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Shakira to advise White House

Typical .....Another insult from the Obama Administration thrown at the True American Patriots.
 
While I found this on Fox News and Huff Po, I think this may just be one massive joke or someone is trolling. If not, then all I have to say is that Obama is an idiot, you shouldn't appoint singers to educational commissions, appoint people who actually know what they are doing.
 
Arcana XV said:
ABOUT US - Barefoot Foundation

I don't see what the problem is. She seems perfectly qualified for the position. Just because she happens to be a singer doesn't mean that's the only thing she knows how to do.
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She aint American, hence it is an insult that some stinky foreigner is advising the US president.. after all foreigners cant contribute anything to the US right?
 
mac said:
Advising Obama on education issues a great honour: Shakira - Music News - IBNLive
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It's on the level. It's been announced on whitehouse.gov. President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts | The White House

I won't criticize him for it. We've got to start thinking outside the box when it comes to educating minorities in this country. As all have heard from me any number of times, what we're doing now isn't working. It's high time we started thinking outside the box. According to the article, she brings some experience to the table and a passion for education. No problems here.
 
Arcana XV said:
ABOUT US - Barefoot Foundation

I don't see what the problem is. She seems perfectly qualified for the position. Just because she happens to be a singer doesn't mean that's the only thing she knows how to do.
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Ah! Ok, didn't know that! Now that I see this, I'd say give her a chance and lets see what happens.
 
PeteEU said:
She aint American, hence it is an insult that some stinky foreigner is advising the US president.. after all foreigners cant contribute anything to the US right?
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I'll admit I was a bit surprised at that. I thought only US citizens could be Presidential advisors. I'm sure there's percedent, although I can't think of anyone off the bat.
 
dixiesolutions said:
Typical .....Another insult from the Obama Administration thrown at the True American Patriots.
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Typical... right-wing nutter knows nothing about the situation but just assumes that this is somehow insulting because Obama did it.
 
Its funny in a sick sort of twisted way how certain people praise the involvement of the common folk when they take on the mantle of the phony tea party and praise how waitresses and garage mechanics and cubicle bunnies need to be involved more in government when they agree with their opinions. But as soon as somebody outside of politics or academia gets involved on the other side of the aisle - all the sudden the long knives come out and their lack of "qualifications" is ripped to shreds along with personal attacks on the individual involved.
 
This is nothing but a transparent campaign ploy to pander to hispanics. The lady may be a fine singer but nobody will convince me she has a clue how the US education system works, or doesn't work as the case may be. Now BO has a new prop he can use to generate crowds for the next 12 months.
 
Mr. Invisible said:
While I found this on Fox News and Huff Po, I think this may just be one massive joke or someone is trolling. If not, then all I have to say is that Obama is an idiot, you shouldn't appoint singers to educational commissions, appoint people who actually know what they are doing.
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By looking at the rest of Obama's advisors, Shakira is probably an improvement.
 
conservativeguy said:
This is nothing but a transparent campaign ploy to pander to hispanics. The lady may be a fine singer but nobody will convince me she has a clue how the US education system works, or doesn't work as the case may be. Now BO has a new prop he can use to generate crowds for the next 12 months.
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Maybe she can help inform Obama's commission about how to help poor immigrants or even second or third generations of immigrants who have few prior experiences related to the American culture, create new knowledge so they can compete with students from a long background of American experiences. This isn't racism, it's known phenomena taught in education communities who train American educators.

For example, in order to meet their needs the American education system must provide funding for these students to be separated by their classification: Hispanic, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc, at least part of the school day, to ensure they are being taught in their native language using prior experiences. The other half of the school day these students are taught in mainstream classrooms where they receive the rest of their (FRAPE), free and appropriate public education.

However, these bilingual programs have merit for gringos too. American, English speaking only students, have access to these programs as well, if their parents want them to learn a new language. The problem is that not all schools have access to these programs because of funding issues.

How much do think these programs cost, with so many people from different world backgrounds and experiences living in the USA?

The thing that bothers me the most is that another sub-population (minority) group of students who are American citizens, typically achieve at lower levels than Anglo students, and don't receive special funding for separate programs like Non-English speaking or limited English proficient (LEP) students are black-American students. IMHO Americans citizens should be very upset their education dollars go to fund non-native speaking programs, and to educate these minorities, while native speaking Americans receive little to no extra funding to support their obvious needs.

I guess it’s the American way…
 
conservativeguy said:
This is nothing but a transparent campaign ploy to pander to hispanics. The lady may be a fine singer but nobody will convince me she has a clue how the US education system works, or doesn't work as the case may be. Now BO has a new prop he can use to generate crowds for the next 12 months.
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so.......do you have a clue as to how the US education system works? are you anymore qualified than she is?
 
dixiesolutions said:
Typical .....Another insult from the Obama Administration thrown at the True American Patriots.
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The compassionate side of Shakira is most obvious in the remarkable work of her Pies Descalzos (Barefoot) Foundation, which she started at the age of 18 and has now opened its sixth school. The foundation currently provides education and nutrition to over six thousand impoverished children in Colombia and is expanding its work to other countries, including newly launched projects in Haiti and South Africa.
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Shakira.com > Biography

"Started at the age of 18" would mean she's been doing it for the last 16 years.

Typical, another wingnut so eager to paddle the Obama administration that they make assumptions they don't even bother to research.
 
Why do we all assume this person is not "worthy" to provide advice to the president? We are all just jealous because we don't have that same chance. I know I would try to give him advise if given half the chance. So what's all of our problem with her doing it? What if she was just some bum off the street no one had ever heard of? Would it matter then? Or does it matter only because she is a famous pop music star? Or does it matter because she's not white? Hmmm?
 
KevinKohler said:
Why do we all assume this person is not "worthy" to provide advice to the president? We are all just jealous because we don't have that same chance. I know I would try to give him advise if given half the chance. So what's all of our problem with her doing it? What if she was just some bum off the street no one had ever heard of? Would it matter then? Or does it matter only because she is a famous pop music star? Or does it matter because she's not white? Hmmm?
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It's not that they're jealous. It's that they just have so much hatred for the president that they will attack literally any action he takes. These, of course, are exactly the same sort of people who whined about Bush Derangement Syndrome.
 
conservativeguy said:
Where did she "got" it from?
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You get your IQ primarily from your genetics - those with little education can still score high on certain IQ tests. I don't know if this is a good idea or a bad idea. I've been one to criticize Obama for hiring academics who are overly educated but real world stupid... maybe this is a good thing. Who knows.
 
Deuce said:
It's not that they're jealous. It's that they just have so much hatred for the president that they will attack literally any action he takes. These, of course, are exactly the same sort of people who whined about Bush Derangement Syndrome.
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This has zero to do with Obama. Of course you know I'd like to see him run out on a rail, but that doesn't mean I'm so blinded that I can't see a possibility and the up side. If Shakira is wonderfully successful, I simply attribute it to the broken clock of Obama. He's got to be right twice a day at least.
 
Ockham said:
This has zero to do with Obama. Of course you know I'd like to see him run out on a rail, but that doesn't mean I'm so blinded that I can't see a possibility and the up side. If Shakira is wonderfully successful, I simply attribute it to the broken clock of Obama. He's got to be right twice a day at least.
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You're not the sort of person I'm talking about. I'm talking about the sort of person who immediately concluded this was somehow an insult, a sign of incompetence, etc, without even bothering to check and see how well Shakira might be qualified for this sort of work. They assumed she was just some celebrity appointed for popularity reasons.
 
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