tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post5100524567424102591..comments2023-12-19T16:54:31.953-05:00Comments on SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Michelle Rhee Never Misses an Opportunity To Exploit a TragedyPete Zuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708676684946013529noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-37983409057983309632012-12-17T00:55:54.959-05:002012-12-17T00:55:54.959-05:00Tim
I didn't read into any of the stuff on Dia...Tim<br />I didn't read into any of the stuff on Diane's blog that this incident was associated with teacher bashing. I won't put what Diane did in the Rhee/Brown category at all but I am severely biased as I think they have evil intent while Diane doesn't.<br />I do believe that the climate is being set for some serious stuff to happen in the future. Imagine a child that ends up in trouble and then reads a neg teacher data report and if somewhat deranged associates his life failures with that teacher? Don't you think there will be at least a few incidents of a parent or student taking some crazy action? or a teacher pushed to the limit - note a few suicides -- but instead goes postal? So I do not think it farfetched to see into the future impact esp with movies like won't back down and waiting for superman, etc. To me the future of teaching as a profession is bleak and though I loved it when I did it I wouldn't do it today for anything. ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-20095696706952993312012-12-17T00:31:04.073-05:002012-12-17T00:31:04.073-05:00Norm, nope, one of the earlier 'reflections fr...Norm, nope, one of the earlier 'reflections from readers' (now several pages back) was about how there was increasingly less time for teachers to focus on and nuture troubled kids.<br /><br />I'm sure you're right about his environment, I'm sure there were thousands of missed signals, and I'm sure the guy was massively, profoundly mentally ill. <br /><br />To say that politicians/pundits/whomever have created a culture that made him more likely to do what he did, without any evidence of it, is ridiculous. As ridiculous as what Rhee did, as ridiculous as Campbell Brown's smears. I know Diane likes to play the 'I'm just a humble blogger, your world confuses and frightens me" routine, but she has to do better than this. Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-7364503542396223542012-12-16T23:05:02.965-05:002012-12-16T23:05:02.965-05:00Tim
I went over and gave a quick check and saw one...Tim<br />I went over and gave a quick check and saw one comment like that. Maybe you saw more. But if you are basing your comment on one comment that you morphed into plural than you are making something up.<br />But I do agree that the general teacher bashing has had no impact in terms of school violence like this though I am worried that one day the insanity being fostered on schools will lead to students and teachers going postal.<br />In fact, the only reasonable explanation I can give for Lanza's going to the school is that he blames the school for his problems given that he went there and his mother pulled him it seems for not being able to deal with his issues. <br />My sense is either he had some trigger at that same age that led him to focus on the young kids or that he felt his best revenge was going after the youngest.<br />We will find out if any of the current staff were there when he was a student -- really not terribly long ago given his age -- 10-15 years ago.<br />I'm betting something was eating at him all these years over slights.<br />This is not like the movie theater or malls but more like Columbine with deeper psychological roots.<br />Who know what his mother was saying about the school failing him all these years? ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-83496809043423875942012-12-16T22:42:28.576-05:002012-12-16T22:42:28.576-05:00If you want to see some arguably more shameless an...If you want to see some arguably more shameless and cynical political opportunism, head on over to Diane Ravitch's blog, where she's promoting and praising reader comments that advance the theories that recent school shootings have been to some degree inspired by all the "teacher bashing" that's gotten mixed up in our Zeigeist, and that we can expect these tragedies to occur with greater frequecy due to testing/accountability/etc. <br /><br />I wish I were making this up.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-61454823888231423532012-12-16T22:29:31.433-05:002012-12-16T22:29:31.433-05:00She leaves her kids with husband Kevin Johnson, wh...She leaves her kids with husband Kevin Johnson, who has been charged by some young women with inappropriate behavior which Rhee helped cover up.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-58323177118633882562012-12-16T20:14:50.728-05:002012-12-16T20:14:50.728-05:00Great post. I got an email from her organization ...Great post. I got an email from her organization (I think this makes me a "member") about this, and made the mistake of clicking over to the link. What greets me before I see her desperate pivoting from tragedy to demagoguery? A freaking "Donate to StudentsFirst" ad. Shameless.<br /><br />I especially like the part about how she feels for those parents because she has kids of her own. How much time per week do you think she spends with those kids? I'm guessing she's ignoring them until they can book her on Meet the Press.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-73930953089892450602012-12-16T17:02:26.723-05:002012-12-16T17:02:26.723-05:00With each passing day, Michelle Rhee is showing ho...With each passing day, Michelle Rhee is showing how inhumane she is. She's nothing but a vulture waiting for its next prey. zulmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-48193934162546153252012-12-16T10:44:44.980-05:002012-12-16T10:44:44.980-05:00No one could say it better than you just did.No one could say it better than you just did.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-18569844197499519812012-12-16T10:40:34.104-05:002012-12-16T10:40:34.104-05:00Well said. Michelle Rhee needs to crawl back in h...Well said. Michelle Rhee needs to crawl back in her hole. Using the term "assets" makes me think of spy movies where the "assets" are expendable (Bourne Legacy, etc) Children are children, not assets. Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100939991621019429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-79467428754022272352012-12-16T10:18:45.815-05:002012-12-16T10:18:45.815-05:00From this day forward, this post should be the nic...From this day forward, this post should be the nicest thing anyone says about Michele Rhee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-87998753883447046652012-12-16T10:08:13.348-05:002012-12-16T10:08:13.348-05:00She truly is a scumbag and an opportunist.She truly is a scumbag and an opportunist.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-77514173494371477332012-12-16T07:38:51.488-05:002012-12-16T07:38:51.488-05:00Righteous! Righteous! Clyde Gawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416771200572948193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-33186476171840307612012-12-16T06:48:54.948-05:002012-12-16T06:48:54.948-05:00Notice how, in this midst of this unspeakable horr...Notice how, in this midst of this unspeakable horror and loss, she can only refer to children as "assets."<br /><br />A truly, truly monstrous facsimile of a human being.<br /><br />Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515738343772337569.post-10852985300743238672012-12-16T01:08:53.356-05:002012-12-16T01:08:53.356-05:00So well said! I can testify to the fact that Newto...So well said! I can testify to the fact that Newtown does NOT need to be improved since I live here--now we are broken and grieving but it's a wonderful place to live. Sandy Hook school is well-known as a fantastic school with great, dedicated staff & amazing school culture. I would love to work there. Nothing Rhee does surprises me. Everything she does & says disgusts me. ongoinglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685966039991993178noreply@blogger.com