If you're so young that you've never heard of Pablum, you may be wondering what it is; on the other hand, if you have ever tasted this old-fashioned baby food invented in the 1930s, you too would find it "bland, unappetizing, or with little content value"--its metaphorical definition today.Precisely what is served up in recent interviews with CCSD Superintendent Nancy McGinley and Berkeley's Anthony Parker. [In Berkeley, Children at Center; Charleston Superintendent Prepares for Third Year]. You might suspect that the reporter either was afraid to ask pointed follow-up questions or didn't know what to ask. Instead, we find out that McGinley doesn't especially like to cook.
In any event, interested readers learn that McGinley's new "top priority" is "improving student literacy." Duh. I wonder where she got that idea. We all hope she's serious.
At least she was a bit more forthcoming about her recent trip to Houston, saying that "When I was asked to have a conversation to see if I might be interested in running the seventh-largest district in the country, I thought it was worth my time to give it some thought" [as I wended my way west on the airplane?]. That's about as close as she's going to get to admitting the trip was for a job interview.
Superintendent Parker wants to keep "put children at the center point" in Berkeley County. Well, that's a relief. We were worried that he would put them off to the side.
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She says she grills everything. How superficial can you get?
Nice to know she can interact with her food, but she's really not much for breaking bread with others, in a manner of speaking.
Never seen a superintendent as shallow as this one.
Can't say the interview on the local news station last night was any better with Parker. The one choice quote was something about making Berkeley the best it can be in the state and nation. It's a good district, but it can be Grrrrrrate!
Talk about your softball first inning to the year.
Unless a reporter has any talent, the interview will have no meaning. She had an astounding number of grammar/usage errors throughout her part of the piece. Perhaps she needs literacy training.
Diette Courege hears a few things from her sources, but does nothing to ask truly piquing questions. She kowtows to public opinion without doing true research.
The literacy piece was handed to her on a silver platter, and so she equates that to being a good reporter.
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