{"id":224,"date":"2008-08-24T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=224"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:00:40","slug":"uh-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Uh Oh!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/english.people.com.cn\/mediafile\/200808\/24\/P200808241343489269545396.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/english.people.com.cn\/mediafile\/200808\/24\/P200808241343489269545396.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>As I watch the last day of the Summer Olympics, I just heard the TV host tell the American audience that China increased their medal count by 59% over the haul from the Athens Games of 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Uh oh! <\/p>\n<p>I wonder how long it will take before a conference speaker or professional development consultant tosses out that useless Olympic statistic to demonstrate how American teachers conspire against excellence, American students are videogame-addicted zombie slackers and principals all recite from &#8220;The World is Fat,&#8221; the next pop-business BS written by the physical education equivalent of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.districtadministration.com\/thepulse\/2008\/03\/the-worst-book.html\">Dan Pink<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.districtadministration.com\/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=24\">Thomas Friedman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wake up America! 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