Trump to skip National Teacher of the Year award ceremony

[demmiblue]

Source: Politico

President Donald Trump is expected to take a pass on handing out this year's National Teacher of the Year award honors — forgoing a tradition that dates to President Harry Truman.

This year's award winner is Rodney Robinson, a social studies teacher in a juvenile detention center in Richmond, Va. Robinson will be honored Monday by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on the White House grounds, a DeVos spokesperson said.

Nancy Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the Council of Chief State School Officers, which organizes the program, said in an email that it's the council's understanding that Trump won't be in attendance. She said that while U.S. presidents have often given out the award, the group is aware of at least nine other instances when someone else — such as the vice president or first lady — has done so. The award program started in 1952.

Last year, Trump awarded the honor to Mandy Manning, who teaches English to refugees and immigrants in Washington state. At the White House event, Manning handed Trump a letter from a Rwandan immigrant student that urged the president to “take care” with his language about immigrant and refugee communities. She also wore a pin that read “Trans Equality Now.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/26/trump-skip-national-teacher-of-the-year-award-ceremony-1386862

[Maxheader]

1. Common stumpy..show us your report cards..

Friggin stupid p.o.s...Maybe cohen can sit in for you..Apparently he understands your scholastic achievements..

[Kurt V.]

3. he might get schooled.

[llmart]

2. Oh, give him a break.

He'll probably be available for the "Grifter of the Year Award".

It may even go to one of his kin.

[displacedtexan]

12. He could give his sister the award for...

...longest seated multimillion dollar tax cheat judge.

[Karadeniz]

4. He would tarnish the award.

[My Name is Url]

5. Trump sending signals he doesn't care about education?

I for one am shocked!

[cannabis_flower]

6. He doesn't care about teachers

He thinks most of them are Democrats. He's probably right.

[mpcamb]

24. But he's happy to spout off to the NRA.

[Rebl2]

7. He doesn't

deserve to give that award out anyway.

[keithbvadu2]

8. Teachers of the year? They get to sing Happy Birthday to Donald's nudie model wife.

Teachers of the year?

They get to sing Happy Birthday to Donald's nudie model wife.

http://www.care2.com/causes/trump-delivers-slap-in-the-face-to-award-winning-us-teachers.html

[dhill926]

9. fuck 'im....

[B Stieg]

10. Ollie North is going to clean up the NRA?

From one crook to another...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. Who the hell wants to be dishonored by tRump?

...... ..........

[a kennedy]

13. I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE THIS PIECE OF ORANGE SHIT.

[safeinOhio]

14. Trump and DeVos think

3rd grade public teachers are union thugs that must be fought.

[BigmanPigman]

16. He is wrong...

It is this former first grade teacher union thug they should be afraid of!

[IcyPeas]

15. he don't give a sh*t. /nt

[Nitram]

17. "I didn't need no stinking teachers to become the man I am today."

[rpannier]

18. De Vos instead of il docuhe?

Not sure that's any better
The silver lining, at least both of the deformers won't be there

[dalton99a]

19. "In the second grade I actually gave a teacher a black eye"

Even in elementary school, I was a very assertive, aggressive kid. In the second grade I actually gave a teacher a black eye. I punched my music teacher because I didn’t think he knew anything about music and I almost got expelled. I’m not proud of that, but it’s clear evidence that even early on I had a tendency to stand up and make my opinions known in a forceful way. The difference now is that I like to use my brain instead of my fists.

- The Art of the Deal

[murielm99]

20. Only I know anything about music,

and everything else?

Yeah, he uses his brain all right.

[MFGsunny]

32. Bully Narcissist from day one of his despicable life - no doubt. n/t

[jmowreader]

34. Well...now we know...

why he got shipped off to military school.

[betsuni]

21. Saw a little about NFL drafts on the news yesterday, thought of Key & Peele's TeachingCenter:

[lark]

22. Super lucky receipients.

I would certainly hate it if my child had to undergo the heinous, ruinous presence of drumpf. He's not really the president anyway so it demeans the process with its presence.

[Nitram]

23. Trump feels uneasy around teachers. Brings back bad memories.

He doesn't like people who know stuff.

[Hortensis]

25. Since he dishonors all he touches...

Hope once-Republican teachers who still have to decide how or if they will vote take note.

[kimbutgar]

26. Too many educated people and minorities will be there

He is such a friggin coward. Only can go to groups that will worship him, like the NRA or CPac.

[Freethinker65]

27. Can Rodney Robinson accept the award but decline the ceremony with DeVos? That is what I would do.

[Ohiogal]

28. Anyone else notice

that whoever wrote the caption under the photo must have flunked spelling?

And

Trump doesn't belong anywhere near a school, anyway. Neither does de Vos.

[Yeehah]

29. Too bad Devos doesn't skip it too

She is an evil person, rotten to the core.

[samnsara]

30. he would just say something rude and crass anyway....

[duforsure]

31. How disgraceful,

And shameful how he acts to the teachers of this country by doing this.

[sarabelle]

33. I think I would be more honored if a student handed me the award. Neither Trump nor DeVos

deserve to give this award.