tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9745833.post874040921894176513..comments2023-09-27T01:30:28.183-07:00Comments on Mama Blah Blah: Hello, 1954Lisa Blah Blahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173613135973246179noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9745833.post-83404218561014323422007-07-09T12:09:00.000-07:002007-07-09T12:09:00.000-07:00Ooh, I haven't read that yet. I'll have to pick i...Ooh, I haven't read that yet. I'll have to pick it up. <BR/><BR/>I'm actually reading <I>Last Child in the Woods</I> for work. That is the cool part of working at a social services organization. I'm also plugging away through a report called "Poverty, Welfare, Child Abuse, and the Juvenile Delinquent Syndrome." Really interesting, although certainly not light reading.Lisa Blah Blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173613135973246179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9745833.post-84561367550453014132007-07-09T08:29:00.000-07:002007-07-09T08:29:00.000-07:00It's indeed depressing that you're forced to grapp...It's indeed depressing that you're forced to grapple with these issues as your child gets ready to begin kindergarten. It's a reflection of the deplorable state of not only education but economic and social opportunity in our messed up land. I'm currently reading Jonathan Kozol's <I>Shame of the Nation</I>, so I've been learning much more about the details of resegregation in US schools. Of course, it's even worse than I previously understood.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I see you've got <I>Last Child in the Woods</I> over on the side there. I read that over the winter. Very good book. When I received it as a gift I thought "sounds like a great book, but I probably won't read it b/c I know I already agree with it." But I actually learned so much, and it really made me think. Every parent should read it, and every educator.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10023959769203103393noreply@blogger.com