tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post714835914861814730..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Are YOU Fired Up About the DC Firings???ed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-43118950880218425532010-07-27T21:29:40.864-04:002010-07-27T21:29:40.864-04:00INSIDE THE UNITY CAUCUS:
WHO FIRED BETSY?
RANDI...INSIDE THE UNITY CAUCUS: <br /><br />WHO FIRED BETSY? <br />RANDI OR MULGREW? <br />ANY NEWS FROM LONG BEACH? <br />If she wasnt fired, why is she telling TRC folks that she was? <br />What is she doing-she is not at the UFT no more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-11230841810908313812010-07-26T22:54:42.790-04:002010-07-26T22:54:42.790-04:00Angry Nog,
Mrs. Mimi is a persona adopted by the ...Angry Nog,<br /><br />Mrs. Mimi is a persona adopted by the author of the blog -- a serious and dedicated teacher who uses her blog as a site for discussing some of the contradictions and indignities that contemporary teachers must endure. The language is breezy by design; but I can assure you that she's received a good education and knows how to write.Aaron Pallasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-79644494994579491922010-07-26T12:23:23.290-04:002010-07-26T12:23:23.290-04:00Content over language
Dear Angry
You are way too ...Content over language<br /><br />Dear Angry<br />You are way too overwrought about lingo. Ms Mimi's blogging has won her a book deal and to no small part due to the way she uses the language. Bloggers in a fast moving world make mistakes but also use or misuse language intentionally to try to make things more vivid. They don't always have toe luxury to dot every i.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-67487620596245735322010-07-26T10:55:21.481-04:002010-07-26T10:55:21.481-04:00To the author of "It's Not All Flowers an...To the author of "It's Not All Flowers and Sausages:"<br /><br />I find it troubling that your use of the English language is so childish.<br /><br />I wonder what you would do if one of your students used the same type of language in their written work.<br /><br />You are writing for other teachers. Why don't you then use proper English?<br /><br />As a senior teacher I view the deterioration of the English language with absolute despair.<br /><br />I think, however, that it is not your fault. You are a victim of the education that you recieved. The problem is that each successive generation erodes the standards.<br /><br />The people of two hundred years ago knew how to express themselves.<br /><br />We are devolving to the point of using text contractions in everyday English. What an apalling turn of events.<br /><br />As far as the new methods to get rid of teachers, this is the garbage that the media has been spewing for over a decade. Now these strategies will be more numerous, swifter and even more effective in ridding the schools of real teachers.<br /><br />I find it interesting that the support of the educational system has been experiencing cutbacks, which deny books, rational class size, autonomy of the professional teacher, discipline codes that are no more than a sanction of disruptive behavior. <br /><br />At the same time, the hedge fund types who are making money from the public coffers have decided to institute a business approach, so as to maximize profits by getting rid of those who sacrificed their lives to be good at teaching.<br /><br />In this youth-worship culture, the two year wonders who are granted alternate questionable, diluted certification, are the preferred "highly effective teachers." Those genuine educators who actually paid for their own masters degrees are on the hit list of the shake and bake Jack Welch maladministrators.<br /><br />The profession is doomed, as is healthcare in this country.<br /><br />We have returned to the era of the 19th century robber barons. Their agenda concerning public education was to churn out obedient and docile drones/workers. This is the path we are on now. By dumbing down the population there will be corporate serfs and soldiers for the jingoistic adventures that fatten the corporate profits of the owners.<br /><br /><br />Cordially,<br /><br />Angry NogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com