N.Y.C. What to do with the excessed teachers

Thank you Miss Weingarten for agreeing to that miserable 2005 contract where senior teachers lost seniority transfers and where principals can excess teachers at will. As a result of this, people who have taught for many years have been excessed due to a drop in student population. At first, the newspapers made it appear that these people were incompetent when they had been receiving satisfactory ratings all the time. Now, you don't hear that as much.
Miss Weingarten, let my teachers go. You are not the personnel director for the central board. You are working for the benefit of teachers in this city. Infact, now that you're AFT President, you should seriously consider relinquishing your UFT presidency.
Let the excessed teachers who want to retire-go!!!!! They have suffered enough from the indignities of a totally uncaring school system which you have so ably helped to transform. As long as these teachers do not suffer the indignity of a penalty for retiring early, if they want to go, don't step in their way.

The Post Couldn't Wait

At least, wait until the end of the debates. The N.Y. Post can't wait to spill their venom. What a bunch of losers they are.
Right, Sarah Palin has so much experience that we can afford to endorse the lady before we hear her thoroughly. Perhaps, the Post is doing the same job of vetting Palin as the Republican Party did.
Poor Dorothy Schiff. She must be turning over in the grave.

Sociology 101

Sociology 101: What is (are) the role(s) of a community organizer? When are the Democrats going to answer Mayor Giuliani and Gov. Palin? Both of these "gems" insulted community organizers!
I am quite sure that community organizers play a positive role in society. They aid the impoverished, something that the Republican Party shall never understand.
Did you hear that an aide to Sen. McCain stated that 47 million without health insurance isn't so bad? After all, they get treatment in emergency rooms. I hope that he doesn't have to depend upon such treatment. What a moronic statement to make. Look what you're dealing with.
I wonder when the Palin Family will be available to make The Beverly Hillbillies. They would also shine in a repeat of the old Walter Brennan series- "The Real McCoys."

Sarah Should Inherit The Wind

Imagine, Gov. Palin wanted to ban the book "Inherit the Wind" from the libraries in Alaska. She also attempted to have a librarian fired in an attempt to censor the book. Who is she to make herself judge and jury regarding what is and is not to be read?
I really feel sorry for Gov. Palin's children. They need a mother to sit home. The family is dysfunctional. From what I read, there are no academics being stressed here. You don't hear of her children attending college.

What Mrs. Palin Reminds Me of

When listening to Gov. Palin's speech last night, I was reminded of my days as a teacher. I had a parent of a student who was involved in this committee and that committee, in the meantime, her child was failing every subject and she used Open School Night to organize parents in the auditorium to condemn the school. She never bothered to meet with teachers to find out why her son was failing.
Gov. Palin has a dysfunctional family. There is no doubt about it. Since she is a Republican, she is virtually getting a free pass about this. Where are her family values? She should be an advocate for sex education being taught in the schools. Had her daughter had this course of study, she might not be in the predicament that she is in now. Folks, could you imagine if a liberal's daughter were pregnant? The right-wing would be screaming up and down about the decline of moral values in this country. What a bunch of phonies they are.
Since she can't control what is occurring in her family, she pursues other activities. Obviously, this is nothing more than a diversion to get away from her own personal problems. Gov. Palin, you need to stay home and work with your children. With Down
Syndrome, your son will need all the love and support he can get. I'm not sexist. I'm realistic.

Come on Giuli!

As always, former N.Y.C. Mayor Rudy Giuliani proved himself to be quite vicious with his key-note address at the Republican convention.
Mayor Giuliani heaped piles of criticism on Sen. Obama for being a neighborhood organizer. Neither he nor Gov. Palin ever bothered to find out what are the functions of such an organizer? Had Giuliani, as mayor, bothered to organize neighborhoods, he would not have left the city with such racial divisions.
While I have often disagreed with Mayor Bloomberg on most issues, you must give him credit for reestablishing ties with various groups.

Sister Sarah Goes to Church

Barack Obama had his Rev. Wright and now Gov. Palin apparently attends some church as well. Seems that Sarah goes to a church where the minister states that Israel and the Jewish people are being punished since they refuse to recognize Jews for Jesus. Who is he to say such things? Jews for Jesus is definitely a deceptive group. Come to the Sheepshead subway station and view how this group tries to fool Russian Jews to come to their "Houses of Worship."
Mrs. Palin, how come you didn't talk about education, the economy and health care in your speech? You know how to read and deliver a speech quite well. You had nothing to say since the Republicans do not traditionally view these topics as relevant to their ultimate goals-doing very little domestically. As a retired teacher, I used to ask my classes to name 3 domestic achievements of any Republican president other than Theodore Roosevelt.