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In reply to the discussion: "Matt Damon Whines About Getting Brad Pitt’s Rejected Roles" [View all]deurbano
(2,896 posts)but I don't think that really means the President has a "reputation" for whining... does it?
Yes, Damon has been critical of the President (he supported)-- which could be seen as "whining" by those who have a low tolerance for criticism of this President... but he was just being self-deprecating in the quote about Pitt. The actual interview (in a Murdoch paper, the Sunday Times), had a different headline: "Can Matt Damon Really Have an Inferiority Complex?" (I wasn't willing to pay News Corp to find out what was in the interview.)
Regarding sending his children to private school while ardently supporting public school.... I don't quite get the hypocrisy, since I sent my own children to private school for awhile (for Chinese immersion), while still ardently supporting (and working in) public schools. If you google "Damon private school," his main critic is Jeb Bush... and the main sites promoting his "hypocrisy" are conservative.
Damon's explanation:
Sending our kids in my family to private school was a big, big, big deal, he said. And it was a giant family discussion. But it was a circular conversation, really, because ultimately we don't have a choice. I mean, I pay for a private education and I'm trying to get the one that most matches the public education that I had, but that kind of progressive education no longer exists in the public system. It's unfair."
"So we agitate about those things, and try to change them, and try to change the policy, but you know, it's a tough one, he added.
Damon first publicly displayed his passion for the public school system at a Save Our Schools rally in 2011, when he got into a contentious exchange with a conservative reporter over teacher pay following his speech at the event.
I was raised by a teacher, Damon said in his speech. My mother is a professor of early childhood education. And from the time I went to kindergarten through my senior year in high school, I went to public schools. I wouldnt trade that education and experience for anything.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/316005-jeb-bush-rips-matt-damon-for-sending-his-kids-to-private-school#ixzz2bionqMqu