Word: dumbness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Here lies one of the more counterintuitive developments of the standardized-testing movement: Though some critics complain that teachers are forced to dumb down their lessons and "teach to the test," some schools are offering more challenging course work as a way of engaging students. In the past three years, scores of elementary schools in high-stakes testing states such as Texas, Virginia and Massachusetts have added Latin programs. Says Allen Griffith, a member of the Fairfax City school board: "If we're trying to improve English skills, teaching Latin is an awfully effective, proved method...
...wacky stock market can see exactly what they want to see. The fumbled election? Terrible news, say the grim. No clear winner; no telling what's in store. Wonderful news, say the glib. So much confusion means so much gridlock in Congress that we'll probably not get any dumb spending bills or tax cuts. Read: The surplus is safe...
...They come up to me and say 'you're causing so many problems, your dumb state again,'" Doddo says...
Generating a laugh, Ireland worried that "Electile Dysfunction" would become the catch phrase of last week's election. Referring to signs at Republican protest rallies saying 'Democrats are Too Dumb to Vote,' she said there had been "a great deal of ageism" in the controversy surrounding Florida voting results...
...dumb blonde, that's the female version of blackface....The Italian who's always eating pasta and shooting people, that's the Italian version of blackface," Crouch said...