The most outrageous part of the whole thing is our "Democratic" administration cheers this shit on. That is reason enough for Democrats to oust Obama in the 2012 primary, but of course that won't happen. We are stuck with him against whoever the GOP offers.
Cute. If I wanted a Republican with a Republican attitude towards public schools, I would have voted for McCain. However, I don't think McCain would have pulled what Obama/Duncan are pulling and encouraging.
From the blog:
So I guess since we are currently obsessed with treating education like it is a business, the line of argument here is that someone must be fired and since we can't fire poverty, parents, or children, teachers are the only suckers standing. Or at least they were standing until early last week when they were mowed down by a bunch of individuals trying desperately to scapegoat their faces off in an effort to avoid any fingers pointed in their direction.
What really bothers me the most is that Arne Duncan is applauding. I mean, the man is actually clapping for and supporting this kind of bullshit. The federal government. Supporting this. Bullshit. It makes me want to cry about the future of education in this country.
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Where the F do they think they are going to find a whole bunch of new, fabulous teachers willing to work in this school? I mean, really. If we're going to go firing things and shutting this down, only to reopen them again the next year - where do we expect this group of genius new teachers to come from? Our imaginations? Because if I was fabulous (which I am), I would probably not touch this school with a pole lest I be pulled into this cycle of bullshit for no pay and the potential to get fired for doing the best I can with what I have and in the face of some serious leadership issues. Oooo...let me get my resume together. I know the news is saying that the teachers who were fired will be able to re-interview for their positions and a little less than 50% of them may be hired back but let's be real here for a second. Do we really think they are going to jump at this opportunity? Do we really think that these poor men and women are going to sign up for Round Two of Total Dumbassness? Methinks unless they can't find a job anywhere else, they're not going to be barking up that tree any time soon. Which means back to Imagination Land to find teachers willing to volunteer for more work, less pay and a whole lot of scrutiny. With a dash of job insecurity to boot.
It's because teachers are a dime a dozen, and, with all of the layoffs from budget cutbacks combined with colleges and universities STILL graduating up to a quarter of a million teacher candidates a year, districts will continue to pull the crap they do on teachers. But yes, eventually the market will dry up.
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