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Forwarding a copy to Prez. O.

He could learn a lot from it. ( But he won't.)

K and R

Duncan (and therefor Obama) support charter schools, which seem to be little more than dens of corruption and poor education.

This is good . . . How, exactly?

He fucked single payer over.
He extended bush tax cuts which made our recovery that much slower. He pushed saving banks instead of helping those screwed by big banking. He has made many many mistakes, and seems to support big business instead of the little guy. All too often.

first statement. He fucked single payer over. Lie, lie, lie. Obama never campaigned on single payer. And guess what, liberal icon Jimmy Carter also did not campaign on single payer but on pretty much the same thing as Obama got passed.

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/06/campaigning-on-single-payer/

When someone tells one blatant lie, I ignore everything else they say.

Arne Duncan...a disgusting human being who wants to destroy American public education.
As leader, Obama sucks.

unions and paying teachers according to test scores.

This is not just the attitude of state leaders, but sadly, of leaders in so many states. It is worse in Wisconsin.

; )

Maybe Skinner will home page it.

Won't mean a damn thing to either of them, but still.

Well, that just sounds weird.

I thought maybe Ca, Ma, or any other left leaning states.

Koch Brothers and Art Pope have been working feverishly to break NC, whereas SC escapes their completely evil, focused attention. Everything good in NC has been under sharp attack.

SC currently pays its teachers much better. Crazy, but it's true...

-app

used to being treated with uneducated, lowly paid substitutes.

She is teaching at a non-profit school for special needs kids now. I'm sure she will enjoy this, she felt the same way.

We were applauding the district teachers of the year. As we were applauding I turned to my friend and we simultaneously said..they won't be here next year. They will be fired for cheating on the state test. Then we and several folks around us started laughing. Sad but true.

...under the union's last hired, first fired policy. Sorry, but this whole profession is a mess and all parties are playing a part.

They would rather justify their paycheck by their "ability" to have popped out of their mother's womb earlier than someone else. And THAT mentality contributes in some part to why our schools are bad: the thoughtless adherence to the idea that merely existing longer than someone else automatically makes you more qualified.

to have employment rights because I work in a union shop with a negotiated contract. If I were not doing my job properly, I would expect my supervisor to get rid of me. If I did not have employment rights, at my salary level and age, I would be replaced by someone young and cheap and better looking.
I'm sure you have noticed that that is the direction this country is going.

Dunno, when I started reading I though she was going to California...

Edit: Just noticed a few other people thought the same earlier in the thread!

I don't think South Carolina will be much better. But, good for him for trying and write a superb letter.

Pretty sad when he has to leave NC for SC.

the schools are worse.

and have been working feverishly at it since the economy crashed.

I always used to crow "well, at least we're not SC!". Not anymore.

there is still breaking that can be done in red states.