Word: grader
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chris Rock isn't just getting the last laugh, he's getting the biggest laugh, the gettin'-paid laugh. Maybe he had to get whupped upside the head by some sixth-grader to get here, maybe he had to play a bellhop in Beverly Hills Ninja, but he has arrived and is on Hollywood's hot list...
...life television. MTV's Loveline, an hour-long Q.-and-A. show featuring sex guru Drew Pinsky (see accompanying story), is drawing raves among teens for its informative sexual content. Pinsky seems to be almost idolized by some youths. "Dr. Drew has some excellent advice," says Keri, an eighth-grader in Denver. "It's not just sex, it's real life. Society makes you say you've got to look at shows like Baywatch, but I'm sick of blond bimbos. They're so fake. Screenwriters ought to get a life...
...happy with television's usurping the role of village griot. Many say they've become bored by--and even resent--sexual themes that seem pointless and even a distraction from the information or entertainment they're seeking. "It's like everywhere," says Ryan, a 13-year-old seventh-grader in Denver, "even in Skateboarding [magazine]. It's become so normal it doesn't even affect you. On TV, out of nowhere, they'll begin talking about masturbation." Another Ryan, 13, in the eighth grade at the same school, agrees: "There's sex in the cartoons and messed-up people...
Today the two are friends, and Kristol remembers Mansfield being "a tough grader and a great teacher...
...your story, a seventh-grader in Jonesboro said, "Everybody at Westside [school] knows how to shoot a gun." I'm sorry, but someone who doesn't understand the difference between shooting a deer and shooting a human being over a rebuff does not know how to use a gun. Until the N.R.A. is ready to take on the responsibility of making sure every gun user thoroughly understands this major distinction, the gun lobbyists should shut up and let the U.S. have some decent gun laws. It is just too, too easy for irresponsible people to get hold of the means...