I read in the N. Y. Times that the President has endorsed the decision of a Rhode Island school board to fire all the teachers at a low-performing school. On a recent benchmark test only 2 of my 17 fifth graders passed the math section.

Would the President give me my walking papers?

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Read a N. Y. Times article about how we continue to take the fun out of school.

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Mon, 15 Mar 2010: Film Review: El baño del Papa

This is the second film from Uruguay that I'm aware of reviewing. The first one, El último tren, was about cops chasing a train stolen by old men. El baño del Papa also has an offbeat story.

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Of course, we're talking about college tuition. Whether you agree or not, here's an informative Dallas Morning News article.

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Does a shootout actually happen if the newspapers print nothing about it, the radio and television stations broadcast nothing, and the authorities never confirm that it occurred?

That's a quote from a recent N. Y. Times article discussing the reluctance of Mexican journalists to report drug violence.

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010: Film Review: Aventurera

Well, here's a film with impeccable grammar, full of preterites vs. imperfects and all tenses of the subjunctive. Rarely does one see a film with such formal speech in it. Of course, Aventurera is a film from 1950 and the Golden age of Mexican Cinema.

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A prostitute who falls in love with a "John" is supposedly on her way out of the business. However, a Colombia Reports article seems to indicate that many Bogatá sex workers have romantic feelings for their customers.

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Get the details by reading this Discovery News article.

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Read Elyssa Pachico's answer in Colombia Reports.

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010: Juárez Update

As the murder rate and drug violence escalate in Ciudad Juárez, many of its citizens find refuge in the United States. Read the Dallas Morning News article about this exodus.

Another Juárez story can be found at the National Public Radio site.

Many sites, including CNN, have reported on the murders of 3 people associated with the U.S. consulate in Juárez.

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