Public school administrators are the stupidest assclowns you will ever meet

[bluestateguy]

People who are usually too stupid to get real jobs tend to gravitate toward school administration jobs.*

Turning a dispute over a girl using a cell phone into a police matter?!

I'll also say it again: I want fewer cops, cut their pay and take away their collective bargaining rights.

http://aattp.org/caught-on-video-police-tackle-pin-down-and-arrest-110-lb-girl-who-checked-cell-phone-at-school

*Not talking about secretaries, office clerks, etc. They are OK.

[AuntPatsy]

1. This really does have to stop, it's been going on far far too long!

[femmocrat]

2. No argument here.

I have seen very few competent ones.

[Mercy_Queen]

3. You should trim your broad brush back a little bit.

Right now you're painting some very wonderful people in addition to the bad apples.

[RufusTFirefly]

6. +1 Totally agree

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Must be nice to live in a binary world.

And the asterisked exceptions remind me of some of the racist classmates I grew up with who'd say horrible things about an entire group but when pressed would exempt the stars of our local major league sports teams. Even as a kid, I knew something was deeply wrong with this. "What about...?" I would ask, mentioning the name of the team's current batting leader. "Oh," the kid would explain with an air of authority. "He's one of the good ones."

Some fields just seem to attract the best and worst of society. It's a pity that the worst are often the ones we notice while the best continue their conscientious efforts in relative anonymity. It probably doesn't feel great to selflessly work your ass off with very little recognition or pay and have people who don't even know you declare that you suck.

[BrotherIvan]

4. They system is set up to promote lackeys

If we stopped treating schools like businesses and focused on the education of students, we could probably attract more good administrators.

[dballance]

5. They're not all bad like in this case.

Just like there are some damn good cops and teachers there are some damned good school administrators.

My former partner was the principal at an elementary school was plagued by poverty. Something like 72% free and reduced lunch. He was an excellent administrator and turned that school around. From failing to passing math and reading.

Don't paint all of them with the same brush as the idiots at that HS that can't even handle a simple discipline issue.

[Live and Learn]

7. I'll go along wit the fewer cops. At the very least much better trained cops.

But everyone should have collective bargaining rights.

[bvf]

8. I worked with probably well over 100 school principals, superintendents

and other public school administrators in my time in IT support. Not one fit your description.

I'm not saying shit doesn't happen, or that the field doesn't include its share of assholes, but really?

[VA_Jill]

9. Well, yeah

But it IS Texass, after all!

[flying_wahini]

16. excuse me?

Hoping you are just making an attempt at sarcasm.
There are lots of good Dem's in Texas.

[VA_Jill]

21. But unfortunately

more, and worse, Repubs. And idiots, apparently. My niece moved there because her BF was teaching at North Texas. She couldn't stand the place and left after 6 months. Told him he could follow her, or not. He didn't have tenure, so he's looking.

[Lifelong Protester]

10. I'll think of you

and your ignorant "broad-brushing" as I'm picking up our school's award for high progress while working with high poverty students.

[rpannier]

11. Wow. Take away collective bargaining rights

I guess we won't be counting on you to stand with unions

[shaayecanaan]

12. The typical DUer I'm afraid (nt)

[rpannier]

14. That the OP has 16 recs is as depressing nt

[RufusTFirefly]

15. Agree. I'm feeling nostalgic for UnRec.

[FSogol]

23. Seriously. Bring back the unrec. n/t

[shaayecanaan]

20. I suppose we should be grateful that he sends his kids to a public school

in the first place. Plenty here wouldn't.

[Dawson Leery]

13. From experience I will have to say I agree with you.

[rpannier]

17. Curious what you do for a living

Cuz I'm pretty sure I could broad brush the people in that industry quite negatively and demand you guys lose your rights as well

on note: I'm not in education. I just find the support for this@sinine thread to be pathetic

[lonestarnot]

18. They are very fucking overpaid, but I would not cut collective bargaining rights for anyone ever.

[yurbud]

19. fewer cops who are paid less will be less qualified, more on edge, and more corrupt

[MineralMan]

22. Please consider using the word, "Some," when writing thread titles.

It works a treat in keeping your posts from sounding too generalized to be believed. Broad brush attacks on an entire group of people are rarely accurate.

Thanks.