Matt Damon Defends Teachers -- The End Is Hysterical

[FourScore]

Run time: 01:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFHJkvEwyhk   Posted on YouTube: July 31, 2011 By YouTube Member: GLteachers Views on YouTube: 1009   Posted on DU: August 02, 2011 By DU Member: FourScore Views on DU: 4292

 
His speech at the Save Our School Rally on July 30, 2011:

..."I said before that I had incredible teachers. And that’s true. But it’s more than that. My teachers were EMPOWERED to teach me. Their time wasn’t taken up with a bunch of test prep— this silly drill and kill nonsense that any serious person knows doesn’t promote real learning. No, my teachers were free to approach me and every other kid in that classroom like an individual puzzle. They took so much care in figuring out who we were and how to best make the lessons resonate with each of us. They were empowered to unlock our potential. They were allowed to be teachers.

"Now, don’t get me wrong, I did have a brush with standardized tests at one point. I remember because my mom went to the principal’s office and said, “My kid ain’t taking that. It’s stupid, it won’t tell you anything and it’ll just make him nervous.”

"I shudder to think that these tests are being used today to control where funding goes.

"I don’t know where I would be today if my teachers’ job security was based on how I performed on some standardized test. If their very survival as teachers was based not on whether I actually fell in love with the process of learning but rather if I could fill in the “right” bubble on a test. If they had to spend most of their time desperately drilling us and less time encouraging creativity and original ideas; less time knowing who we were, seeing our strengths and helping us realize our talents....

http://www.notwaitingforsuperman.org/Articles/20110730-MattDamonAtSOSRally?from=Articles.20110730-DamonatSOS

[Rusty5329]

1. awesome awesome awesome, n/t

[Prometheus Bound]

2. Excellent!

[FourScore]

3. The funny thing is, while I was watching it,

I was wishing the cameraman would keep the damn camera still. He IS a shitty cameraman.

:rofl:

[hootinholler]

15. I was gonna post a similar comment...

Matt, there's no maybe about it, he IS a shitty cameraman.

GMTA

-Hoot

[Guilded Lilly]

4. If you didn't love him before ( and I have always ADORED this man)

you should love him now, baby.

The ultimate last word, too LOL.

[FourScore]

8. Not only is he brilliant and articulate and a great actor...

He's also absolutely gorgeous!

[Guilded Lilly]

12. well, that, too (wink)

[Dawson Leery]

5. Damon: "maybe you're a s**ty cameraman" LOL!

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

+1

[madfloridian]

6. I posted longer version of the interview by that reporter.

She did not just insult Matt Damon. She was rude to teachers and is calling them bullies on her twitter page.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/7916

[wxgeek7]

7. Oh yeah!!

Representing the Bay State! :)

[CurtEastPoint]

9. Did no one see the REASON.TV on her mike?

Part of the Reason Foundation, i.e., KOCH BROTHERS FOUNDATION funding and tied to that GD ALEC shit. No wonder they're trashing teachers.

[MrMickeysMom]

10. And... DOWN GOES FRASIER!

Oops!!!!

:rofl:

[Lars77]

11. Since when does a cameraman contront someone during an interview?

What the hell?

[liberation]

13. The cameraman with his lack of professionalism was proving Matt Damon's point...

but he is probably too dumb to get it. The whole video was shaky and unstable, thus compounding the irony.


Both the cameraman and the interviewer were rather pedestrian and untalented individuals, she was obviously hired for her looks and his employment was probably based on ideological grounds not camera operation ability. Add them to the list of conservatives born on 3rd base who keep thinking they hit a triple.

[hedgehog]

14. Notice the proud look on his mother's face!

[Enthusiast]

16. Republican camera man.

He probably listens to Limbaugh.

[reACTIONary]

21. Nope, Libertarian Camera Man, he listens to...

...the voices in his head. He calls those voices "Reason".

[Tanelorn]

17. Did Matt Damon just criticize a cameraman?

What the hell is a cameraman doing asking a question?

[libmom74]

18. Smart, progressive and sexy!

[DeSwiss]

19. K&R n/t

[tb1988]

20. I think his mom is a teacher! Yay, matt.

[ScottLand]

22. Why is the cameraman asking the questions? Is it because his

interviewer clearly didn't understand Matt's answer? I agree, he IS a shitty cameraman.