tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post6856542883444197434..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Proud To TeachDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-62371163071711998962012-12-16T18:40:22.386-08:002012-12-16T18:40:22.386-08:00Thanks, everyone.
jcg, your student-teachers are ...Thanks, everyone.<br /><br />jcg, your student-teachers are lucky to have you.<br />Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-85165592164510235862012-12-16T09:34:50.990-08:002012-12-16T09:34:50.990-08:00Hi Jazzman,
I found you through Diane Ravitch, an...Hi Jazzman,<br /><br />I found you through Diane Ravitch, and I'm glad I did. Very good points about this horrible tragedy. I'm hoping if anything good comes from this devastation, it might be a new respect for teachers. Honestly, I don't know any teacher, including myself, who wouldn't do what Victoria Soto did. Our students are family to us, we would take a bullet to protect them.<br /><br />Sally from <a href="http://www.elementarymatters.com" rel="nofollow">Elementary Matters</a>Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08310519130514048230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-14065425280756551942012-12-16T08:33:04.359-08:002012-12-16T08:33:04.359-08:00Hi Jazzman,
Here is the message I sent to my UTK p...Hi Jazzman,<br />Here is the message I sent to my UTK pre-service teachers about the nature of educators with a link to a very special teacher-blogger :)<br /><br />Hi Students,<br />I don't have the words to express how deeply saddened I am about the terrible tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Fri. If you learn nothing else from our class, I hope you realize the immense courage and commitment it takes to teach all children in our public schools. Every day that you walk into your classroom you become the first protector and nurturer for your students. The principal and teachers who died in that horrible rampage exemplify the pure soul of great educators unmotivated by money, power, and prestige. No one is talking about their VAM scores today. I've attached a link to a teacher blogger from NJ who eloquently writes about his pride in choosing the teaching profession:<br /><br />http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2012/12/proud-to-teach.html<br /><br />Remember: Teaching is not rocket science. It's HARDER than rocket science. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813056667733621829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-67658198701187915782012-12-16T08:05:24.654-08:002012-12-16T08:05:24.654-08:00Wonder if the nj.com crowd will still say cops and...Wonder if the nj.com crowd will still say cops and teachers are overpaid leeches?Rod viquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04766995678089900031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-17069833038643061932012-12-16T07:18:41.947-08:002012-12-16T07:18:41.947-08:00Beautiful piece.
I would add that some educators...Beautiful piece. <br /><br />I would add that some educators pick our environment knowing full well that we may be putting our lives on the line. <br /><br />That's not to be argumentative but to augment your vital point of this piece.<br /><br />Thank you so much for your work!Xian Franzinger Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173583347641833298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-89279498589748398482012-12-16T06:32:22.119-08:002012-12-16T06:32:22.119-08:00Thank you for your blog. You are an inspiration u...Thank you for your blog. You are an inspiration us all.technoteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759973466172153410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-35510024771670751722012-12-16T06:26:30.464-08:002012-12-16T06:26:30.464-08:00JJ:
Can you look at the Rhee statement and her in...JJ:<br /><br />Can you look at the Rhee statement and her inability to acknowledge the teachers,. See here from Ravitch:<br /><br />Cosmic Tinkerer <br />December 16, 2012 at 1:47 am<br />Thanks for pointing this out. I found Rhee’s statement here: http://www.studentsfirst.org/pages/michelle-rhee-statement-school-shooting-tragedy-in-newton-connecticut<br /><br />I think it’s shameful that Rhee completely ignored the heroic acts of all the Sandy Hook educators who put the safety of their students’ lives before their own, and that she exploited this tragedy, in order to take another swipe at schools and promote her cause. (It also sounds like an underhanded plea for more donations to her organization.)<br /><br />I left this angry message on their contact us tab. How dare she exploit this tragedy:<br /><br />Could you even include one sentence to recognize the educators who died, to recognize their commitment to children, to acknowledge what teachers do everyday…the union, collective bargaining kind?<br /><br />You include a self promoting statement about your mission, which is nothing more than the destruction of our PUBLIC schools. YOU, Michelle, make this about your pathetic, self promoting, back stabbing, privatizing mission.<br /><br />P.S. Don’t dare record this message as a supporter of your “grassroots” scheme…we know all about your deceptive tricks.<br />be carefulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10874057836503053845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-34776862191504990342012-12-15T08:17:48.425-08:002012-12-15T08:17:48.425-08:00Truly beautiful. My hands are shaking as I type t...Truly beautiful. My hands are shaking as I type these words.Donvilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690633305929048255noreply@blogger.com