Riot On 120th Street
This entry was posted on 4/3/2008 7:41 PM and is filed under Announcement.
4/4/08: Some required reading…Forget another fictional tale.
This article is a real-life version of
Election, combined with
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School—or, more accurately,
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School Forever, if only because the sequel had a theme song written by
Moe Berg. We’re not sure why conservatives are ignoring this week’s cover story in
New York magazine. It’s a wonderful tale of Leftist private-school teachers suddenly faced with students who dare to rebel against the usual indoctrination.
The best thing about the article is how desperately it’s slanted in favor of the villainous Danielle McGuire. You can tell that the horrified teacher is closely collaborating with author Gabriel Sherman, although McGuire doesn’t show up to provide quotes until after her story is told exactly as she requires. Sherman still has to eventually—and reluctantly—provide the article’s very happy ending. It’ll make you feel a lot better about the students in one prestigious Manhattan institution.
And be sure to check out the illustrations in the article. Nothing subtle there.
Also,
here’s a link to the archives for the “Mother Goose & Grimm” comic strip. Stroll down to select the date for yesterday’s strip. It was nice to wake up to that in the morning.
