tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post8197330472603203187..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Ruben Brosbereality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-83444282771491795912011-01-22T11:28:26.386-05:002011-01-22T11:28:26.386-05:00For instance...listen to Chancellor Black's co...For instance...listen to Chancellor Black's comments on removing teacher seniority rules...<br /><br />http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/132569/ny1-exclusive--schools-chancellor-backs-proposal-to-overhaul-teacher-layoffsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-3855223214468783292011-01-22T10:53:00.795-05:002011-01-22T10:53:00.795-05:00It's a hostile takeover by big business (publi...It's a hostile takeover by big business (publishing, tech, government/political) of public education wherever they can get away with it. I had a "conversation" with a friend's wifey last year, at her own behest. She's about 25, and a gilded yuppy from a priveleged background. She had a big position at Tweed at the time, no doubt because her Daddy was a bigtime publishing/journalism dude from out of town. Seemingly, "education" is the new "in thing" to do. A great way for yuppy out of towners to massage their humanitarian leanings of "saving the children from the evil union" WHILE seflishly getting ahead. It's a veritable massage fest. She wouldn't have been allowed into the Tweed building if she wasn't set up by her Daddy. The discussion quickly turned ugly, when, presented with THE FACTS on issues like tenure, and Klein's slander of ATRs and other topics, she blew uo and ordered me "out of her face". This is all about money and power, and if I had to assign a title to this movie, I'd have to call it "The Night of the Living Yuppy". These out of towners, are all jumping on the bandwagon to get in on the feeding trough that is, and will be public education. They are all looking to pass for martyrs, as they become "education leaders" simultaneously exterminating the existing structure, including older union teachers. Since the economy is shot, consumer purchasing power is gone, the academic/business/government corporatocracy has decided to take over public education, and we are seeing their evil methods first hand. I'm beginning to understand the feeling our native indians must have had when faced with their genocide. When all else fails, the power structure WILL LIE,CHEAT,STEAL, USING EVERY SLEAZY TRICK IN THE BOOK to "WIN"...Why? Because they are entitled to it, and what they want, they will get at all costs. Big business guys now want to get paid directly from the tax coffers of whatever is left of the working class schlubs. Wall Street, Goldman, B of A, Citi, and many other criminal enterprises have been doing it since '08...why not do it in education...? Why? 'Cause they can...So the issue of applying logic, and any type of an even playing field for debate on the critical issues of teachers assessment is moot, since it doesn't apply to these people and their evil desires. When all else fails...LIE,CHEAT, AND STEAL. "All in all, it's just another brick in the wall..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-14576212605810267262011-01-22T09:57:51.809-05:002011-01-22T09:57:51.809-05:00Dupe or shill? Does it matter? Some people become ...Dupe or shill? Does it matter? Some people become involved in front groups (E$E) because they are useful idiots, others becasue they recongnize the efficacy of such groups.<br /><br />Given Brosbe's poor writing skills and the banality of his observations, if I had to bet money, I'd probably say that he's a dupe; not that it really matters, the effects are largely the same.<br /><br />The question for me is, why does Gotham Schools give a platform to such a non-entity? Surely they could find someone to parrot the ed deform line who can write well and argue a point. Or are they all Stepford Wives?<br /><br />It just demonstrates the power of the Big Lie, and people's eagerness to Believe.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.com