tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post2352924182800752633..comments2024-03-18T18:11:16.829-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Carmen Arroyo: Teachers Must Sacrifice Their Families In Order To Keep Their Jobsreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-86211434600626509672015-04-08T14:34:29.727-04:002015-04-08T14:34:29.727-04:00Ironically, when we sacrifice our families, our ch...Ironically, when we sacrifice our families, our children will then become the students who are most needy - due to lack of parent involvement... Interesting... typical... stupid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-21273008555694489262015-04-08T07:00:53.523-04:002015-04-08T07:00:53.523-04:00I hope you sent a copy of this directly to her. A...I hope you sent a copy of this directly to her. Awesome!wjmc234https://www.blogger.com/profile/00541931170017000924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-48758055900026660512015-04-06T15:47:36.814-04:002015-04-06T15:47:36.814-04:00How do I GET OUT of COPE?How do I GET OUT of COPE?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-47443920675507467532015-04-05T11:36:58.937-04:002015-04-05T11:36:58.937-04:00Your point is very well taken. For how many years...Your point is very well taken. For how many years have Teachers' Unions blindly backed almost solely the Democrat party in this State? You reap what you sow. By sitting back and voting nit foe principals but instead a Party. A party which often esposes ideals opposite to our Founding Pricipals you have fostered an environment that will eat its own. Once the money starts running out the first to go will be the "useful idiots". Which you can tell by Carmen Arroyo statements alone, is how they view you.<br /><br />Now if others can wake up and stop voting solely for a party l, you might be surprised how quickly we can start to finally repair the damage boring for a single party has done. <br /><br />In the next elections we need to vote against encumbants in both parties that voted for this budget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-15445761186629591762015-04-03T23:53:50.529-04:002015-04-03T23:53:50.529-04:00Well said Gary.....Here is what I wrote to "A...Well said Gary.....Here is what I wrote to "ASS"emblywoman Arroyo<br /><br />Dear Assemblywoman Arroyo,<br /><br />Democrats, both locally and on the fed level, have turned their backs on teachers, students and parents. Therefore, it is with a "heavy heart" that I announce my withdrawal from the Democratic Party. I will actively engage in campaign activities against politicians who voted yes on this bill. Additionally, I will be sharing the names of those who voted yes on the NYS Budget bill with family and friends so that they are also made aware of the gross lack of ethics, morals and the undermining of democratic values I witnessed while watching the budget debates. I know that many of my colleagues share my sentiment and will be following suit.<br /><br />I also want to address the unmitigated gall you expressed with regards to your comment "Teachers who fail to get effective can go work at McDonalds." I am deeply offended by this comment on many levels, but will only address two. First, as an elected politician your lack of diplomacy begs me to question your continued ability to govern effectively as it seems you have a serious problem with filtering your thinking. Secondly, as per your biography, you formed an organization to "empower Puerto Rican/Hispanic women of all socio-economic classes throughout the state". You have failed this Puerto Rican woman and I was embarrassed for you as I watched you rage before members of the Assembly. With that said, come next election when, hopefully you will loss your seat remember this....McDonald's hires senior citizens as well...<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Debra FaulminoDebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941896879403121653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-19590043121138961752015-04-03T18:13:59.484-04:002015-04-03T18:13:59.484-04:00Here is the message I sent to her:
Ms. Arroyo,
Wh...Here is the message I sent to her:<br /><br />Ms. Arroyo,<br />When I first read your comments about "bad" teachers getting jobs at McDonald's I must admit I was quite offended. However, after reading a bit of your bio and learning that you earned a certificate in bookkeeping and secretary work from the prestigious Sixto Febus Business School (well-known as the Harvard for bookkeepers), I feel much better knowing that you are immensely qualified to evaluate the work of professional educators (or at least to decide how it is done). <br />As a responsible teacher who does his job, I feel safe knowing that you will "protect" me. I am a bit unsure, however, what I need to do to qualify as "sacrificing" my family. Would I need to cut my children and offer their blood in a goblet to you or Governor Cuomo or some of his hedge-fund buddies? Please let me know what level of sacrifice would suffice, as with this new evaluation system, I am sure I will eventually need your protection.<br />As I'm sure you are aware from your vast experience in the secretary/bookkeeping profession, the "value-added" method of assigning teachers numerical ratings based on computer-predicted test scores has been proven to be completely useless and unreliable. Simply pulling names out of a hat would be about as accurate (and much cheaper). Perhaps you can suggest using the name-from-a-hat method during your next education pow-wow. You don't even have to credit me with the idea (just tell them you learned about it back in your Sixto days).<br /><br />As far as switching careers from education to fry cook, I'm not sure I see the connection. However, I must trust your judgement as you have proven to be such an intelligent and well-thought person. One question though; will the fact that I have only 14 years of teaching experience, merely 30 credits above a Masters Degree and earned a GPA of only 3.9 leave me as under qualified to assemble Happy Meals? If so, maybe I can run for political office. Clearly the standards for that gig are pretty low.<br /><br />Respectfully (not really)<br /><br />Gary Malone<br />NYC Public School teacher<br />Mr. Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390399351901444264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-80827445621412200312015-04-03T17:47:14.273-04:002015-04-03T17:47:14.273-04:00The POST hates teachers. They'll say we're...The POST hates teachers. They'll say we're not good enough to make egg McMuffinsMr. Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390399351901444264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-72370806999126406692015-04-03T14:32:21.436-04:002015-04-03T14:32:21.436-04:00Well, at least she's consistent, showing compl...Well, at least she's consistent, showing complete disrespect for workers by doing what she could do to ensure that the people working at McDonald's won't see an increase in the minimum wage. Hope her office gets inundated with a plague of Happy Meals. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-71332495840372723512015-04-03T14:24:03.170-04:002015-04-03T14:24:03.170-04:00Imagine how many burgers she'd be slamming dow...Imagine how many burgers she'd be slamming down if I did work there. Fatass. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-71309473859906743472015-04-03T11:23:58.151-04:002015-04-03T11:23:58.151-04:00She is taking us back to Abraham and Issac with Cu...She is taking us back to Abraham and Issac with Cuomo and the Hedge funders as Yahweh....Who is the god of thine idolatry Carmen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-90158502432683667972015-04-03T10:42:52.598-04:002015-04-03T10:42:52.598-04:00Working at McDonalds is actually better than teach...Working at McDonalds is actually better than teaching now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-61723021617951542742015-04-03T10:40:05.966-04:002015-04-03T10:40:05.966-04:00Great post (as always). I've added a few more...Great post (as always). I've added a few more thought on this topic here: http://goo.gl/S0JmwB<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506609241168774971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-77782467808326211012015-04-03T10:15:32.693-04:002015-04-03T10:15:32.693-04:00I have already sent direct e-mails to various sena...I have already sent direct e-mails to various senators and Assembly members. I do not hold anything back. Forget the letters, send them e-mails. Most of these idiots get the e-mails right on their phones. Tell them you are going to join with others and do everything humanly possible to see that they are ousted. Express your outrage at their disgraceful vote. Do not be nice. Be angry, which is what we are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-85762247521903384092015-04-03T10:13:12.632-04:002015-04-03T10:13:12.632-04:00We are governed by morons.
Read the excerpt belo...We are governed by morons. <br /><br />Read the excerpt below from a column written by Long Island principal Carol Burris. She is an articulate foe of much of what has been imposed upon us in recent years.<br /><br />The day after the vote, still not understanding what she voted on, Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon wrote in an e-mail to a constituent:<br /><br />The budget adopted by the Senate and Assembly and signed by the Governor no longer links teacher performance evaluations to standardized test scores and outside evaluators. That is a step in the right direction because these have no connection to schools or the dynamics that make for good teaching and good schools. Instead teacher evaluations – which are already a matter of law – will be done according to a mix of factors. These include local assessments and multiple measures of learning, albeit not the universe of those I would have preferred.”<br /><br />Ms. Simon, please read the bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-20405787227450665992015-04-03T09:47:34.030-04:002015-04-03T09:47:34.030-04:00Not surprising given her record.
Bronx talking ab...Not surprising given her record. <br />Bronx talking about Carmen Arroyo and her mysterious $30,000 ‘casino gambling’ win | NY Daily News July 17, 2013 http://goo.gl/GMKyxvKen Derstinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645967327068634236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-60437657945711423512015-04-03T09:46:31.205-04:002015-04-03T09:46:31.205-04:00The post should publish her rap sheet! This woman ...The post should publish her rap sheet! This woman is a joke. The last person who should be passing judgement on what she feels teachers should be doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-47105027013202793762015-04-03T09:19:49.763-04:002015-04-03T09:19:49.763-04:00You need to send this to the NY Post. People don&#...You need to send this to the NY Post. People don't have any clue what we do on a daily basis. I was so mentally and physically drained yesterday I passed out on my couch for a good part of the afternoon. <br /><br />Every time I thought I've heard it all, another idiot opens his mouth about education. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-2641059008777481512015-04-03T09:01:55.280-04:002015-04-03T09:01:55.280-04:00So we can either be teachers or work at McDonald&#...So we can either be teachers or work at McDonald's. She has a high opinion of our skills.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-45109891896981378532015-04-03T08:43:49.249-04:002015-04-03T08:43:49.249-04:00Truth is stranger than fiction, as they say. Unbe...Truth is stranger than fiction, as they say. Unbelievable. Outrageous.<br /><br />Yes, and also tax breaks for those who buy yachts. And, no increase in the minimum wage.<br /><br />What next?<br /><br /> -John Ogozalek<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-54386812518293892402015-04-03T08:24:24.331-04:002015-04-03T08:24:24.331-04:00Yes, apparently risking our health and the well-be...Yes, apparently risking our health and the well-being of our families is now a job expectation.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-33409840102500534652015-04-03T07:01:59.072-04:002015-04-03T07:01:59.072-04:00Given the outrageous and mean spirited unethical l...Given the outrageous and mean spirited unethical laws she is saying an essential truth from her "heavy heart" that has capitulated to a warped ideology. This perversion of justice goes <br />to endangering your personal health and safety to keep your job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com