tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post8287929820477196512..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Do We Remember Heroes For Their Test Scores?Dukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-7314295481987693992012-12-16T07:52:01.355-08:002012-12-16T07:52:01.355-08:00Don't forget how Bloomberg feels teachers need...Don't forget how Bloomberg feels teachers need to have "their feet held to the fire" in order to be motivated. <br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/mayor-bloombeg-teachers-accountable-painful-cuts-coming-article-1.1215917<br /><br />That's an interesting phrase he used last week to talk about so-called teacher accountability, given the horrific events at Sandy Hook on Friday. <br /><br />The courage, sacrifice and selflessness shown by those educators at Sandy Hook is extraordinary and puts the words and actions of little men like Bloomberg and Klein to shame.<br /><br />What do these men know of courage and sacrifice?<br /><br />What do they know of selflessness?<br /><br />The same goes for women like Rhee and Kopp.<br /><br />I cannot put myself or educators I know in the place of those teachers at Sandy Hook.<br /><br />God help anybody who has to face such awful circumstances.<br /><br />But I do know that EVERY DAY I see courage, selflessness and sacrifice from my fellow teachers toward their students, in both big ways and small.<br /><br />Too bad they don't have a VAM for that.<br />reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.com