On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:23 PM, shag <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
> Actually, education is his big thing. That's why at my old uni, when a
> former Navy guy was there, teaching poli sci as I recall, he invited
> Powell to come speak -- like we'd have any other speaker.
>
> Powell wanted nothing to do with the usual stint. He wanted to teach a
> course for the day.
>
> One reason why is that the spent a lot of time teaching while in the Army.
> IIRC, that's how he came to notice: as an exceptionally good teacher.
>
> Not saying that would make him a good sec'y of education, but I can see
> why he might have named that as a position.
>
>
> > Reminds me, some time back, the D.C. Gov thought they could fix local
> > education by putting a general in charge of it. Didn't quite work
> > out.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Charles Brown
> > <charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Thinking about Colin Powell at Education. Damn. Alarms go off.
> >>
> >> ^^^^
> >> CB: Shouldn't he be Secretary of Defense ?
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