Martha Washington, Hollywood and Teachers

Quotes of the day:

“So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table,
finding faith and common ground, the best that they were able.”
--Dar Williams

“[It’s a] dreary industrial town controlled by hoodlums of enormous wealth, the ethical sense of a pack of jackals, and a taste so degraded that it befouled everything it touched.”
--S.J. Perelman, talking about Hollywood.

“Some southern California students have been secretly videoing classroom moments and putting them up on YouTube. One clip, in which a teacher at Malibu High School loses control of his class and raises his voice while students laugh, has sparked a debate that led to the district’s cutting access to YouTube on school computers and limiting electronic devices on campus.”
--Tami Abdollah and Amanda Covarrubias, LA Times, February 9.

“I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
--Martha Washington (1732 - 1802)