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Offline formerlurker

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'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« on: September 25, 2010, 06:34:21 PM »
'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
By ADA CALHOUN, KIRSTAN CONLEY and KEVIN FASICK
Last Updated: 4:32 PM, September 25, 2010


It's class warfare!

Fed-up parents and teachers who saw the explosive education documentary "Waiting for 'Superman' " yesterday were left either seething or in tears -- and calling for revolutionary change after the film's Big Apple debut.

"The passing along of children through the system is just disgusting," said Barbara Levinson, 63, who was crying by the film's end. "Every child should be treated as an individual."

Viewers were also rocked by the work's portrayal of the teachers unions' protection of subpar educators.

"The laws as they stand can protect ineffective teachers who are bad -- I'm disappointed in what the union's become," said Patricia Jordan, who won state teacher of the year in 1993.


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/superman_rage_and_raves_U5WZW33vKn7yTqfOiBhhEI#ixzz10aSyE7hC

Just watching the trailer brought tears to my eyes -- all those families, waiting for their number to be called for the charter school lottery.   Not being called means NYC public school education, which is probably just about the worst (aside from DC) in the country. 

The unions have destroyed public education in this country.   Completely destroyed it.   
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2010, 06:40:16 PM »
Quote from: formerlurker on September 25, 2010, 06:34:21 PM
The unions have destroyed public education in this country.   Completely destroyed it.   
All monopolies are bad. Which is why unions are bad and socialism is bad.
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2010, 06:52:51 PM »
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Viewers were also rocked by the work's portrayal of the teachers unions' protection of subpar educators

Welcome to New York. Idiots. You put those people there. Now suck it up Bitches!
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2010, 07:21:55 PM »
I find the Jew snark offensive and I'm not even Jewish.


We had dinner last night with neighbors. She is a middle school teacher and we talked about the documentary. She thinks teachers unions are ruining public education.
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2010, 07:25:47 PM »
Why was his comment edited?  It should be left so everyone can see his oh so "clever" play on words.
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2010, 07:28:58 PM »
It was edited because I felt it was in the best interest of the forum. The member has been given a "vacation". BTW, THANKS for giving the admins some time to correct the situation, BEG..... ::)
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2010, 07:31:20 PM »
Quote from: Mjolnir on September 25, 2010, 07:28:58 PM
It was edited because I felt it was in the best interest of the forum. The member has been given a "vacation". BTW, THANKS for giving the admins some time to correct the situation, BEG..... ::)

Why the  ::)
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2010, 07:59:10 PM »
Quote from: Mjolnir on September 25, 2010, 07:28:58 PM
It was edited because I felt it was in the best interest of the forum. The member has been given a "vacation". BTW, THANKS for giving the admins some time to correct the situation, BEG..... ::)

So Thor does your edits for you?

Good to know.

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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2010, 08:45:33 PM »
Quote from: rich_t on September 25, 2010, 07:59:10 PM
So Thor does your edits for you?

Good to know.

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and WHAT of it? Why does it even matter to you?
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2010, 08:57:26 PM »
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C'mon you guys.

This is about the children and their education.
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Re: 'Waiting for Superman' fuels parents' furor at broken schools, union
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2010, 10:02:09 PM »
The sad thing is that those people that see this documentry are just know finding out what it's like in the local school systems . Hell its been that way for years and people have beel yelling for change. Lauri who used to post her and run her own site posted about he Seattle area school and how bad they were.I wish she was still around.
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