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Q&A with a 'Mother on Fire' for public school

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.usatoday.com (Views: 123, Clicks: 1) View Story

Last June, when Los Angeles performance artist and public radio commentator Sandra Tsing Loh helped lead a rally to the California state capitol for more school funding, perhaps no one was more surprised than Loh herself. Her transformation from popular author and comic to public schools activist began four years earlier, when her plans to get her older daughter into a good kindergarten went awry. She eventually started an organization called Burning Moms.

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#1 by talesinstorm posted ago

+1 apples

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Beating up on public education is a blood sport in this country. Nothing is more popular than saying how bad public school is and catastrophizing about it.

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#1 by nitajo posted ago

+0 apples

I also like the following --

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I'm totally an activist! And I use humor to hide the fact that I'm totally an activist. When men get older they become more conservative. When women get older they become more radical. Funny and radical.

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