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Smarmie Doofus

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5. He says when he explained what was happening to him to people who did NOT work in the system....

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 06:20 PM

Jul 2014

... they thought Harry had to be making it up.

When he spoke to veteran teachers, it was like.... "Yeah... well .... but did anything *unusual* happen?"

And believe me.... this is a guy who's been around the block.

Which begs the question: why do we stand for this?

Union leaders like Weingarten and Mulgrew can't make up their mind over how quickly they want to give up on tenure.

The unions have got it ASS BACKWARDS. They should be framing the issues as: "How can we make tenure STRONGER?"

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Here's why they REALLY want to end teacher tenure. [View all] Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 OP

It's the drive to bring back serfdom and slavery Demeter Jul 2014 #1

A week or so ago I might have said this was a bit simplistic. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #4

Poor Harry didn't follow Rule #1 for noobs. femmocrat Jul 2014 #2

He says when he explained what was happening to him to people who did NOT work in the system.... Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #5

Add Van Roekel to that list. femmocrat Jul 2014 #6

But, but jobz for lifeee!!!11 Starry Messenger Jul 2014 #3

Arthur Goldstein blogs here, BTW: Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #7

He also tweets a lot....link. madfloridian Jul 2014 #8