tanfastic” « FITSNews For Now Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:37:15 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=64#comment-78 [...] had never heard the governor mention The World is Flat before,” said House Majority Leader Jimmy Merrill. “Once I heard that, everything else [...] [...] had never heard the governor mention The World is Flat before,” said House Majority Leader Jimmy Merrill. “Once I heard that, everything else [...]

]]> http://www.fitsnews.com/2006/12/23/the-world-is-flat-we-get-it-already/#comment-77 Rex, Rhetoric and Reality « FITSNews For Now Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:46:55 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=64#comment-77 [...] For starters, Rex brilliantly cherry-picked the same language used by Republican Gov. Mark Sanford and others who support school choice, the standard World is Flat-speak about how kids in South Carolina are now competing with kids in Burma, India and China - and losing. Next he talked about the need to bring new ideas and new innovations into the classroom – along with better safety and more discipline. “We expect our kids to succeed and yet we give them neither the technology nor the environment they need to be successful,” Rex told the audience – easily one of the better political quotes I heard all year. Then he said (gasp) that he actually supported school choice, provided of course it was offered within the public school system. He didn’t say it grandly or dramatically, just positively. And finally, to ice the cake, he eased into a few well-chosen anecdotes from his lengthy experience as a public educator, a not-so-subtle reminder to those listening that his opponent, Karen Floyd, had no such experiences from which to draw anecdotes … or anything else for that matter. [...] [...] For starters, Rex brilliantly cherry-picked the same language used by Republican Gov. Mark Sanford and others who support school choice, the standard World is Flat-speak about how kids in South Carolina are now competing with kids in Burma, India and China – and losing. Next he talked about the need to bring new ideas and new innovations into the classroom – along with better safety and more discipline. “We expect our kids to succeed and yet we give them neither the technology nor the environment they need to be successful,” Rex told the audience – easily one of the better political quotes I heard all year. Then he said (gasp) that he actually supported school choice, provided of course it was offered within the public school system. He didn’t say it grandly or dramatically, just positively. And finally, to ice the cake, he eased into a few well-chosen anecdotes from his lengthy experience as a public educator, a not-so-subtle reminder to those listening that his opponent, Karen Floyd, had no such experiences from which to draw anecdotes … or anything else for that matter. [...]

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