Comments on: Boris and Education Brawling

By: Miguel Guhlin

Miguel Guhlin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:31:01 +0000

Matthew, thanks for the up to date link. I missed your last comment clarifying your position with Ann Coulter, so please accept my apologies for missing it as well as misunderstanding the intent of your words.

Warm regards,
Miguel Guhlin

By: A Bit More Education Techno-Twaddle; NECC 2008 Edition at Education for the Aughts - American School Issues and Analysis

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:13:03 +0000

[...] in May, Miguel Guhlin asked if I was going to make it to Texas for NECC [this was when he invented and attributed to me a line about admiring Ann Coulter, then dropped off [...]

By: Matthew K. Tabor

Matthew K. Tabor — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:54:14 +0000

Crickets continue to chirp, tumbleweeds roll across Main Street, etc.

I suppose Miguel didn’t take my comment about his irresponsible characterization too seriously.

By: Matthew K. Tabor

Matthew K. Tabor — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:50:35 +0000

Miguel,

You may be laughing, but I’m not. At no point did I say that I admired Ann Coulter.

As for NECC, not sure.

By: Miguel Guhlin

Miguel Guhlin — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:41:41 +0000

Matthew, see? Even at your most disagreeable, you’re writing is great.

Keep it going…now, where can I re-fill this gas can?

;->

BTW, will your admiring fans–not including Ann–see you at NECC?

laughing,
Miguel

By: Learning Is Messy - Blog » Blog Archive » Ed Tech … Is It Just Too Cool … Or Not?

Sat, 03 May 2008 07:30:37 +0000

[...] to share with students as far away as possible … the further the better … that makes it cooler. As Matthew Tabor noted recently: “The ed-tech crowd’s unyielding commitment to Google Earth Diversity – that [...]

By: Matthew K. Tabor

Matthew K. Tabor — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:53:18 +0000

Miguel,

Except, of course, for the parts where you suggest that I’m a charlatan, worship at the altar of Ann Coulter [cited above], and pander to an intellectually base and bloodthirsty crowd for the sake of a few RSS subscribers.

I can’t really thank you for those.

By: Matthew K. Tabor

Matthew K. Tabor — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:46:43 +0000

Miguel,

Thanks for the comment and the kind words. The funny thing about your comment is that I read your blog for similar reasons – that your topics, style, all of it is unlike mine.

That’s what we’ve got to do if the blogosphere is really going to make a difference, and that’s the type of diversity that actually matters.

I’ll likely address more points in your comment as this discussion evolves and it surely will given Darren’s bit on twitter that invited education bloggers to comment on this particular post of mine.

But you said something curious. “When Matt mentions Ann Coulter as someone to admire, well, yeah.”

I used her as an example, I didn’t say that I admired her. You could as easily substitute in my comment a leftie’s name like Markos Moulitsas as a polarizing, controversial figure within his own sphere of influence. Or, for an example closer to home, an unhinged type like Gerry Bracey, whose bizarre screeds continue to get play on education blogs.

By: 5tein

5tein — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:01:02 +0000

I think I'm doomed to be the 98-lb weakling with sand in his face and suntan lotion on his specs. Mr. Downes was right: the blogosphere IS just like high school!

By: Miguel Guhlin

Miguel Guhlin — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:57:14 +0000

Matthew, howdy! I left a long comment–poorly composed–on Darren’s blog entry. I’ll be briefer here.

William Zinsser, author of “On Writing Well,” said something like this: A good writer can make a subject anyone else would find boring, interesting and worth reading.

The practice of setting the world ablaze isn’t new. I like this quote from a controversial publication:

“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” (Luke 12:49)

Passion. Education. Two words that seldom rest together.

Set the world ablaze.

Warm regards,

Miguel