Man-Child Michael Loeb Of The Urban Institute Of Mathematics

Groggy, and still yet to have my morning cup of coffee, I signed onto Facebook. Suddenly, I was wide awake. Another lie, another piece of propaganda by the crew at MichelleRheeFirst.com. I put my reading glasses on and started reading. Some drone, some hack, some lackey named Michael Loeb blubbered forth on how change would bring teachers respect.

Michael Loeb? Where have I heard that name before. I immediately called an emergency meeting of the crack team here at SBSB. Whilst still in my robe and reeking of morning breath I asked them point blank where have I heard that name before. Immediately, our college intern Harvey told me that Michael Loeb had been mentioned in a previous blog post. At this point, I sent Harvey to get some coffee and I scoured the archives.

Alas, it was here that I quoted third year teacher, and George Washington University grad, and all around stooge Michale Loeb as whining that he is just a "cog in the machine." Blech!! Why did I have to wake up to this?

I really don't wish to get into all the mind numbing, parroting of talking points that Mikey spewed forth. Been beaten to death. One thing is bugging me. Really bugging me.

Mikey quoted President Zero as claiming;

"that one of the biggest impacts on a child's lifetime success comes from teachers."

Mikey goes on to say;

"Studies show that President Obama is correct: the most influential factor in a child's school education is his or her teacher."

Hey Mikey got Zero's words mixed up. Zero said "...one of the most," but Mikey uttered, "the most influential." Since Mikey wrote it and probably thinks he even knows more than Zero we will stay on his words.

Mikey is wrong. Mikey is 25 years old. How does he know what goes on in life. It is the parent, then the village or community the child is raised in, then the school or the teacher. My son in his February report card slipped in some grades. There was a major change at home, I was not on top of him as I usually am, and he had slippage. IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY! But Mikey, now to tell you a story so pull up a chair.

I started speaking at the normal age. My brother was born when I was 2 3/4. I didn't speak again until 4 years old. We were living in Flushing at the time and I went to one of the preeminent speech therapists in Manhattan. I had problems. Trouble with L's, oi, or, I lisped, I was a mess. Now, the following I don't remember, but my mother shared it with me many times.

At the initial consultation the speech therapist, Dr Penn told my mother that I will never be able to read well. Hell, this was 1968, what did they know then. My mother left the office crying, but determined that she was to prove Dr Penn wrong.

I remember sitting on the bed with her reading the New York Times. Maybe I was 4 or 5, I truly don't recall. But I do remember her teaching me the sounds, the letters, the words. I have a faint memory of reading something about President Nixon. But if it was not for her, if it was not for her refusing to accept a diagnosis, who knows what would have been?

Mikey, you are a 25 year old child. Your life experiences are teeny tiny. Have a child. You will see. You will be the most important factor in your child's education as I am in mine. It is time for you to think as an independent person, not as some cog. Surely, this is not how you were taught at George Washington University.

Next South Bronx School Internet Radio Cast

A biggie, history making show for Tuesday, April 26 at 9 PM EDT

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bronx-teacher/2011/04/27/the-mind-of-a-bronx-teacher

We welcome back to the program Christina (DE) school board president John Young. John has made news recently in leading the charge in saying enough is enough to the education dolts in Dover and Washington. Watch here as he says NO MORE KOOL-AID!!!!!!! http://transparentchristina.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/school-board-meeting-41911/

John is one of the most honest, well spoken, and thought provoking people in education today. John had the foresight to see the evils of Race to the Top and Arne Duncan. Read more of his thoughts at http://transparentchristina.wordpress.com/

The call in # is 917 932 8721

Ruben Brosbe And Elizabeth Green

One wonders how a talentless, idiot savant such as Ruben Brosbe can write for Gotham Schools. Yes, even whilst looking down the end of her nose at others, super aggregator of GS, Elizabeth Green, must see Ruben for the dolt that he is.

The crack team got together recently and poured over Ruben's writings. The computer here at the SBSB offices have shown that his writings, his thoughts are not on par with the thinkings of a 2nd grader. In fact, the computers have suggested some sort of brain damage, or brain misfunction on Ruben's part.

Which is all the more strange in how does he have this pull, this cred over at GS? We fed facts to the computer about Elizabeth Green. We told the computer that she is not a journalist, that rather, she is an aggregator. That she has a thing for sycophantic idiot savants. That she thinks she is better than everyone. At this point while the computer was trying to analyze Elizabeth Green, it suddenly became sentient and activated its self destruct sequence.

So it was left to the humans. The humans came up with why it is Ruben is allowed to write for GS. There must be, and one can only assume, that there is some sort of weird, gross relationship between between Ruben and Elizabeth.

In fact when questioned about this Elizabeth Green would neither confirm nor deny that such a relationship exists. One can only draw their own conclusions.

Mona Davids Rocks The House!

For those unaware, Mona Davids has started a new advocacy group, New York City Parents Union. As we all know, Mona is a force, and I personally can't think of anyone better to be part of such an undertaking. Mona has started this with Muba Yarofulani, Lisa Donlan, Mariama Sanoh, Paola de Kock. What a formidable team! Reminds me of Murderers Row of the 1927 Yankees.

According to Mona; ....

"we're focused on fighting Bloomberg's teacher layoffs and budget cuts which we have to organize against this week so we have actions after passover/easter. We have to lobby the city council not to pass Bloomberg's budget. We need folks to make visits to their city council members and share with them how it will affect their schools and kids."

The Parents Union will educate parents how to navigate the educational system and empower parents to advocate for their children in their schools for the following reforms:

1. Smaller Class Sizes
2. Excellent Community Public Schools for ALL Children
3. More Teaching – Less Testing
4. Parent and Teacher Empowerment and Leadership
5. Equitable Funding for ALL Schools
6. Moratorium on school closings and charter co-locations
7. Culturally Relevant Curriculum
8. Expand Pre Kindergarten and Early Intervention Programs
9. Qualified and Experienced Educators and Educational Leaders
10. Enforcement of the law requiring charters to recruit, retain and show their retention efforts of students with special needs and English Language Learners. The practice of pushing/counseling out such students must end
11. An end to the granting of waivers for chancellor appointees who do not qualify under the law
12. An immediate end to mayoral control and the failed education policies of the past 9 years

So go out there, support this new group, and visit their website. With Mona behind it, you know they will be a force to reckon with.

Family Time With Whitney Tilson

We here at SBSB have standards. The standards might be low, but they are standards nonetheless.

As much as we skew, or some say, make fun of the Rubens, the Evans, the Evas, and yes, even Whitney Tilson, one thing we will not tolerate, no matter how much we do not care for such people, is the divulging of personal information. And we are most adamant about this when it comes to peoples families.

Some time ago, Matt Polazzo wrote a lackey inspired guest column in the Daily News. Of course this left Matt open to ridicule and shame here on the pages of SBSB. In the heated debate that followed in the comments section, an anonymous commenter put a link to a Flckr or Picassa page of Matt and his family. This was completely unacceptable. It was immediately deleted! Yes, we do have standards.

Why is this being brought up now? We have come across something that has not only saddened us here at SBSB, but has raised our ire as well.

Whitney Tilson, with his panties in a bunch over an article that Mr Winerip wrote concerning how a cadre of the education deform crowd has never attended public school, shared personal information about Mr Winerip in his blog.

Now while Mr Winerip does have a website with basically the same information, Whitney's divulging of this information, and the manner in which in has been divulged is being used as a sword against Mr Winerip.

I find it ironic that Whitney, a person, and I use that term loosely, constantly bombards us with stories of his personal travels, and family time (including family photos) would surely say that criticisms or mocking of his family is forbidden. Even we here at SBSB, where our feelings are quite obvious about Whitney have never crossed that line to include his family.

The crack team here at SBSB is going to be meeting by the end of this week and review our standards, low as they might be. One member of the team, Bob, is already chomping at the bit to go to town on Whitney and his family. Bob can be controlled. All we need to do is throw him some raw meat and play some Deep Purple for him.

As for as what Mr Winerip wrote concerning the deform crowd attending private schools. Think of it this way. I coached Little League for four years. Two of those years my team won the championship for coach pitch. Can I leave teaching and manage in Major League Baseball? My record is better than any Mets manager over the last 25 years. Why not?

Whitney, keep on blogging, keep on doing whatever it is you do. The more you do, the more you expose yourself for what you are.

How E4E Should Send Out Their Updates

Dear E4E Members and Supporters, Learn: E4e's Own Ruben Brosbe takes his tongue and tells a massive fib In the lobby of E$E we pray to Jobu to bless us and Michelle Rhee everyday According to the Accountable Talk Blog we are a bunch of Asshats! Julie Cavanagh scares the bejesus out of us! South Bronx School dresses up our dear leader in a horrible looking dress NYC Educator exposes new chancellor Dennis Walcott as the hypocrite that he is Network: Spring is here and it is time to mingle! E4E is inviting all educators to a keggar on Thursday, April 21st as we rip roaring drunk and denounce what the cuts being made to education . Make new friends and learn about great opportunities on how we together can fight the ed deform movement. Sydney Morris will be raffled off as a door prize. WHAT: E4E Kegger WHERE: Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx WHEN: Thursday, April 21 from Midnight-whenever Take Action: Can you take one minute to spread the word about E4E to your colleagues how lame and pathetic we really are? Let your colleagues know we are not about the students! All our best, Evan and Sydney E4E Co-Founders

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My Meeting With State Assemblyman Mike Spano

Yesterday, Assemblyman Mike Spano (D) Yonkers took time out of his busy schedule, and on a Saturday, to personally meet with me concerning LIFO, or rather as it should be called, seniority rights. I truly wish to thank Mike (as he insisted I call him) for taking the time to listen and talk with me. For those who are not aware, Mike's wife is WCBS-TV's Mary Calvi.

I wanted to discuss LIFO, or rather, seniority rights, with Mike. Mike understood my concern, and listened quite intently. I asked Mike if there is any chance of the bill to do away with seniority rights coming up for a vote in the Assembly. Mike assured me, "That it is dead in the water. It will never happen." Though I was quite pleased with the answer, I still wanted some reassurance.

I asked him, "What if Uncle Mike throws a hissy fit?" Mike responded, "As long as Shelly Silver is the the speaker, there is no way this will see the light of day in the Assembly."

My reply to Mike was,"Even with a new chancellor, you sure?" Mike reassuringly responded, "I am sure!"

We made some small talk during the rest of the meeting. As I left, I just couldn't resist one more question.

"What about mayoral control? Can we do away with it?" At least I got an honest answer. "Too soon to repeal it. Let's see how it still plays out." I looked sad, but said, "How about when Uncle Mike is gone. Can it be repealed then?" Mike smiled, looked at me, and said, "That is a possibility."

We shook hands, and I thanked him for his time. But I left knowing what needs to be done.

We need to keep Shelly Silver healthy. We need to make sure he gets reelected. We need to make sure Uncle Mike does not try to create a coup in the Assembly. And, it wouldn't hurt to convert to Orthodox Judaism and attend the the same shul as Shelly. Perhaps we can go to the same minion Shelly.