"to enter a space where a person is talking about their own experiences and to tell them they are wrong, that they will not be affected that way, that it is not that big a deal, and that you know so because of your research or your logic - that is the opposite of learning. that is affirmatively shutting down discussions which could lead to learning. and it makes it much less likely that the person with experience - the person without whom you cannot learn the essential details of the issue - will be willing to participate in such a discussion in the future."

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"Applicant has not made any substantial payments on the loans,” the judges wrote in a terse decision and an unusual rejection of the committee’s recommendation. “Applicant has not presently established the character and general fitness requisite for an attorney and counselor-at-law.” Mr. Bowman, 47, appears to have crossed some unspoken line with his $400,000 in student debt and penalties, accumulated over many years. New York’s courts have overlooked misconduct like lawyers’ solicitation of minors for sex, efforts to deceive judges and possession of cocaine. Those instances have led merely to temporary suspensions from practice."

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I’m not sure if I’m ever going to switch over to reading the Chicago Tribune. I know I haven’t lived in New York State for a while now, and have lived in Massachusetts and Arizona since then as well, but I can’t stop reading the Times.

"More than 500 Chicago Public School employees were given pink slips Wednesday in what officials said was the largest round of layoffs to ever hit the nation’s third-largest school system. The 557 job cuts, along with other savings, should shrink the system’s $475 million deficit to $375 million. Yet another round of cuts is expected. […] The positions included 167 people in “professional mid-management” making $78,000 to $90,000 a year, Bond said. Human Resources and Information Technology departments in particular were hard hit. […] The only axed “citywide” jobs Bond could name were “food service” workers, “supervisors” of unspecified people and reading coaches — a job invented in response to Mayor Daley’s reading push. However, Bond said, “The positions that have been eliminated will be redirected close to the classroom. "

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These state and city budget issues are just going to get worse. Unemployment is going to continue to rise which will further depress tax revenues while at the same time more individuals will be using social services.