The Equity Project

The Equity Project
The homepage for the school mentioned in previous link.

WaHI charter school article

WaHI charter school article
Will this work?

Proper use of the word ‘extreme’

Guess I never saw this cause I was a bit old when it came out. I probably would have watched it.

They do have episodes and clips on youtube, feel free to browse. I also love this even more now cause I looked it up on wikipedia and not only is there a Pteranadon character (my favorite dino), the description of Bullzeye is perfectly scripted for my life right now. Maybe I need to start wearing that dinosaur suit earlier than planned, sisterkungfuhustler you better get the bear suit ready.

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An unusual coupling

We can always use some Sesame Street, so here’s the latest installment for thinkofthechildren. I’m not really sure what’s going on in the clip, can you imagine being a 5 year old and seeing this in the midst of the episode? Still, Richard Pryor on Sesame Street, pretty awesome. They might be right up there with The Simpsons as far as best list of guest stars.

more about "Classic Sesame Street – Richard Pryor…", posted with vodpod

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They really thought a barn theme was a good idea?

Short post.  anyone ever watched Extreme Home Makeover?  Nice, cuddly, make you feel all warm inside kinda show.  I like the principles, I like the idea, I usually like the main rooms of the house, but do they actually think about the kids’ rooms in any serious way? I’ve always been mostly appalled at the things they come up with for the kids’ rooms. A few examples…

Now, yeah, they talk to them about what they like and favorite activities and stuff, but these are kids (young people if you want). Two years from now, or even two weeks, they may just have totally different favorite things. One of the girls with the astonishingly pink rooms is going to go through a Goth phase and hate her room, and then hate her parents, and then hate her parents more for not letting her change her room.   And the pirates and the jungle, really?  Like a kid at 7 who loves pirates is going to think sleeping in a treasure chest bed is awesome at 13?  And well, since the families they are helping are usually living in fairly tight budgets it isn’t as if it’ll be the easiest thing to buy new furniture, paint the walls and get new things.  So yeah, my two cents there.

And just to keep the thoughts flowing:  Since the families usually get pretty grandiose houses built for them, do they get help with the bills since they are heating and cooling a much bigger space?  Do they get gardners to come help with the upkeep of the detailed yards they sometimes get?  Or after Tye and his crew pat themselves on the backs and gets in their bus and leave, is upkeep and such something the family is just supposed to figure out with their already limited time and limited budgets?  I’d like to know how the details work cause if there is no follow up its a nice idea that has absolutely no real follow through.

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p.s.  Apparently we all need to watch the new episode tonight cause the Jonas Brothers are on it (commence screaming now)

GOB’s final countdown, Sesame Street style

I found it!!! The previously mentioned Will Arnett segment from Sesame Street has finally surfaced on the internet (thank you person who TiVoed it). Unfortunately Arnett’s entrance and first trick are absent. To fill you in on the missing section: the entrance music is reminiscent of GOB’s theme song from Arrested Development, and I’ll give away the secret to his first trick, he uses addition…

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But where was the banana stand?

Apparently these days you know you’ve really made it if you get to appear on Sesame Street. Or maybe everyone I like just happens to appear on Sesame Street. Meaning I was flipping channels this morning and happened to land on Sesame Street while Will Arnett was on it! He was a magician (oh GOB, how we miss you) helping Elmo, Big Bird and another monster with counting, all while using his AMAZING magic abilities. After watching the wonderful cross the Sesame Street writers made between their show and Arrested Development I decided it must be a clip posted for the children! But apparently it isn’t up yet. Makes me think that the episode I saw this morning was a new one, not a repeat, so we’ll all have to wait patiently for it. Season 39 looks like its gonna be pretty chock full of amazingness. In the meantime, we’ll let Feist help us with our counting…

(Obviously the Sesame Street people are talented, hip, with-it folks. Not only exemplified by those they get on the show – NPH, Feist, Will Arnett – but check out the similarities between the Feist Sesame Street clip and the actual video for her song. I love me some Sesame Street. Hey sisterkungfuhustler, if the public health thing and the dinosaur-bear gig at the Museum of Natural History don’t work out, we should try to be on Sesame Street. Maybe they’ll let us clean the dressing rooms.)

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Best Idea Ever

A friend just gave me the heads up on this website! A photographer recreates kids’ drawings, with pretty amazing results!

The picture I’m posting on the right is seriously killing me, because the girls in the picture have the EXACT expressions depicted in the drawing. So incredible. Also, the egg on that one girl’s head!

There’s also this website, which is pretty much the same idea, except with paintings.