tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post4939715919337944062..comments2024-03-28T14:23:13.912-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: FINALLY!!! Election Night!Kingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12078441369446478282018-11-29T19:41:46.831-06:002018-11-29T19:41:46.831-06:00Wow with one comment I ran it over a 100, gotta be...Wow with one comment I ran it over a 100, gotta be my record. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72214122410961076232018-11-29T17:12:33.689-06:002018-11-29T17:12:33.689-06:00I don't know why JA was founded, but there'...I don't know why JA was founded, but there's no question that Mississippi public schools wouldn't have been forced to integrate in 1970 if they had been complying with a then-sixteen year old Supreme Court decision that segregated schools are unconstitutional violations of the Equal Protection clause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81687959072394969572018-11-29T16:56:42.228-06:002018-11-29T16:56:42.228-06:00Why y'all hate Donna Ladd, Maggie Wade and Sid...Why y'all hate Donna Ladd, Maggie Wade and Sid Salter so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-64486733345749217472018-11-29T14:35:17.934-06:002018-11-29T14:35:17.934-06:00To suggest, as Donna Ladd has done, that any priva...To suggest, as Donna Ladd has done, that any private school in Mississippi is teaching and reinforcing the racism of the 50s, 60s and 70s is not only sheer folly, it is outrageous reckless yellow journalism without any remote basis in fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81719197940782033292018-11-29T14:33:35.264-06:002018-11-29T14:33:35.264-06:00While I'm sure that the fact that segregation ...While I'm sure that the fact that segregation had zero to do with the founding of JA goads many, the fact still remains.<br /><br />It is not a suggestion, it is what it is.<br /><br />Sorry that fact triggers you so.<br /><br />"most of the public school systems around the country were complying with Brown"<br /><br />While factually accurate, most of the public school systems around the country did not have enough black students to worry with complying. But, the 17 south eastern most states, certainly were not. Regardless, it doesn't matter as JA was founded 11 years before such was a thing in Mississippi. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87667588178271093602018-11-29T13:45:39.152-06:002018-11-29T13:45:39.152-06:00When JA was founded, most of the public school sys...When JA was founded, most of the public school systems around the country were complying with Brown. It was inevitable. To suggest that JA was not founded to provide a lily white school for the rich is sheer folly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50292776736751842622018-11-29T11:55:24.421-06:002018-11-29T11:55:24.421-06:00"The U.S. Supreme Court handed down Brown v. ..."The U.S. Supreme Court handed down Brown v. Board of Education in 1954."<br /><br />and yet MS public schools were not forced to integrate until 1970. Ross Barnett was elected governor AFTER Jackson Academy was founded. Not even a good try at logical fallacy<br /><br />JA was founded by parents of about 10 families that believed in the Rudolf Flesch phonics way of teaching reading that a public school teacher at the time, Loyal Bearss, believed in. It started in a house near Northview Dr in Jackson, IIRC. The look-say or sight-word method was being predominantly taught in public schools at the time, ala Dick and Jane, etc<br /><br />Just because some things are black and white, not everything is black and white. Pun intended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-1460700588921684932018-11-29T11:12:23.813-06:002018-11-29T11:12:23.813-06:00You must have a reading comprehension problem 10:2...You must have a reading comprehension problem 10:28 AM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-59934334227316333792018-11-29T11:03:57.622-06:002018-11-29T11:03:57.622-06:00When was the first black kid enrolled in JA?When was the first black kid enrolled in JA?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-54127360675959130042018-11-29T10:28:45.295-06:002018-11-29T10:28:45.295-06:00"Jackson Academy was founded in 1959, 11 year..."Jackson Academy was founded in 1959, 11 years before Mississippi was forced to integrate."<br /><br />The U.S. Supreme Court handed down Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-73108324010431166862018-11-29T08:56:57.450-06:002018-11-29T08:56:57.450-06:00Patiently waiting to see the video of those who pu...Patiently waiting to see the video of those who put the nooses at the Capitol. When we've had nooses placed around the State before huge melt-down on national level. State officials say we have good video.....where is it?<br /><br />Is it possible those who placed the nooses and signs don't look like good ole boys from a rural Mississippi County? I know that isn't a PC statement.....I don't care. Deal with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-9857398989172897502018-11-29T08:25:00.372-06:002018-11-29T08:25:00.372-06:00The academy schools are the reason Mississippi com...<i>The academy schools are the reason Mississippi community colleges have trived, they can't qualify for 4 year colleges until they remediate at the Jr. Colleges.</i><br /><br />Complete garbage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-4060009858714547512018-11-29T08:24:59.827-06:002018-11-29T08:24:59.827-06:00Ask the folks at Nissan, they will tell you there ...Ask the folks at Nissan, they will tell you there is a a serious learning curve academy vs public schools. With those from academy schools taking longer to master their jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-61640928728921869292018-11-29T08:21:10.059-06:002018-11-29T08:21:10.059-06:0046 out of how many thousands across the state. 46 out of how many thousands across the state. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-42719041461747015302018-11-29T07:13:20.031-06:002018-11-29T07:13:20.031-06:00"Clarksdale High students were transported to..."Clarksdale High students were transported to the poll yesterday to cast their vote during school hours. They referred to it as an "initiative". The mode of transportation to the poll was done via city school buses."<br /><br />I was unaware of that; however, it's nothing more than an end-around way to dump democrat voters into polling places. For years the 'mode of transportation' was Head Start buses and those big vans each county uses to transport the elderly. <br /><br />Interesting, now, that 'those people' are using 'it's a civics lesson' to get around the law. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-75391383963971781332018-11-29T07:12:51.273-06:002018-11-29T07:12:51.273-06:00The average score for the 2018 graduating class at...The average score for the 2018 graduating class at the small private school (not Prep) in Flowood had an average ACT score of 28 for the graduating class of 46. <br /><br />Tell us again how kids from private schools aren't ready for college, or how there is no measurable standard for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35449751473261850302018-11-29T06:32:11.252-06:002018-11-29T06:32:11.252-06:00"Health Care @ the bottom!
Education @ the bo..."Health Care @ the bottom!<br />Education @ the bottom!<br />Infant Mortality @ the bottom!<br />College Readiness @ the bottom!<br />Employment @ the bottom!"<br /><br />These metrics are best improved at the state level rather than the federal level. I guess they could shovel some fluffy pork our way, but other than that, the metrics you seek to improve are largely the problem of the state legislature. Consider this tidbit as a furtherance of your education.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-61435961472485248472018-11-29T05:36:20.219-06:002018-11-29T05:36:20.219-06:00The academy schools are the reason Mississippi com...The academy schools are the reason Mississippi community colleges have trived, they can't qualify for 4 year colleges until they remediate at the Jr. Colleges. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-65280564283676759412018-11-28T22:22:59.803-06:002018-11-28T22:22:59.803-06:006:56 , HORSE S--t. As a Grade 1-12 private school...6:56 , HORSE S--t. As a Grade 1-12 private school student I scored a 30 on the ACT, most of my classmates broke 18 on it , several more got upper 20s, and I have 2 post graduate professional degrees. Saying private schools are somehow inferior doesn't make it at all true. Look at where private school grads of all colors end up and compare it to JPS or any other MS public schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-61805970505897619972018-11-28T21:12:28.933-06:002018-11-28T21:12:28.933-06:00Weill got what was coming to him. Karma. It is a...Weill got what was coming to him. Karma. It is a . . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-25398022807532896552018-11-28T19:50:50.911-06:002018-11-28T19:50:50.911-06:00WHAT makes being 49th and 50th great??????WHAT makes being 49th and 50th great??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-11102882047647240582018-11-28T18:59:45.321-06:002018-11-28T18:59:45.321-06:00@1:24; cute post, notwithstanding inaccuracy. Chec...@1:24; cute post, notwithstanding inaccuracy. Check your date on education and employment. Did I mention 'cute'....?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-51371336866984189652018-11-28T18:56:07.476-06:002018-11-28T18:56:07.476-06:00Unfortunately the private school sector has no cen...Unfortunately the private school sector has no centralized comparable standards from which they can be graded or be compared with public or parochial schools. Kids from these schools like the majority of Home Schoolers struggle in college. Most of these schools don't advertise academic success, they stick with the Consevative Christan Values line in their recruitment pitch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-74990170294699033832018-11-28T18:27:06.291-06:002018-11-28T18:27:06.291-06:00Here is a message to the in-state media and the ou...Here is a message to the in-state media and the out-of-state folks who denigrate our great State of Mississippi on a daily basis...BITE ME!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-5015235815159581962018-11-28T18:24:25.901-06:002018-11-28T18:24:25.901-06:00Can someone please get a telegram, email, tweet, F...Can someone please get a telegram, email, tweet, Facebook message or whatever it takes to thank so very, very much corrupt Senator’s Feinstein, Leahy, Durbin, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Coons, Blumentahal, Hirono, Booker and Harris for showing Americans just how corrupt they are by teaming up with the mental case and/or pathological liar Christone Blasey Ford in an attempt to destroy Brett Kavanaugh.<br /><br />Not only were these corrupt Senators told to F Off via Kavanaugh’s confirmation, the corrupt Senators flipped North Dakota, Missouri and Indiana Senate seats from blue to red.<br /><br />With the pretend Republican Flake going home and the hero turned zero Keating Five shit eating grin McCain also out, this 53 to 47 Senate majority should work very well over the next two years.<br /><br />Now we just need another SCOTUS confirmation!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com