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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:44 AM Original message |
Salt Lake Tribune: John McCain Makes This Teacher Cry |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. "We teach them all." Thank you for posting this! n/t |
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Bubba Ho Tep (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. A real voice of sanity. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Welcome to DU! |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. It is refreshing, isn't... |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. K&R and forwarded to my favorite |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R. If you want to send this teacher an email of support, please PM me. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm a teacher too |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. yup 10 year teacher here |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. As a substitute teacher going into my eighth school year, I have the opportunity |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The ongoing feeling of a target on my back ... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I am sorry for your obviously upsetting experience. Mine... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. "Make no mistake, the Republicans have targeted public education for extinction"... |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am a longtime teacher |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. My district is the same. I was forced to retire as a result... |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Powerful. Just powerful. nt |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. If we spent 1/10 the amount on schools as we do on war |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Amen |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. Bless you for saying this in a public way. I am a teacher who... |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Bless YOU for doing what you do in the face of all of this |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. I really appreciate your kind words. As sad and awful as it is... |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. That convention was Anti-American |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Powerfull....Let this one get national coverage...please.. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Wouldn't that be something... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. K&R! |
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CaptJasHook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. As a fellow teacher, I agree with your point of view, just not your emotion. |
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The Woodpecker (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. McCain considers additional funds for education to be PORK |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. Thank you. I'm a teacher, too. You solidified many great ideas! Bravo! |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. K&R |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. I come from 5 generations of schoolmarms, one of whom taught in a sod hut in Nebraska |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Thank you... |
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La Coliniere (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. K and R |
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childslibrarian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I am a teacher/librarian |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Hear! Hear! Well stated. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not just teacher unions, but ALL unions are McCain's enemy. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You are sooooooooo RIGHT!!!! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. McCain has ZERO experience with the public school system |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. It goes to football |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Wouldn't be surprised |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Isn't that where those 'hockey-moms' hang... |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. face it, McCain is a bunch of power hungry crap |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. To this, McCan't would probably just say.... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. Almost all polilticians in positions of leadership make THIS teacher, well, |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. He is very much for public... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I'm not sure which "he" you mean. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Sorry. I wasn't very clear... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. That's the "hope" I'm holding onto, lol. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Yes Jill will keep Biden and I hope Obama on the |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. I just came from school on a Sunday afternoon. |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
47. Am e-mailing this to all the teachers I know |
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leagel_leagel (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. of course... he was a democrat... |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R! |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. Powerful Stuff |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. And what criteria will be used... |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. It Will Be Subjective |
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trickyguy (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
53. McLame and Pailin want to get rid of public schools. All part of the |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. good letter. |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. Just another sign of ignorance..... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. But no one used to give them credibility. Now... |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. Absolutely right to the point. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Teaching is a very misunderstood job. n/t |
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tdog8 (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. This works for many fields.... |
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tdog8 (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-15-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. Here's another one.... |
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