tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post2234739593320616426..comments2024-03-28T08:09:19.073-05:00Comments on driftglass: The Hollow Flimflammery of David Brooksdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-31636019593140893692012-09-17T10:45:27.917-05:002012-09-17T10:45:27.917-05:00The reason it's a bad thing for teachers to ma...The reason it's a bad thing for teachers to make a lot is because they're mostly just women anyway and nobody values teachers. Anybody can teach, right? And they only work 7 hours a day and get weeks and weeks off every year. Plus they're unionized and Unions are Bad, mkay?<br /><br />That is snark BTW. And surprise that $76K figure is apparently a lie: <br />http://preaprez.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/the-in-box-the-74000-lie/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-80434163248903910312012-09-15T09:29:08.246-05:002012-09-15T09:29:08.246-05:00I think you should consider stealing (and illustra...I think you should consider stealing (and illustrating) Attaturk's line:<br /><br /> HERE COMES HONEY BOBO<br /><br />http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73282931925246591592012-09-14T14:41:27.627-05:002012-09-14T14:41:27.627-05:00Shouldn't teachers salaries be compared to the...Shouldn't teachers salaries be compared to the average of (at the least) college-educated workers in Chicago? And why is it a bad thing if teachers make more than average? Isn't it a position where we want better than the average? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-36804743060206612422012-09-14T13:30:30.712-05:002012-09-14T13:30:30.712-05:00"Emanuel’s willingness to hang tough and acce..."Emanuel’s willingness to hang tough and accept a strike was itself a hopeful sign that some Democrats are hardy enough to take on interests aligned with their own party."<br /><br />Is he kidding? Like the way those brave and principled GOPers fight off the Teabangers? But, you know, Randy Newman wrote a song for Dave, Mr. Sheep.calibanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733318827615542058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-32285417728696837622012-09-14T09:18:56.968-05:002012-09-14T09:18:56.968-05:00Thank you, Mittens, for the best laugh I've ha...Thank you, Mittens, for the best laugh I've had in some time! http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/14/romney-obama-tends-to-say-things-that-arent-true/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420029088809696342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-32747045605287640152012-09-14T08:33:54.324-05:002012-09-14T08:33:54.324-05:00I find it distressing that its the unions that hav...I find it distressing that its the unions that have become the bad guys here -- in all arenas of life.<br /><br />But <i>teachers</i>?! Really? look, I understand that everyone, in every profession, needs to be held accountable for their performance. We also need a way to get rid of bad teachers. But we need MORE TEACHERS.<br /><br />One of the main reasons kids do poorly in school (and in turn make the teacher look bad) is because there are 45-50+ kids in a class with one teacher. I was lucky, I went to a prestigious Catholic school and was taught by some amazing teachers (many of whom openly complained about the lack of pay) but they never had more than 25 or so kids in one class. <br /><br />This entire portrayal of teachers as greedy, selfish, money-for-nothing-and-chicks-for free-people is complete nonsense. I sincerely believe that the students would all do better if A) there enough teachers and B) they were well compensated for <i><b>sculpting the minds of our future teachers, engineers, politicians </b></i> and -- dare I say -- future NY Fucking Times columnists. <br /><br />And Bobo would agree, you can't put a price on that. (But you have to because Centrism).Esteevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-79858964391465880002012-09-14T06:04:01.175-05:002012-09-14T06:04:01.175-05:00Unstinting praise emanates from the masses.
But n...Unstinting praise emanates from the masses.<br /><br />But no mention in the paper(s) of record (or unrecord).<br /><br />Journalism par excellence!<br /><br /><i>I simply cannot interpret advice on how much greedy teachers should be paid for the value they create being proffered by a man who inexplicably pulls down a princely salary for dribbling 800 words of spectacularly tepid, corporatist boilerplate prose into a newspaper twice a week is anything but the grimmest kind of end-of-days gallows humor.</i>Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-91526247411170381732012-09-14T00:48:54.763-05:002012-09-14T00:48:54.763-05:00BoBo says: "But if the final results resembl...BoBo says: "But if the final results resemble what I’ve been hearing in any way, then Chicago will move toward the forefront of the reform movement. That result would also be a national credibility booster for Emanuel’s party."<br /><br />The "reform" being what - establishment of a ONE party system?<br /><br />Is it possible to be a "centrist" in a one party system.<br /><br />John PumaJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12479974040070719985noreply@blogger.com