{"id":16,"date":"2007-07-16T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-16T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=16"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:06:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:06:49","slug":"skip-the-600-words-write-the-review-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Skip the 600 Words. Write the Review First!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My articles in District Administration Magazine and The Pulse: Education&#8217;s Place for Debate often elicit strong letters from readers, but today&#8217;s mailbag reached a new low.<\/p>\n<p>Someone read an online synopsis of a recent article and sent me a screed full of personal attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The email and my response follows. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">The email message I received:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I see that you have nothing better to do. Jealousy! What can you do about it? There are more important issues than Oprah and her money. What&#8217;s your contribution to how we tackle illiteracy? What else have you written? What research have you conducted? As the old saying goes, You&#8217;re a part of the problem. Where is the solution?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Record: 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Title: Oprah&#8217;s Edifice Complex.<\/p>\n<p>  Authors: Stager, Gary gary@stager.org<\/p>\n<p>  Source: District Administration; Jun2007, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p84-84, 1p<\/p>\n<p>  Document Type: Article<\/p>\n<p>  Subject Terms: *EDUCATIONAL leadership<\/p>\n<p>  *SCHOOL buildings<\/p>\n<p>  *SINGLE-sex schools<\/p>\n<p>  WINFREY, Oprah<\/p>\n<p>  Geographic Terms: SOUTH Africa<\/p>\n<p>  Abstract: The article discusses the author&#8217;s perspective on the establishment of the school Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. He cites that the $40 million school established by TV host Winfrey has been subjected of controversy which some people are offended that it features fine china and trillion thread count sheets. He admits that he already read and watched about the school but still asks the educational philosophy of the school and the learning theories that excite Winfrey.<\/p>\n<p>  ISSN: 1537-5749<\/p>\n<p>  Accession Number: 25585814<\/p>\n<p>  Database: Academic Search Premier<\/p>\n<p>  The link information above provides a persistent link to the article you&#8217;ve requested.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Persistent link to this record: Following the link above will bring you to the start of the article or citation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Cut and Paste: To place article links in an external web document, simply copy and paste the HTML above, starting with &quot;&lt;A HREF&quot;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any problems or questions, contact Technical Support at http:\/\/support.epnet.com\/contact\/askus.php or call 800-758-5995.<br \\><\/p>\n<p>This e-mail was generated by a user of EBSCOhost who gained access via the WALDEN UNIV account. Neither EBSCO nor WALDEN UNIV is responsible for the content of this e-mail.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">I responded as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Anonymous Card Catalog Reader:<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your email. You may read my dozens of publications at http:\/\/www.stager.org\/articles and my qualifications at http:\/\/www.stager.org\/bio While there. You can actually read the article that seems to have offended you.<\/p>\n<p>All the very best,<\/p>\n<p>Gary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My articles in District Administration Magazine and The Pulse: Education&#8217;s Place for Debate often elicit strong letters from readers, but today&#8217;s mailbag reached a new &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unfiled"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skip the 600 Words. 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