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Dr Amy Maguire
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I graduated from Newcastle Law School in 2004, and my PhD was awarded in December 2011. I have taught in the Law School since 2006, as course coordinator, lecturer or tutor in a range of courses. My main teaching engagements are in Public International Law and Legal Theory. I have been an active researcher since 2005. My area of specialisation is the collective human right of self-determination. I am also interested in research in the fields of public international law, human rights, law and society, Indigenous legal issues, women's rights and legal theory. In 2010, I received the Faculty of Business and Law Research Higher Degree Best Publication Award. I have published in relation to self-determination, Indigenous land rights, and women's security.
- PhD (Law), University of Newcastle, 2011
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Newcastle, 2004
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Newcastle, 2002
Research keywords
- Human rights
- Indigenisation
- Indigenous legal issues
- Law
- Legal theory
- Public international law
Research expertise
My doctoral research relates to the collective human right of self-determination in international law. I have taken a novel approach to self-determination, exploring the right in the context of contemporary, anti-colonial claims. Contemporary claimant groups able to demonstrate a colonial experience include Indigenous peoples in Australia and Irish nationalists in the North of Ireland. I argue that this colonial experience must be addressed in order that contemporary self-determination claims may be dealt with honestly and fairly. Further, a new approach to self-determination claims, based on the human rights framework as a whole, is required.
I am also currently collaborating with colleagues on two other research projects. One involves the Indigenisation of University teaching curricula. Another relates to the use of novel assessment methods in teaching international law.
I have been previously involved in a number of other collaborative research projects. One project analysed the effectiveness of Indigenous Land Use Agreements as a means of promoting the realisation of land rights for Indigenous peoples. Another focused on the role of international law in protecting and promoting women's security in post-conflict societies.
In 2008, I supervised a student in the successful completion of her Honours dissertation in law:
Ruth Hudson, 'Trafficked, Traded, Turned Away: A Critical Evaluation of Australian Law in Relation to Trafficked Women'
In 2011, I am supervising another student in her Honours program in law:
Charlotte Buckton, 'Evading the Rising Tide: Development of an International Instrument to Protect Peoples Displaced by Climate Change'
I am engaged in a number of collaborative projects, with colleagues from the University of Newcastle and around the world. Current active projects relate to the Indigenisation of University curricula, the use of novel assessment methods in teaching international law, and the effectiveness of Indigenous Land Use Agreements. I also maintain an international Collaborative Research Network on collective human rights.
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
180114 | Human Rights Law | 50 |
160299 | Criminology Not Elsewhere Classified | 25 |
160599 | Policy And Administration Not Elsewhere Classified | 25 |
Committee/Associations (relevant to research).
- Member - Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
- Member - International Law Association, Australian branch
- Member - Law and Society Association of Australian and New Zealand
- Collaborative Research Network on collective human rights
Faculty of Business and Law Academic Women's Network (Australia) |
01/06/2011 |
Research Award.
2010 |
Faculty of Business and Law Research Higher Degree Best Publication Award
University of Newcastle (Australia) Amy Maguire, 'The Role of International Law in the Protection of Women's Security' in Brett Bowden, Hilary Charlesworth and Jeremy Farrall (Eds.), Great Expectations: The Role of International Law in Restructuring Societies after Conflict, Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp.218-243. |
Administrative expertise
Founding convenor of the Newcastle Law School Staff Research Network
Co-chair of the Faculty of Business and Law Women's Network
Founder and convenor of an international Collaborative Research Network on collective human rights
Coordinator of the Newcastle Law School submissions project to the National Human Rights Consultation
Organisation of the Newcastle Bill of Rights Symposium (2008)
Teaching keywords
- Legal Theory
- Public International Law
- Torts
Teaching expertise
Public International Law
Legal Theory
Teaching interests
- Public International Law
- Indigenous Peoples and the Law
- Socio-Legal Studies
- Human Rights
- Torts


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Texas Lesson Plan Instructs Students to Design Flags for a 'New Socialist Nation'
A curriculum system used across the state of Texas reportedly includes a lesson plan for 6th graders instructing students to create a flag for a "new socialist nation" using "symbolism to represent aspects of socialism/communism."
The following was taken from the CSCOPE curriculum lesson plan: "Notice socialist/communist nations use symbolism on their flags representing various aspects of their economic system. Imagine a new socialist nation is creating a flag and you have been put in charge of creating a flag. Use symbolism to represent aspects of socialism/communism on your flag. What kind of symbolism/colors would you use?"
Upon discovering the controversial material, members of the Texas Senate Education Committee grilled the creators of the CSCOPE curriculum system in a hearing on Thursday.
Several witnesses testified before the committee and accused the program of promoting far-left, anti-Christian values while others called the program openly socialist, the Star-Telegram reports. Other critics said it is difficult for non-teachers to review the program.
"Discontent is rampant across the state," said Peggy Venable, the Texas director of Americans for Prosperity.
Wade Lebay, director of state CSCOPE at the Region 13 Education Service Center in Austin, defended the program and its content.
"It's built by teachers, designed by teachers and that's what's powerful about CSCOPE," Lebay said.
In regards to the assignment asking students to create a flag for a new socialist nation, first-term Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) asked whether the assignment makes it appear that "we're sympathizing with those types of countries."
He went on to call the lesson plan "very egregious as a Texas and an American."
Linda Villarreal, director of the Region 2 Education Service Center in Corpus Christi, further defended the assignment and accused lawmakers of singling out "just this one" assignment.
Sen. Donna Campbell (R-San Marcos) argued that CSCOPE also reinforces uniformity in Texas schools.
"Our teachers don't need to be scripted," Campbell said.
TheBlaze's Mike Opelka previously reported that the same curriculum, CSCOPE, also includes a lesson plan that calls the Boston Tea Party an act of "terrorism."
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"[T]his lesson comes from a non-profit group called CSCOPE. They are an offshoot of an educational program that traces its roots back to 1965 when the state established media centers / Education Service Centers (ESCs) throughout each of the state's 20 school districts," TheBlaze reported.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:59pmGet this Garbage corriculum out of our Texas Schools !
If you are a parent, don't wait, Go Now and Demand that they remove CScope
Go to your PTA meetings
Go to your school boards
Go to your legislatureIf they can do this in Texas can you imagine what they are doing in other states
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:25pmIf this does not scare you, you are sleeping too much. The commies have been busy "teaching" your children while you slept. The next generation of grade-school age kids will be bonafide communists. They won't even know our history or what freedom is.
Where is encinom? I thought by now he/she would be telling us how we need a more modern flag.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:27pmBetter be looking at the IB (International Baccalaureate) program. It is spreading like wildfire and it is partnered with the U.N..
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:28pm"Our teachers don't need to be scripted," Campbell said
They're already well trained in college and by the NEA to promote communism, fascism and other assorted avenues of Marxist tyranny.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:37pmCavallo, he's lying. For the IB program internationalism, international socialism, must be taught in every academic subject. Teachers must take training, indoctrination, classes in order to teach. The curriculum is well scripted.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:14pm@perry1980
Garbage curriculum? Are you referring to the creationism b.s. that Texas schools have been pushing alongside actual science?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:16pmThe writing has been on the wall, long enough. According to this gent, we are a generation too late.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:18pmBetter yet, homeschool your kids…
Detroit paperboy
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:36pmWe are in the midst of a socialist / communist takeover of our once great nation………..we will soon fall exactly like the Soviet Union…….and for the same EXACT REASON……BIG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT…AND RAMPANT CORRUPTION !!!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:06pmVance,
Just to be clear here: you have no problem with this lesson plan? You have no problem with socialism/communism being pushed onto children? -
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:49pmThis kind of liberal crap has been coming out of Texas for quite a while now. I am not a bit surprised. You Texans are just as bad off as the rest of us when it comes to being infiltrated so quit holding yourselves up so high. Texas is quickly becoming the new California. It has been for some time and now you are seeing the results.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:55pmgo back to school and learn to spell.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:04pmI've come across CSCOPE before when I was digging into Islamic involvement in schools.
The interesting thing is that they copyright the curriculum and lesson plans, and they are not under the control of the board of education.
This is dangerous stuff.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:06pmHome school!!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:37pmTexas is just awful!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:45pmHome School Your Kids!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:18pmWhen I first heard of C Scope on Glenn's Radio Show. I text'd a friend of mine who is a Teacher. I asked her is she was teaching C Scope to your Kindergartners. Within a minute she text'd me back, yes and we hate it.
She said the stuff they want us to teach is way over their heads. It's all indoctrination, the Govt knows BEST and the Parents are old school and don't always know what is best. Way to go Perry, that's looking out for your State.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:31pm@Keaton
Texas is beautiful It's the commie carpetbaggers and first generation anchor babies with a bachelor's degree in "educating" kids are the awful ones. They have to do it quietly, because otherwise, most common sense parents would be *issed off and requesting "sit down" parent-teacher conferences immediately.
REAL TEXANS know the hammer and sickle as GODLESS,EVIL EMPIRE.
Parents, please request a parent/teacher meeting at your kids schools and make sure they're not teaching them to be Godless, socialist sheep. -
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:53pmArithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000.. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. of coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt -
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:54pm.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865. -
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:55pmOrthography (Time, one hour)
[Do we even know what this is??]
1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?)
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. -
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:55pmGeography (Time, one hour)
1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each..
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.
Gives the saying 'he only had an 8th grade education' a whole new meaning, doesn't it?!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:46pmIs this the same school that teaches that Earth is 6000 years old, that radiometric dating (based on the known half-lives of radioactive elements) is simply false? A liberal conspiracy? Do they teach that the millions of years required for continental drift is false because the continents actually moved in a short time during the Great Flood?
Speaking of the Great Flood, is this the same school that teaches that the fossil record places dinosaurs and trilobites, for example, at an earlier era than humans is only because the flood washed them into the ocean first? What God really extra careful to make sure no modern mammal fossil was never, ever found alongside a dinosaur fossil?
Is this the same school teaches that all the findings of astronomy and cosmology about the universe are wrong, and that God created a universe to look 10 billion years old to anyone with the intelligence to study it? Did God just play a big joke on the human race?
Sorry folks. If the youth of today are taught the beliefs that haven't been held by educated people for 400 years, including religious people and clergy, the rest of the world will leave us behind.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:41pmThis is another example of why I have zero respect for commie teachers and their Marxist teacher's union. All they do now is indoctrinate kids from kindergarten to post graduate college. These commie teachers are entrenched in all of academia and like termites, you can't get rid of the infestation. This country is finished and it's all part of a Marxist plot to takeover academia and brainwash kids.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:01amVanceUppercut
Gonna be a rough day for you when you figure out the truth. But I don't understand why if both creationism and your idiotic evolution theory are being taught side by side why do you have a problem? -
galicant wiseword
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:37amLook how quickly the paid agitators try to turn your mind to something else. This story has nothing to do with intelligent design being taught as hypothesis along with the big bang hypothesis. Why are they so anxious to turn the discussion in that direction? I pulled my kids out of a school a few years ago after I had to help my daughter write a speech about how great it was that they were becoming an IB world school. Not knowing what an "IB world school" was I did some quick research and was outraged when I realized the communist, UN garbage that has invaded our country and is directed at our children. Note that "Vance" and "meteors" choose not to defend in any way the curriculum or communism but try to misdirect instead and both with the same tactics.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 9:30amJust pull your kids out of the public schools-the BEST of them still serve Fedzilla and Fedzilla will not be denied.The insane, evil decision to start the Department of Education was the final nail in the coffin of local control.Some local schools hold out better than other but Fedzilla and her whores in the court will not be denied–the children in public schools WILL bow their knee to The Common Good of They Who Know Best. Be it Obama, Bush & Bush, Clinton or other–the State, Fedzilla, The Common Good is their god and they will serve that god and force the public schools to serve that god.
Love your child, protect them from Fedzilla.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 10:29amIf you want to know why Texas is not as conservative as it could be, you only have to look at the population numbers. It is the second most populous state and has 3 of the top ten most populous cities. It is practically a miracle it is conservative to any degree.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 11:48amhttp://governor.state.tx.us/contact/contact.aspx
I just wrote our Governor asking for an immediate stop to all of these programs! We will not be the next California no matter how hard the liberal nuts push it. Write your congress and stop this stupidity NOW. -
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:42pmgalicant, yes, I'm in favor of students learning about different forms of government in the world. And yes, sixth graders often draw pictures as part of an assignment.
You can see here at this website that very few people understand different forms of government. One socialistic concept is the communal ownership of property, something you and I both know to be bad and we hope something that will never happen in this country. That would be the first step toward totalitarianism.
Except wait, we do have communally owned property in this country! Like, uh, roads, highways, traffic signs, parks (both state and federal), libraries, schools, sewer lines and treatment plants and so on. We have lots of communally owned property. Then there is the fire department, police department, the army, the VA. That's all socialism.
Maybe you want the WalMart family to own the road in front of your house (and make you pay a toll), the library, the cops etc. But I don't.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:15pm@VanceUppercut
Sir, Creationism is hardly BS. It is backed by scientific study. Furthermore, if you were to carefully study the Bible, you'd find a TON of REFERENCES to scientific facts that we didn't even DISCOVER through modern science until hundreds…nay, THOUSANDS of years after the authors of the Bible actually wrote the pages. What's more, it's hardly unscientific to suggest that the order in which we see the universe and organisms and all is as it all is due to a supreme being. Again, there's nothing unscientific about it. Would you argue that a remote control put itself together? Or is it clear that there is such craftsmanship in the wiring and an organization of information behind the design and function of the remote? If I stated that I believed the remote put itself together by "evolution", you'd call me crazy! Even though neither of us has ever seen the person/people who put the remote together or designed its specs. So, why then, do you ridicule those who would believe in the One who designed such an elaborate universe? It's hypocritical, sir, to speak against the VERY SAME IDEA – there is a creator – which supports the argument for how a remote came to be. -
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:24pmHey Vanceuppercut………To you and all your athiest ………………….If you choose to burn en he77 please don't share it with the rest of us! I understand that you are so much smarter than the Almighty, and you could easily explain the vast universe and all it's wonders and have no time for fairey tales, blah, blah blah………….so just put a sock in it !
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 1:33pm@sendthemeteors One question there hotrod ! ……………..If you don't believe in God then who? please tell………….who would you like to send the meteors? …………you very choice of a handle on this forum betrays your deep, disregarded knowledge of a creator…………………dumba$@&*%
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:12pmYou can do any good unless you also get rid of the leftist teachers. They are everywhere!
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:47pmJeffersonsPen, I can tell you are an intelligent and observant person. But who said I didn't believe in God? Do you mean everybody who believes in God thinks the world is only 6000 years old?
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 3:36pmI believe it is because parents AREN'T taking enough interest in what their children are being taught in school (don't look through the text books being used in the schools, don't attend any PTA meetings, don't meet the teachers, don't care who is put on their school boards, etc.) that subversive stuff like this is being taught in our schools. When there is no parental oversight in our schools, the enemies of our country will be able to instill their beliefs in our children.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:43pmMeteors- you hadn't begun trolling here the last time I posted this, so I'll repeat it for you and all the other newcomers. The earth's magnetic field is collapsing by 5% per century. Running the numbers backwards, how long is it before it's so strong the surface of the planet's temperature is too high to support life? I know the answer, but I'll let you and your fellow trolls look it up. It'll have more impact that way.
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Posted on February 6, 2013 at 8:24amMeteors,
Great! I'm glad to hear your response. It brings up a couple of important points. Are you in favor of schools teaching that a constitutional republic and a free market economy are historically superior to other forms of government/economies? Is it OK for public schools to teach that America is exceptional and that socialism/communism is a failed policy that has lead to the death of millions?In an ideal world where humans are always perfectly honest and good, communal property is a great thing. We are communal beings, designed that way. We are also tainted. There is laziness, greed, envy; people make foolish decisions. These things keep the utopia of socialism from becoming a reality. Despite the failures of others, with complete personal responsibility one can have total freedom. If I choose to take care of my water and sewage, pave my own roads, teach my children, create my own electricity and protect my property I can thrive without the government or any company. However since I don't want to pave my roads the question becomes who do I want to pay to do it for me. If I choose to contract Mr. Walton and pay him a fee, and he does poorly, I can go to Mrs. Target instead. The price stays fair because Mr. Walton and Mrs. Target have to provide the same service at the same price to stay competitive. Apparently you would rather pay Mr. Senator who will do the job to whatever standard he decides and then demand your toll with a gun to your head.
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 9:04amHome school.
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 10:22pmWhich is why my grandchildren go to a Christian school and my niece is home schooled. Smart parents who will have smart, well educated children.
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 11:14pmThis is just one of the reasons my daughter goes to a private Christian academy. The parents actually have a say in the curriculum. The learning environment does not have all the distractions you find in public schools, and the students are more well behaved and self disciplined. Respect is not an unknown word. Furthermore, a paddle is still used when necessary.
Posted on March 20, 2013 at 7:32pmThis has been coming. We are a wealthy nation, yet they make us believe we haven't any money for books. Without good education for our children, our nation is sure to crumble. I never understood their method for teaching math. I did very well in school, but I also remember having textbooks and 20 or more math problems per day. Today my sons come home with math worksheets with a total of 5 problems. Talk about setting them up for failure. The real reason government took our student's books is to keep us parents in the dark, as they mold and manipulate our children.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:57pmI guess this is why Texas didn't make the top 10 conservative states list.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:05pmExactly. Why Beck thinks Texas is a haven of liberty is beyond me, except that he emigrated to it from NYC.
In my school we had a 12th grade class that all seniors were required to take. It was called Problems of Democracy and the entire point of the class lay in the final "exam" where you had to figure out how to kill, I said that right, kill a democratically elected dictator. I kid you not. Public school even, rural Ohio.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:11pm@Dismayed.
The reason this has happened here in Texas,is two fold,liberal californicators that moved here,and out of state college students, who live here for 6-9 months and can vote in all of our elections. Both reasons need to be rectified…….. -
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:13pmTexas does set the educational curriculum for the rest of the nation. If you don't think we are conservative enough, I invite you to join us, for a brief visit but then you have to leave and go home.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:18pmThanks Bumfuz, I'll go to Wyoming and see the real old west, with real liberty and real cowboys who still actually work the plains. Plus, you can open carry there as they have Constitutional carry. Unlike Texas, where you have to hide your sidearm when not on your own property or not hunting. :)
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:58pmat least Beck is close, all Oklahoma state elected offices are, if not conservative, at least republican
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:50pmWhat year was that Ghost?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:58pmWe have the same problem in NY…we accept everyone that wants welfare, only 28% liberal base and we can't get a conservative elected. P.S. all text books come from Texas!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:54pmDo and be whats right and that isn't Communism/socialism. Columbus did us a favor in 1492 and Obama has not done us any favors by dividing the Country and refuses to work for the Republic that we call America. Be aware of what the students are being fed and if it is bad throw it up and get your kids out of there.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:58pm"Columbus did us a favor in 1492 "
Enslaving a population and pre-empting genocide?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:06pmYawn, Vox. Very yawn.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:08pmThe injuns were just blac block, holding hands and swapping spit. No raiding, no killing, no slave action at all until the Pox of pox populi arrived. Dirty pox. Filthy pox.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:12pmAs has been done by and to every other people on this planet. The indians themselves enslaved each other.
Uh oh, non-PC history popping up, better close the ears and chant "la la la la la" real loud skippy.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:44pmSmiles everyone, we can turn this into a vital learning experience!
Commies like their symbolism after all, so let's show them what communism is really about. A bunch of starving people getting what's left of their meager substance taken from them by a bunch of government fat cat's for the sake of "fairness." A few mass graves full of people who have dared to disagree with the "will of the people." Or, failing that, why don't we just have a bunch of empty unfulfilled promises of better healthcare, education, and prosperity with all the victims left broken and bereft in the streets, while their governments create departments to monitor twitter.
Anything can be a learning experience, and this is a very simple way to demonstrate to your kids just how terrible these systems really have been for their people.
Plus, "education system created by teachers," are any of us really surprised by this? Educators seem to be a never ending font of frutopian dreaming. What are we going to discover next, that Bloomberg is a control freak?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:40pmVox: 1492. Been there. Done it> Been labeled by it. How should I label you?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:35pmIf they are looking for a symbol of Socialism/Communism I believe the best would be a picture of a mass grave. Also, @Vox.. Columbus didn't enslave populations or commit genicide. Some may like to paint history that way but it is just a perverted view. Contagious diseases are bound to make their way around the world at some point, we can't avoid contact with fellow human beings forever.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:54pmNot only did Indians enslave each other, they constantly made war, tortured captured braves using methods like skinning them alive, cooking them alive, burying them in ant mounds, tying them to trees and letting wolves and bears eat them alive, raped women . . . and it goes on and on. No sense letting the truth get in the way of the progressive socialist lies!!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:52pmhow about a picture of uncle sam with a frown and his pockets pulled out to signify that he is broke, huh
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:45pmInclude caricatures of the European nations in the same state and you very well might be onto something.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:48pm1) "6th graders" have zero clue about politics and what socialism can do to a Nation. Maybe this lesson should be assigned. But as a tax payer of public schooling, I demand that the children first be made to study and watch a DETAILED film on Pol Pot, and what he did to his people. Then let the children decide what "flag" they want.
2) This proves that our current Oby Admin. has studied Nazi history. Ever hear of "Hitler's Youth"…..
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:11pmagreed….however, I think the administration should study pol pot also, as he killed all the elites, the professors, government officials and anyone that had more than a grade school education. He also killed anyone that wore glasses because it made them look smart.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:01pmcheck out this World History curriculum…skip down to the 10th page…in a section that is supposedly dedicated to the impact Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions have had on the world….
you would think that the Muslim faith is the greatest thing to happen in the world…I mean they ushered in a "golden age" in Spain and Europe that lasted until those EVIL Christians used the Inquisition and Reconquista movement to expel the Muslims and Jews….
I call "BULL S"
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:46pm"It's built by teachers, designed by teachers and that's what's powerful about CSCOPE," Lebay said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> POWERFUL ~~>What an interesting word choice.And….., Who (exactly) are the teachers?
>Background checks for teachers should be a requirement (period).
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:45pmI wonder if one of them just handed in the 'obamalogo' they would be accused of cheating?
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:44pmStart the revolution already – let's get this over with
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:46pmWe already did. I'm happy to report that victory is close at hand.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:08pmVox, I'm glad you think so. It makes me smile knowing how utterly unaware you are of what is about to happen. Truly it does.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:10pmPox, you learning to wipe and change your shorts is far from a revolution. Stacked like chord wood is a phrase you should perhaps look up.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:11pm@Vox
Blah, blah, blah revolution! Blah, blah, blah common good! Blah, Blah, Blah blood of the worker! Blah, Blah, Blah utopia!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:14pm@00100111
Their arrogance and ignorance will be looked back upon as their undoing. I, like you, find it utterly amusing how blind they are.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:15pm"Vox, I'm glad you think so. It makes me smile knowing how utterly unaware you are of what is about to happen. Truly it does."
You're right, with the election of President Romney, you sure showed us! The Tea Party is such a frighteningly powerful political force! I mean, look at how they managed to balance the budget and repeal Obamacare!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:15pmVox is one of those Commies that will be surprised that he is thrown in prison with the "dirty Capitalists" because he was told that he was one of the chosen citizens. Hey Vox, you are not a Communist. You are a Communist lap-dog that will be thrown in the cold when the "revolution" is finished.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:27pmVox_Populi is definitely a misnomer in your case. In fact the term is highly suspect, and anyone who uses it is most often a demagogue. The Founders envisioned a nation with shifting majorities based on competing interests, thus avoiding the tyranny of a permanent majority. Since you've chosen to display a black clenched fist, I can only conclude that you are a black racist who sees black people as belonging to a monolitic group made up of people who are in lockstep with leftist victim rhetoric. Anyone with black skin who can think for himself or herself is therefore declared not black and excommunicated from the race, hence terms like Uncle Tom, Oreo etc. The irony is that you are still on the white man's plantation; you've grown up listening to white liberals and they've got you conditioned. It's a shame, but at this point you are nothing more than a trained parrot.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:16pmTell me, oh wise 01000, what revolution do you think is coming? You think that the majority of people are going to pick up arms and fight the government when a new episode of Survivor or American Idol is on?
Yeah. Good luck with that. Neither political party can even get more than half the population to even vote. Are you really moronic enough to think that there is going to be some huge rebellion by the majority of people who don't care about politics as long as they can watch TV and have sex with whomever they want?
Again…good luck with that.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:24pm@PROGRESSIVESLAYER
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:11pm
communism is a death cult and won't be allowed to take root here
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:58pmSo, Vox… This guy would be your hero? He just got life without parole….If your luck you will get his sentence… If not you will end up like all the other useless idiots… DEAD…you POS.
Just saying…
Read this article
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:03pmWe must organize first. We need to create a well regulated army that will be strong enough and coordinated enough to defeat our military and LEOs. Because as much as we might hope that our military and LEOs will fight for "we the people" and for liberty, they will not. One day you will wake up and find that our military is going door to door collecting guns. And when you ask them "how can you do that?", they will say "just following orders". That is why we must create an army now, before they make their move. The soldiers we all celebrate today will be marching in our streets and killing us tomorrow because they are "just following orders". A lot of good people in Germany committed heinous crimes against humanity because they were "just following orders". It's human nature to just obey and go along with the crowd.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:43pmPublic schools are a mortal enemy of this once great republic,they've been allowed to indoctrinate thousands into the sick twisted ideologies of communism and socialism. Parents if you love your kids get them as far away from those progressive psychopaths as you can as quickly as you can. They continue the brainwashing in college,look what happened to Barry he came out a full fledged Marxist POS,do you want your kid to end up like that?
No the only answer here is to abolish public school indoctrination centers and the NEA,they're bad for America.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:56pmfrom your lips to Gods ears….
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 9:07pmHome school .. if you can .. or private school .. check them out (especially Christian schools) .. many have scholarship and aid programs .. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE RICH to do what is right for your child. I did.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:43pmToo late … We already have that flag …
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:43pmIndoctrination of the youths.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:43pm"a lesson plan that calls the Boston Tea Party an act of 'terrorism.'"
That is literally how the British would have spun it, though.
A bunch of people dressing up in disguises to hide their identities, and then destroying large amounts of private property to protest the government's corporatist policies? You're either describing the Boston Tea Party or the Black Bloc.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:57pmYou gotta be kiddin' me?
The British set our public school lesson plans??
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:08pmDestroying property is not terrorism. For one thing, it lacks the element of terror. For another, it did not involve intentionally harming innocent civilians.
If you want the "British perspective", then I think the word "vandalism" would be the appropriate term.
But to call the Boston Tea Party terrorism not only libels the patriots who took part in the action, but it also dishonors the victims of actual terrorism. Real terrorism is not protestors throwing tea into the bay. Rather, it is a sinister act of violence – often murder – intentionally inflicted upon innocent civilians with the goal of causing fear.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:57pmBlox Populi: I see from your avatar that you have already done the assignment,
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:19pmSo, according to you, Weather Underground never committed any acts of terror, because none of their explosions killed anyone, right?
Geniuses at work, once again.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:14pmActually, you just described most of the OWS crowd, and you don't even realize it, you mf fool!!!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:20pm@TheIggies
It is a sad thing that, when presented with reasonable argument that you cannot refute, you resort to the tactic of creating falsehoods.
Since it is clear that you require only the most plain response – one which does not ask for even the most basic use of logic – I will give you a definition that even you can understand.
Terrorism has the following characteristics:
1) The use of violence or the threat of violence against civilian populations
2) It is for the purpose of advancing a political or social cause.
3) Just because a terror attack does not kill or harm anyone does disqualify it from being terrorism. If the intent of the attack is to gravely harm or kill civilians, then it is terrorism. If the attack has reckless disregard for human life, then it is also terrorism.
4) A campaign of threatened violence, such as cross burnings, is also a form of terrorism. -
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Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:15amThe weather underground bombings did result in the death of a police officer, (a few WU members due to incompetence). Additionally they engaged in other activities like armed robbery in which several people were murdered.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:42pmWell, let's see…
Democrats want Socialism quickly.
The GOP wants Socialism slowly.
The US Department of Education takes its marching orders directly from UNESCO, which wants Socilaism for the US, or better yet have the US removed from sight.
Socialists are in control of nearly every aspect of movies and television.
Our Universities seldom of ever present Conservatives positively.I'm pretending to be outraged by these Socialist teachers, but I know they are everywhere.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:42pmIs it to anyone's surprise that it came out of Austin? Houston's mayor said recently that Texas will soon become a purple state and eventually turn blue. With biblical values and morals on a steep decline today, along with the massive influx of citizens from blue states, It brings a tear to my eye when I'm forced to agree with him.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:50pm"Texas will soon become a purple state and eventually turn blue"
Well, Red – but a better kind of Red, if you know what I mean, comrade.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:09pmDerp?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:58pm@VOX POPULI:
If enough Californians flee to Texas, it won't take long.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 11:25am@STARMAN70 – No, many of us Californians who came to Texas left California to get AWAY from the mindless worship of Obama. And some of us used to be Democrats. My friend and I moved to Texas in the past few years – we used to be Democrats in Southern California – we woke up, and my friend is a staunch Republican and I'm a Libertarian now. And even though I'm in Austin it's definitely not California by any stretch of the imagination. Seems like there are more Ron Paul types here than anything.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:41pmApparently all teachers curriculum needs to be monitored. Depicting the original tea party or today's version as anti-American needs to stop. Sympathizing with socialists is treasonous to a true patriot. We cannot give up our public education systems to these double agents. They are brainwashing the masses.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:18pmMonitored by whom?
The government?
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 8:19am@POPPY
Definitely not the government. How about Heritage or another privately funded organization. Parents and Grandparents need to have a legitimate place in the schools with regard to what's being taught. It's been handed over to the government and getting it back is going to take a back bone.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:40pmAnd people still continue to sent their children to government schools.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:42pmAll children should be home schooled and learn more gooder English.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:40pmTexas had better abolish this and ban it. The traitorous white democrats will only encourage this to grow and spread like the HIV virus in a body.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:21pmTeaching communism and/or socialism is not illegal. Practicing communism or socialism at the political level isn't illegal either.
That first amendment sure is a beach, eh?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:43pmTeaching communism and/or socialism is not illegal.
It is, immoral,,,, and leads to misery and death every time
Communism always creates an entrenched elite, guts the middle class and impoverishes the masses…
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:35pm@TheIggies it should be and the punishment should be the death penalty for supporting it.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:18pmTeach the truth about Communism. That it has lead to more than 50 million deaths in the last century and that millions and millions more have suffered because of it. Communism will never work because it denies the reality of human nature.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:39pmThat should be an interesting assignment. Honest students can draw pictures of theft, mass murder, and violations of life, liberty, and property. They might also draw pictures of mass starvation and poverty. All common socialist ideals and results.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:46pmNorth Koreans Reportedly Turn to Cannibalism Due to 'Hidden Famine'
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:38pmwhat in the heck is going on in texas schools…….
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:49pmOur idiots in Austin.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:38pmCritical thinkers do not choose socialism, socialism must be imposed through brainwashing and indocrination
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:53pmExactly. I was one of those miserable, maligned teenagers until I heard 2112. I heard those lyrics and realized there were other people out there like me, who didn't feel like giving all their hard earned work away. My world began to make sense.
A lot of adolescent depression could be that they simply feel worthless in a socialist idea of "Brave New World." -
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:21pmSmokie,
That's why Rush is the best rock band ever!!!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:36pmIf you are a socialist, you are anti-Christian. The very concept of socialism puts the State as one's protector and provider, not God. Anyone who promotes socialism and claims to be a Christian has absolutely no understanding of Christ's Gospel, is a hypocrit and godless.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:45pm"The very concept of socialism puts the State as one's protector and provider"
Except for the entire libertarian wing of socialism.
"Anyone who promotes socialism and claims to be a Christian has absolutely no understanding of Christ's Gospel, is a hypocrit and godless."
Does that include the guy who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:11pmLibertarian socialism is a misnomer, and Noam Chomsky is a moron. Sorry, buddy. You've been duped. It must suck to be you.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:16pmThere is no such thing as "libertarian socialism". That's something invented by the socialists in order to entrap people who may not see hurting others as fun, initially. I haven't known a "libertarian socialist" that did not reject socialism over time, or who didn't go full bore lefty violent socialist like the rest of you neanderthals.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:31pmYes, Vox – occasionally you are useful.
Please educate folks on the orgins of the Pledge of Alegiance.
Most folk don't realize they have already been brainwashed – the pledge is an excellent example. How about you show the good folk the original salute to the flag as pushed by Bellamy.
This is one subject you'll never see Barton/Beck touch. They can't admit of their own socialistic brainwashing. The "Pledge" is a socialist mantra, written by socialists, to condition future socialists. "…and justice for all".
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:27pmUnreconstructed,
I'll answer you since I know that Vox won't. That original salute was the same one the Nazis used. The Progressives were aligned with the Fascists and the Nazis, and only distanced themselves once the horrors of the Holocaust came to light. H. G Wells, Charles Darwin, Margaret Sanger, and many more were dirtbag Progressives. -
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 6:35pmVOX: "Anyone who promotes socialism and claims to be a Christian has absolutely no understanding of Christ's Gospel, is a hypocrit and godless."
"Does that include the guy who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?"
" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy "VOX – YES. YES IT DOES.
As already noted on this chain, Bellamy, who wrote the "Pledge of Allegiance" was a DEVOTED SOCIALIST.
Very poor research on your part to bring up a Devotee of Marx and Engels when trying "prove" a point.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:36pmno surprise… the Fundamental Transformation is well under way…
Outrage as high school recites Pledge in Arabic saying 'One Nation Under Allah'
Fury is brewing at Rocky Mountain High School, in Colorado, after a multicultural student group were encouraged to recite the Pledge of Allegiance over the loudspeaker in Arabic – replacing 'one nation under God' with 'one nation under Allah'.
Following Monday's pledge, Principal Tom Lopez has been inundated with complaints from outraged parents concerned that saying the Pledge in any language other than English is unpatriotic.
Standing by his controversial decision, Principal Lopez has said that despite the irate telephone calls and emails, he is not in any way or form trying to push an Islamic agenda at the Fort Collins school.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:53pm"replacing 'one nation under God' with 'one nation under Allah'."
Well they wouldn't have said "one nation under" either, because it would have been in Arabic. I suppose you think Spaniards worship the pagan god of Dios, too?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:20pmThe Latin based language Spanish's word "dios" comes from the Latin word "Deus" which signifies the word "God", not one god in particular.
Have you ever bothered to even crack a book before going silly, vox?
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:38pm"The Latin based language Spanish's word "dios" comes from the Latin word "Deus" which signifies the word "God", not one god in particular."
…yes, GHOSTOFJEFFERSON, that was my point. Thanks for playing!
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:51pmOutrage as high school recites Pledge in Arabic saying 'One Nation Under Allah'
not that hard to understand
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:08pmBut "Dios" wasn't "a pagan god", rather, it's a derivative of the Latin word "deus" which only meant to indicate the noun "god", without context of pagan, Christian or space alien.
Oh my, you really don't understand languages do you? A word for "god" does not mean "a specific god", and even "God" doesn't mean one "God", it signifies one deity, who is named Yahweh. The word "god" is neither pagan nor Christian, it is rather an artifact of Germanic languages defining a noun, just as "deus" is the same for the Latin language and its derivatives, so there is no "the pagan god Dios", you simpleton.
Please, try to keep up, and keep in mind, we all have a scroll bar that we can use to look at the words you've already said.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:32pm"But 'Dios' wasn't 'a pagan god', rather, it's a derivative…"
I can appreciate that sarcasm doesn't always translate well over the Internet, so I'll go ahead and let this one slide.
of the Latin word "deus" which only meant to indicate the noun "god", without context of pagan, Christian or space alien.
"A word for 'god' does not mean 'a specific god', and even 'God' doesn't mean one 'God'"
Yes, I know. Again, this is literally my point. So when Blazers kneejerk because some kids recited the Pledge in multiple languages, including Arabic, and therefore necessarily referred to 'Allah', this did not indicate some conspiratorial attempt to convert children into Muslims, it's literally just how you say 'God' in Arabic. To reiterate, AGAIN, this was my point.
"there is no 'the pagan god Dios'"
Sarcasm, GhostofJefferson. Sarcasm.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:31pmShow me a country where socialism has produced anything but hunger, poverty and death by the millions. Socialism is long on preaching and promises, never delivers a better world. Just death and suffering. You must ignore the communist track record for the thrill of viewing yourself as an "enlightened intellectual". You are standing on the wreckage and carnage of millions of poor souls killed in the name of your Marxist faith. The rest of the world looks on in horror as you try to sell your idiotic theories to Americans, they have been there, done that already. It did not work. Marx was an idiot, so are you.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:35pmWhat a surprise. The school district is located in Austin.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:34pmFire these traitors……..its in the oath that teachers shall not influence children in communist ways.
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:24pm…what Oath are you talking about? I took no such oath when I started teaching three years ago.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:34pmWhere the hell are the parents!? Where is the outrage!!! Where are the pitchforks and torches?! Run these communists out of this country!
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:52pmhomeschool……or end the DOE.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:52pm"Discontent is rampant across the state," said Peggy Venable, the Texas director of Americans for Prosperity" -The Blaze article
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Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:57pmThe parents uesd to. send the kids to learn . since the 70′s that has changed. Schools now are now a babysitting service
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:01pm"Where is the outrage!!"
Over what? Socialism? We've got most of the country on our side already. Do consider joining us, comrade, it will be much easier for you that way.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:08pmNever happen pox. Get your abacus out again.
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:20pmVOX_POPULI
Socialism is just a tool for enslavement, people like you don't realize that the elites encourage revolutions to take more control.. through the state. the elites control the state not idealists and useful idiots.
You are being played.. look around see the mark,,
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- Date Found: 01/1976
- Used By: The internet, Everyone on the internet
An idea or set of ideas, pieces of culture, that self-replicate, i.e. can and is transferred from a person or group to another person or group. The word "meme" was invented by Richard Dawkins (yes, that Richard Dawkins) in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene as a term meaning something that is imitated. According to Dawkins, meme rhymes with cream.
Memes have become a very important part of the internet. They generally have humor in mind, but this is not always the case. What makes a meme big can depend on many things: how easy it is to make (see Advice Dog), how outrageous it is (or alternatively, how observational it is), or many other variables. Just like with creating a joke, creating a meme does not always follow a scientific, surefire formula.
Common usage
Any of a wide number of words, phrases, images or videos that spread without a concious effort on the part of an individual or group.
The First Internet Meme
The first internet meme is widely believed to be a 1982 arpanet message discussing the origin of emoticons.
Mail-from: Arpanet host CMU-10A rcvd at 10-NOV-82 0826-PST
Date: 10 November 1982 1126-EST (Wednesday)
From: James.Morris at CMU-10A
To: csl^ at PARC-MAXC, isl^ at PARC-MAXC, junk^ at PARC-MAXC
Subject: Communications Breakthrough
Message-Id: <10Nov82 112614 JM90@CMU-10A>
Because you can't see the person who is sending you electronic mail you are sometimes uncertain whether they are serious or joking. Recently, Scott Fahlman at CMU devised a scheme for annotating one's messages to overcome this problem. If you turn your head sideways to look at the three characters :-) they look sort of like a smiling face. Thus, if someone sends you a message that says "Have you stopped beating your wife?:-)" you know they are joking. If they say "I need to talk to you :-(", be prepared for trouble.
Since Scott's original proposal, many further symbols have bee proposed here:
(:-) for messages dealing with bicycle helmets
@= for messages dealing with nuclear war
<:-) for dumb questions
oo for somebody's head-lights are on messages
IRL Memes
Dividing memes into "internet memes" and "IRL memes" is a false dichotomy. By its definition, a meme cannot be restricted to one form of media. Memes of course existed long before the internet, ex. fashions, religious beliefs, art movements, folklore, language conventions, songs, proverbs...the list goes on.
Like all other memes, ones that are popular on or relevant to the internet or internet culture are transmitted through people and exist in the minds of individuals. People are not exclusive to the internet, so memes can be passed along through other means. Likewise, memes unrelated to the internet can also be shared on the internet.
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Student Rights and Responsibilities
Schoolcraft College was established in 1961 by the voters of the College District to make education beyond the high school level available to students interested in, and capable of benefiting from, such an education. The members of the Board of Trustees are the elected representatives of the College District electorate and are charged with making policies to achieve College objectives. Schoolcraft College recognizes its obligation to be responsive to the needs and concerns of the individual student, the student body and the community at large. Schoolcraft College cannot condone or support any action or activity by an individual or group that impinges on the rights of others, whether these individuals are members of the student body or the community at large.
Student Responsibilities
Students should understand that with each right they enjoy comes a corresponding duty and responsibility. No student should take any action that will restrict other individuals from pursuing their educational goals, or that will in any way interfere with the Board of Trustees and its representatives in the performance of their duties and responsibilities. Students are responsible for maintaining satisfactory standards of conduct and/or scholarship. We expect students to familiarize themselves with existing College regulations, including the Student Code of Conduct, and conduct themselves as responsible citizens at all times. Students who fail to conduct themselves in a responsible manner will be subject to disciplinary action as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct that may include suspension and/or dismissal from the College.
Student Rights
Members of the student body enjoy the same rights and privileges guaranteed to them as citizens of the United States and as residents of the State of Michigan. Such basic rights as freedom of speech, freedom of worship and right of due process are in no way curtailed by existing policies and procedures. As a member of the Schoolcraft College community, a student is free to take advantage of all the educational opportunities available and to participate in all extracurricular activities sponsored by the College.
For each course in which they are enrolled, students are guaranteed a fair and proper evaluation of their academic efforts. Students are free to join any group with which they seek to be associated, to examine and discuss matters of particular interest to them and to support any cause—both on and off campus—that does not disrupt the orderly operation of the College.
Student Privacy Rights
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 protects the privacy of educational records, establishes the right of students to inspect and review their educational records and provides guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data. Each year Schoolcraft College notifies students of these privacy rights and outlines the public information that can be released outside the institution.
No one outside the institution shall have access to nor will the institution disclose any information, other than directory information, from students' educational records without the written consent of the student. (Use the FERPA Information Release Authorization form to give consent.) Exceptions permitted under FERPA include information released to qualified persons within the institution, officials of other institutions in which students seek to enroll, persons or organizations providing student financial aid, accrediting agencies carrying out their accreditation function, members of the Schoolcraft Community who are individually or collectively acting in the educational interests of students, persons in compliance with a judicial order and in an emergency to protect the health or safety of students or other persons.
Upon request, Schoolcraft discloses education records without consent to officials of another school in which the student seeks or intends to enroll or where the student is already enrolled so long as the disclosure is for purposes related to the students enrollment/transfer. Students wishing to review their educational records must file a written request with the Registrar. Records covered by FERPA will be made available within 45 days of the receipt of the request. The right to a review or hearing under the Act does not include any right to challenge the appropriateness of a grade as determined by the instructor. However, students may use this process to verify that the instructor's grade has been properly transmitted to the student's records. Any inspection shall be made under the supervision of a Schoolcraft College employee.
Students may not inspect or review the following as outlined by FERPA: Financial information submitted by their parents; confidential letters and recommendations associated with admissions, employment, job placement or honors to which they have waived their rights of inspection and review; or educational records containing information about more than one student, in which case the institution will permit access only to the part of the record which pertains to the inquiring student.
If an individual student feels that his or her official records are inaccurate, misleading or otherwise inappropriate, the student may discuss his/her concerns informally with the person(s) in charge of the records involved. If these persons agree with the student, the appropriate records will be amended. If not, the student will be notified within a reasonable period of time that the records will not be amended, and also will be informed by the Dean of Student Services of the student's right to a formal hearing.
At its discretion, the college is authorized to release directory information which includes, but is not limited to, a student's name, address, telephone number, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, dates of attendance, degrees and academic awards received, and the most recent previous educational institution attended by the student. Students may request that this information be withheld by notifying the Student Records Office in writing.


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