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Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
Thu Mar 1, 2012, 09:06 PM Mar 2012

For the *life* of me, I can't understand why *DEMOCRATS* are ok with this. [View all]

GOP? Sure. Heritage Foundation? A friggin' WET DREAM.

But *DEMOCRATS* ????


>>>Within hours of the publication of the Teacher Data Reports (TDRs) last Friday, the UFT began to hear stories of teachers and their families being hounded by news reporters from the New York Post.
On Friday evening, New York Post reporters appeared at the door of the father of Pascale Mauclair, a sixth grade teacher at P.S. 11, the Kathryn Phelan School, which is located in the Woodside section of Queens. They told Mauclair’s father that his daughter was one of the worst teachers in New York City, based solely on the TDR reports, and that they were looking to interview her. They then made their way to Mauclair’s home, where she told them that she did not want to comment on the matter. The Post reporters rang Mauclair’s bell and knocked on her window all Saturday morning. She finally called the police, who told the reporters that since they were inside her private housing development, they were on private property and had to leave. The reporters rang the bell again, leading to a second visit from the police and a final warning to leave. Later, Mauclair’s neighbors told her that that the Post reporters had been asking them questions about her.>>>>

http://www.edwize.org/the-true-story-of-pascale-mauclair

It's like "Bizzarro"-world from the old Superman comics. I realize that Sec. Duncan's connection to to public education is errrhhhhrrr...uuhhhmmmmm....eeehhhrrrrr... *MINIMAL*. ( His mom ran a tutoring service; my mom was a legal secretary. So I should be on the Supreme Court?)

And I realize President Punahou-Sidwell Friends is in an awkward position . ( He has... quite literally... no frame of reference. HINT: SO HIRE SOMEONE TO ADVISE YOU THAT *****D O E S******)

OK.... But they're dismantling my union and my profession. If I were not seeing this with my own eyes , I would not believe it.


DEMOCRATS: PAY ATTENTION. THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY *WRONG* HERE.


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If it is an article critical of Democrats I just won't read it. Bonobo Mar 2012 #1
IT's UFT. We've supported every DEM candidate for *everything* since Roosevelt. nt Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #2
I was being sarcastic. nt Bonobo Mar 2012 #3
I know, I know. Indulge me... will ya? n/t Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #4
+1 progressoid Mar 2012 #15
hell i have an idea but ...... madrchsod Mar 2012 #5
Please. Share. I will protect you. n/t Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #6
394 views and 6 replies. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #7
k&r Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #8
I hope you are kidding. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #11
Oh I wish I was kidding. :( nt. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #13
Enthusiastic K&R proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #9
k&r...it's fucking disgusting! ibegurpard Mar 2012 #10
Morning K&R Reader Rabbit Mar 2012 #12
Grayson and Sanders are the only nat'l DEMs that understand what's happening. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #14
Oh, most of the others understand. bvar22 Mar 2012 #21
Rating teachers is an attack on them??? RB TexLa Mar 2012 #22
Thanks. After 1057 'views", someone has at last stepped forth to defend this despicable policy. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #23
As long as teachers accept it Aerows Mar 2012 #16
Hard to believe ain't it? Rex Mar 2012 #17
Hmmm... I haven't looked into this at all. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #18
Please, *please*. Look into it. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #19
Will do. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #20
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