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2004-02-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Lowered Expectations: Read this and Weep
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Posted by badanov 2004-02-01 4:55:05 PM|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 ...Or, he could join the Marines and kick some a#$!
Posted by Dragon Fly  2004-2-1 6:20:30 PM||   2004-2-1 6:20:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmm...my advice: sue that principle's *&& off plus get him fired, then get the job you want and make a real difference in this world.
Posted by B 2004-2-1 6:49:10 PM||   2004-2-1 6:49:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 BS, Urban Legend, Never Happened.
Posted by Shipman 2004-2-1 7:24:26 PM||   2004-2-1 7:24:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 This appears to be the ultimate source.
Posted by Dan (not Darling) 2004-2-1 8:00:40 PM||   2004-2-1 8:00:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought it was an urban legend as well but the source is credible and it looks like its for real.

Only the Left could come up 'Life immitates urban legend'. This is a first in my experience.

BTW, I am sure the young man will be inundated with job offers after this. Good luck to him, although he seems to have figured out you make your own luck - mostly through hard work.
Posted by phil_b 2004-2-1 8:14:00 PM||   2004-2-1 8:14:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I have found two URLs reliable for debunking junk.
Neither of them had anything on the Marquis Harris story.
Break the Chain or http://www.breakthechain.org/
Urban Legends or http://www.snopes.com/
Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-2-1 8:22:49 PM||   2004-2-1 8:22:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Saw an episodeof a news magazine -might have been 20-20- where an all black 1st grade class from the Bedford Styverson area of NYC was interviewed in 1975 or so. A great many of the children were very gifted. A reunion was then held in 2000 to see what they had achieved. Most of the women had at batchelor's degrees an/or owned businesses and such. The majority of the men had done time. One poor guy that had been a classical pianist with a lot of potential wandered in off of the streets. He tried to the play the piano and couldn't. It was a pitiful shame.
Posted by Super Hose  2004-2-1 8:42:24 PM||   2004-2-1 8:42:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 this sounds like urban legend. If not, I hope he finds great employment somewhere or starts his own business. SH, I saw that program. Was pitiful. Inner city problems could be reduced if the father's of those kids actually stuck around to raise them and get their act together. My firm belief that the black females cannot do it all alone. Young boys need the strong male role model.
Posted by Jarhead 2004-2-1 11:24:25 PM||   2004-2-1 11:24:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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