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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:29 AM Original message |
More teacher bashing from the GOP-controlled media. |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Going after the schools has always been fun for some. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. True, but some traditions should end. n/t |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I always thought when they did this type thing it was wrong |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
3. If their beef is that he gets paid to do nothing, why are they attacking him? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There are so many problems with publishing this story. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. That's definitely true |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's not that dissimilar to other lines of work |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. True, but it seems as though the article is saying ... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
7. ***LA Times explains themselves ... |
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Riley18 (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The teachers who are targeted should sue the paper because they are |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 05:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. But, it's not just one paper. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's hardly the teachers' fault if the district can't wrap up a fitness assessment . . . |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Good point. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. which shows the distortion involved in highlighting this "problem" as though it were |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. Extrapolating, I think someone might want at-will appointments |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. Schools are to Democrats what Church's are to GOP |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. He was accused of misconduct |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
17. Teaching is a thankless job... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Agreed. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. They could investigate the lucrative testing industry. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. K&R |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. Another day, another bash. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. That's just a sign of what a good teacher you are! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Thanks. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Hang in there. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Explain to me how this particular article is a bash. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Laught all you want. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. "{Teachers} address the sources of dysfunction, rather than the symptoms." |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Me, too. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. Jesus, how many times a day do you jump the fucking shark? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Again, thank you for the kick! n/t |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. Umm, it's not bashing teachers to say that a district has paid someone to not work. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. "That's called journalism" O RLY? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. 4/10 of 1%. omg, omg! headline news! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Uh, the guy's been collecting a paycheck for not teaching since 2002. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. it is anti-teacher to continue to imply that teachers are the only problem. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Are there major issues with either in LA unified? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 04:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That's no excuse to ignore it. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. You really have no clue what you're talking about. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Hmm ... while IANAL ... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. That case potentially effected enrollees in private "cover schools" |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I'm not absolutely certain either. Nevertheless ... |
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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's not so much the GOP controlled media, it's who controls the Republican and Democratic Parties! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Welcome to DU. |
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ControlledDemolition (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Thank you Colbert Watcher. n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
36. Ooh! The New Republic publishes a similar article for NYC ... |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
44. Much appreciation to you for covering this issue. I think it is so important, and (repeating |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. You're welcome. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
46. Teachers think, the GOP hates that. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. So do some DUers |
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