[fwlug] Fwd: Teacher Arrested

[John McKelvey]

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From: Nancy McCammon-Hansen <nmccammonhansen at comcast.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:02 PM
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>            NEW YORK -- A public school teacher was arrested today at John
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>  Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in
>  possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule and a
>            calculator.
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>            At a morning press conference, the Attorney General said he
>  believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement.  He did
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>  identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of
>  math instruction. 'Al-gebra is a problem for us', the Attorney General
> said.
>  'They desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on
>  tangents in search of absolute values.'
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>            They use secret code names like 'X' and 'Y' and refer to
>  themselves as 'unknowns', but we have determined that they belong to a
>  common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every
>  country.
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>            As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are 3
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>            When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, 'If
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>  had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, he would have
>  given us more fingers and toes.'
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>            White House aides told reporters they could not recall a more
>  intelligent or profound statement by the President.  They apparently
>  forgot
> about the time when George W. Bush said, "Rarely is the question asked:
> Is our children learning?"
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