tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post8698449089331624540..comments2024-03-27T20:01:11.889-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Ed Reform as Viewed by a TeacherMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-14076822647734781222012-08-09T22:13:11.348-07:002012-08-09T22:13:11.348-07:00WonderingWilla, there will be lots to do and we wi...WonderingWilla, there will be lots to do and we will appreciate any and all support. More news to come.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-57250224720616283512012-08-09T19:09:32.377-07:002012-08-09T19:09:32.377-07:00Dorothy Neville, cool, I joined the FB group. Happ...Dorothy Neville, cool, I joined the FB group. Happy to throw up a yard sign or whatever.WonderingWillanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-62265653590731690532012-08-09T18:28:22.732-07:002012-08-09T18:28:22.732-07:00Slight correction to ItBeatsHOPE: I think he's...Slight correction to ItBeatsHOPE: I think he's referring to one of my comments from a couple of weeks ago in which I talked about three types: (1) hacks--those who know that a cynical game is being played but play their part knowingly usually because they're paid well to do so, (2) naifs--people, usually young idealists, who innocently believe the cover story prepared in the promotional literature which hides the real agenda, and (3) fools--those who have been presented with evidence that the game is being played cynically, but refuse to believe it for whatever reason: cognitive dissonance, personal loyalties, group value affinities, inconvenience, fear, confusion, etc. <br /><br />TFA is one of the institutional pillars of corporate reform. Many of the kids who join TFA, the ones who aren't in it primarily to pad their resumes, are in the second category, naifs. I could see myself as a 22 year old being attracted to it as the naif I was at the time. But it's hard for me to see how anyone could stay with the organization after a couple of years without migrating into the first or third categories. I'm sure there are exceptions, there always are. <br /><br />Corporate education reform is a cynical game. The evidence to support that assertion is pretty overwhelming, but that doesn't mean that a lot of the people who promote it aren't sincere inhabitants of categories 2 and 3. But they're not running the show, and you don't get to run the show unless you are in category 1. So I think it's safe to assume bad intentions for anyone who fits well there.Jack Whelannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-67796693007458793222012-08-09T16:57:35.910-07:002012-08-09T16:57:35.910-07:00WonderingWilla, the answer is yes. We are still ge...WonderingWilla, the answer is yes. We are still getting the ducks in a row, but we've officially registered with the PDC and will have a website soon.<br /><br />Until then, find us on FaceBook as<br />https://www.facebook.com/NoChartersWADorothy Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108759281089768738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-59411042791165731482012-08-09T16:53:15.722-07:002012-08-09T16:53:15.722-07:00when I was a kid in the 60's there was this ph...when I was a kid in the 60's there was this phrase "those people" ... it wasn't about white people. sometimes it meant any non Catholic people. <br /><br />Jack had written about 2 different kinds of people in the ed deform camp - honchos and dupes? <br /><br />if I could wave a magic wand, everyone would be calling the honchos "those people". assume the worst, assume they're venal, assume they're selfish, assume they'll add zip to really solving problems in the buildings, assume they'll come out of it all with a real fat paycheck - assume all that negative stuff, and you won't be disappointed! <br /><br />ItBeatsHOPEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-60937563740013529312012-08-09T16:50:48.951-07:002012-08-09T16:50:48.951-07:00Outside of WEA is there any organized opposition t...Outside of WEA is there any organized opposition to I-1240? I googled it and there doesn't seem to be so.WonderingWillanoreply@blogger.com