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13. k&r

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Mon Dec 17, 2012, 05:55 PM

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So I was called in to sub late this morning at our local rural elementary school [View all] liberalhistorian Dec 2012 OP

Beautifully said... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #1

The only overpaid, incompetent, lazy, "public leeches" I know of are those we call legislators. nt valerief Dec 2012 #2

98% of them & appointed positions, about 80% of the administrators, and about 40% of the rest. n/t Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #3

80% of the administrators and liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #5

Government employees. I spent many years working with almost every level and all Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #6

Well, that certainly isn't true liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #9

In regard to teachers I have only my own experience to draw upon, but that experience Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #20

I'm sorry for your experience, but that wasn't the point of this powerful essay Hekate Dec 2012 #34

Thank you, I was going to make liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #38

Apologies. Responded to the comment about legislators, didn't consider the context of your post. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #39

Indeed. But, to them, liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #4

I don't claim to know anything about teachers, except that my mother worked for valerief Dec 2012 #7

That's definitely true that teachers really are the liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #8

WOW! Carolina Dec 2012 #10

So many things mainstreetonce Dec 2012 #12

Oh, I don't think it's critical at all, I think liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #16

Schools get into situations mainstreetonce Dec 2012 #19

Again, you make some valid points and I don't liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #21

Substitute teaching pools have been traditionally a hiring pool duffyduff Dec 2012 #31

Bullshit, dearie. murielm99 Dec 2012 #33

Your post was a tearjerker pitbullgirl1965 Dec 2012 #11

k&r Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #13

Thank you so much. A most heartfelt K&R! n/t OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #14

It would be great to start a thread with all of the Repugs who said all of the negative things about Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #15

Indeed, I'd like to see that also. And how many of us liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #17

beautiful heaven05 Dec 2012 #18

Well written, eloquent and so true! kmlisle Dec 2012 #22

I'm thinking of going back to finish my teaching license shenmue Dec 2012 #23

As horrific as this was tavalon Dec 2012 #26

A rare situation indeed but not so rare that this iemitsu Dec 2012 #29

I agree with all you say, especially the last line tavalon Dec 2012 #40

Save yourself the trouble duffyduff Dec 2012 #32

liberalhistorian Diclotican Dec 2012 #24

That was beautiful tavalon Dec 2012 #25

Poignant and pertinent...bless the teachers and Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #27

Yes, that just liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #28

One of my kids asked me yesterday if I had heard about what happened in CT proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #30

Powerful and poignant Hekate Dec 2012 #35

I have three grandkids in public schools, thank you for what you do and for caring n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #36

Very powerful OP... Spazito Dec 2012 #37