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When I studied abroad in London a few years back, I had the chance to meet Paul McCartney at book signing at Waterstones. I’m not saying he’s my favorite Beatle because of that, but it’s certainly a reason. I always felt his music to be clean, simple, and epic. And while not taking those away from Lennon or Harrison, there just wasn’t the same appeal.
There’s really nothing funny about this post. I’ll let Colbert and Paul handle that department. Hopefully Electric Arguments will be better than his latest offerings.
Ritalin, promises of a brighter future, the occasional extra credit horizontal mambo with your english teacher in the school parking lot: nothing seems to be motiving kid’s to do better in school. While some critics have urged to increase teacher’s salaries to improve the education quality given in schools, Harvard professor and economist Roland Fryer wants to fast track a similar process, while cutting out the middle man. Because really, why pay the messenger more when the recipient can barely read?
Fryer believes offering students cash incentives in exchange for high grades could work as an effective catalyst in jump starting the nation’s suffering early education. Test programs have been established in Chicago, D.C., and New York, paying out up to $500 for high scores in standardized tests, as well as $50 per “A” in the classroom. He explained the workings and the rationale behind the program on The Colbert Report this past Monday:
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Fryer’s theory seems to be pretty legit. After all, if kid’s today are being brought up to be ferociously money hungry and slaves for the bi-weekly paycheck for the rest of their life, what other preparatory method could be more appropriate?
Finally, my attempts at gansta-isms and excessive displays of bling bling are now socially acceptable … in South Africa. BBC News reports nearly 200,000 South African Chinese have been reclassified as black, to allow them to “benefit off government policies aimed at ending white domination in the private sector”.
Just like the Chinese : when there’s a dollar to be made, we’ll do anything to get it. Even turn black.
The news of South African reclassification made it to the Colbert Report “The Word” segment, which is embedded below for your viewing pleasure.
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