tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post7391651924541012443..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Shame on You, Mr. Murdoch!!Patrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-58921901013570927352009-04-03T20:48:00.000-04:002009-04-03T20:48:00.000-04:00Im sure that was a pretty low blow, but a funny on...Im sure that was a pretty low blow, but a funny one nonetheless. Easy on the gears there.Vinyl Bannershttp://www.onlineposterprinting.com/Outdoor-Banners.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-55190105486921183732009-02-23T21:10:00.000-05:002009-02-23T21:10:00.000-05:00Remarkable also how those of us who care and expre...Remarkable also how those of us who care and express our objections do so under our names, while those who scream about our being "anti-" hide behind "Anonymous."Steve Kosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837868893003246039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-56956618216562079982009-02-23T21:08:00.000-05:002009-02-23T21:08:00.000-05:00Remarkable how the first people to accuse others w...Remarkable how the first people to accuse others with different views of being "anti-" are invariably so "anti-" themselves. <BR/><BR/>Regarding the Post editorial cartoon, only an ignorant fool would fail to see precisely what that cartoon said. If "someone else" was now going to have to write the next stimulus bill, who was the "someone" who wrote the first one? Otherwise, there was simply no connection between Travis (yes, I do watch the news, and even read it!) and the stimulus bill. <BR/><BR/>As for being anti-school, I'd describe myself as pro-student and pro-education, which is far more than I can say for those running our city public schools now for their own political benefit. Oh, and by the way, I do have a teaching degree (in addition to an MBA) and I did teach (math) in a NYC public high school. I believe I do know something about education, and what's going on under Joel Klein is NOT education. It's narrow, and narrow-minded, rote learning for the sake of test preparation. Kaplan writ large.Steve Kosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837868893003246039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-5642882989386981422009-02-22T07:07:00.000-05:002009-02-22T07:07:00.000-05:00I agree with Patrick, we're all entitled to our op...I agree with Patrick, we're all entitled to our opinions...<BR/><BR/>In my opinion, the subject cartoon was a blatantly racist attempt to smear President Barack Obama and the stimulus bill...<BR/><BR/>I also believe that the only way to let the NY Post and it's owner Rupert Murdoch know how we feel is for all New Yorkers to stop buying the newspaper...<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, principals should refuse delivery of the paper to their schools...<BR/><BR/>Let the NY Post delivery trucks go back to their printing plants with their complete loads still intact...<BR/><BR/>Hit the NY Post where it hurts most, in their pocketbook...<BR/><BR/>Yes we can..!David M. Quintanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08177269865683156100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-8964093932666746052009-02-22T00:40:00.000-05:002009-02-22T00:40:00.000-05:00Anonymous,The Post has not said what they intended...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>The Post has not said what they intended the cartoon to represent although they have apologized for it. You have a point of view and others have a different one.<BR/><BR/>As for being "anti-everything", that's hardly a fair criticism. As parents we have a vested interest in creating a better environment for learning in the schools. There is not a single perspective here. Many parents feel it is important to provide smaller class sizes and a decreased emphasis on high stakes testing. SLTs should have their lawful role in school governance. CDECs should be consulted in school closing and siting decisions. This is an affirmative agenda. <BR/><BR/>If you feel all decisions should be made by the mayor and chancellor in a vacuum and without checks and balances, then there are many other places you can get your news. Try the bloated DOE press office, Learn NY or the Fund for Public Schools. But you should know that most New Yorkers do not approve of the mayor's management of the schools, so we are hardly alone in taking the positions we do.<BR/><BR/>PatrickPatrick J. Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04171779235435356956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-25542899875047195412009-02-22T00:07:00.000-05:002009-02-22T00:07:00.000-05:00Hello?! I'm guessing in all your ranting you negle...Hello?! I'm guessing in all your ranting you neglected to watch the news the day before when that freaking "intelligent and able to drive and do other human-like things" chimpanzee was shot by the police for attacking that woman? It's been on the news every day all day since it happened. That's what the cartoon was lampooning, not Obama. The idea was that the bill was written by the chimp - the one that ate that woman's face - that was supposedly so smart. Geez are you people so stupid and bent on trying to find negativity in the world that you jump on everything and try to call everything racism, or anti-school, or anti-parents, etc. This site is what is the real tragedy. After following it ever so often throughout the year, I think you guys would have us return our schools to the oh-so-great 70's. You seem to be anti teacher, anti administration, anti data driven instruction, anti progress, and just about any other anti I can think of when it comes to trying to improve our schools. I see why none of you have gone and gotten your teaching degrees to try to help our kids - all you want to do is gripe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-67531642421382360182009-02-21T10:33:00.000-05:002009-02-21T10:33:00.000-05:00The Post is delivered to some high schools. Not Fo...The Post is delivered to some high schools. Not For Sale copies are delivered. The DOE should suspend the delivery to schools at once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com