Comments on: Car Washing for Diplomas – The Sequel http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/ street news, views and stories of justice and injustice Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:08:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Moore http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-109010 John Moore Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:53:27 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/#comment-109010 CF I wonder about the "tagging room." Some tagging is really pretty good art, and I have often wished there was a way it could be done legally. If I owned a boxcar, I'd find the best taggers and have them go to town. Unfortunately, tagging is usually vandalism, and too often related to gang turf marking. Somebody would probably get to my boxcar and "urinate" their tags onto the good stuff. Will the tagging room cause the students to do more or less illegal tagging? I really don't know. CF

I wonder about the “tagging room.”

Some tagging is really pretty good art, and I have often wished there was a way it could be done legally. If I owned a boxcar, I’d find the best taggers and have them go to town.

Unfortunately, tagging is usually vandalism, and too often related to gang turf marking. Somebody would probably get to my boxcar and “urinate” their tags onto the good stuff.

Will the tagging room cause the students to do more or less illegal tagging? I really don’t know.

]]> By: Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-108834 Celeste Fremon Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:04:21 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/#comment-108834 Evan, I deserve the LOL. I got it a few seconds faster than I portrayed here. But not a whole lot. Hey, I'm a...you know....<em>writer</em>, so to me another activity is called to mind first by that word. Evan, I deserve the LOL. I got it a few seconds faster than I portrayed here. But not a whole lot. Hey, I’m a…you know….writer, so to me another activity is called to mind first by that word.

]]> By: Evan http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-108810 Evan Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:04:14 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/#comment-108810 " “Write?” I asked, confused. The “art room” was a furniture-free space, the walls of which were covered with floor to ceiling graffiti. When we walked in, a couple of guys had just finished skateboarding. I stared around me, perplexed. Then suddenly, I got it. By “writing” Gabby meant tagging." Sorry Celeste, but LOL @ you there. ” “Write?” I asked, confused. The “art room” was a furniture-free space, the walls of which were covered with floor to ceiling graffiti. When we walked in, a couple of guys had just finished skateboarding.

I stared around me, perplexed. Then suddenly, I got it. By “writing” Gabby meant tagging.”

Sorry Celeste, but LOL @ you there.

]]> By: Joshua Cook http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-108802 Joshua Cook Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:41:52 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/#comment-108802 Great piece. I work at an Ánimo in the Jeff cluster. I must say that our approach is very different i.e. uniforms, more rigid social norms. I'm curious to see how well their approach works. @Woody How does "hideously dirty" qualify as "smug"? Is it just because Celeste used the word "hybrid"? I thought the SP bit was lame when it came out in 2006. Three years later, after Katrina and the fuel price debacle of '08 its lame and short-sighted. Great piece. I work at an Ánimo in the Jeff cluster. I must say that our approach is very different i.e. uniforms, more rigid social norms. I’m curious to see how well their approach works.

@Woody

How does “hideously dirty” qualify as “smug”? Is it just because Celeste used the word “hybrid”? I thought the SP bit was lame when it came out in 2006. Three years later, after Katrina and the fuel price debacle of ‘08 its lame and short-sighted.

]]> By: Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-108801 Celeste Fremon Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:41:11 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/#comment-108801 Woody, I think you're absolutely right about the Smug Alert (and I'm not anywhere near as sorry about this as I likely should be). I'll make a point of watching the SP episode. Trey Parker and company are incredibly funny. Woody, I think you’re absolutely right about the Smug Alert (and I’m not anywhere near as sorry about this as I likely should be).

I’ll make a point of watching the SP episode. Trey Parker and company are incredibly funny.

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-108754 Woody Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:31:49 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/#comment-108754 Nuts, the "Smug Alert" link didn't work. Maybe this will: <b><a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1002/" rel="nofollow">LINK</a></b>. Celeste, did you check your back seat after the wash to see if it was "used"? BTW, I sincerely hope the fund-raiser was successful. The kids probably came up with the idea on their own, as there seems to be a shortage of adults. Did they announce how much was raised? How many kids participated? Nuts, the “Smug Alert” link didn’t work. Maybe this will: LINK.

Celeste, did you check your back seat after the wash to see if it was “used”?

BTW, I sincerely hope the fund-raiser was successful. The kids probably came up with the idea on their own, as there seems to be a shortage of adults. Did they announce how much was raised? How many kids participated?

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-108746 Woody Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:19:56 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/car-washing-for-diplomas-the-sequel/#comment-108746 Get me a pressure washer or sand blaster and I'll have the "art room" walls looking cleaner than your car in no time. Wouldn't it be better to train the students to stop tagging than to give in to their destructive behavior? If they feel like using drugs or having sex, will there be a room for that or will they principal just let them use the back seat of his car? Celeste, the way you talk about your hybrid remnds me of this episode from SouthPark - <i><b><a>Smug Alert!</a></b></i> <blockquote>Smug Alert! is episode 141 of South Park. It first aired on March 29, 2006, as a send-up of the environmental movement, hybrid cars, their celebrity proponents and the superficial feel-good nature of all involved. Gerald Broflovski buys a hybrid vehicle and buys into the whole progressive movement, becoming an evangelist, moving his family out of South Park and to San Francisco, disturbing a delicate equilibrium and indirectly causing an environmental disaster along the way. According to the commentary, this episode came directly from the creators' annoyance at people in California with the same attitudes as the people in the episode. One instance in particular involved Trey Parker's mother getting a smuggy compliment one day after receiving a hybrid car from her son as a gift. All quotes from the Clooney acceptance speech are the real words he used, although it is Trey Parker saying them rather than actual audio of the speech.</blockquote> Get me a pressure washer or sand blaster and I’ll have the “art room” walls looking cleaner than your car in no time. Wouldn’t it be better to train the students to stop tagging than to give in to their destructive behavior? If they feel like using drugs or having sex, will there be a room for that or will they principal just let them use the back seat of his car?

Celeste, the way you talk about your hybrid remnds me of this episode from SouthPark – Smug Alert!

Smug Alert! is episode 141 of South Park. It first aired on March 29, 2006, as a send-up of the environmental movement, hybrid cars, their celebrity proponents and the superficial feel-good nature of all involved. Gerald Broflovski buys a hybrid vehicle and buys into the whole progressive movement, becoming an evangelist, moving his family out of South Park and to San Francisco, disturbing a delicate equilibrium and indirectly causing an environmental disaster along the way.

According to the commentary, this episode came directly from the creators’ annoyance at people in California with the same attitudes as the people in the episode. One instance in particular involved Trey Parker’s mother getting a smuggy compliment one day after receiving a hybrid car from her son as a gift. All quotes from the Clooney acceptance speech are the real words he used, although it is Trey Parker saying them rather than actual audio of the speech.

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