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This is what is running the teachers union..........
Speaking at a North West Teaching for Social Justice conference in Seattle, Washington in October 2011, Karen Lewis, President of the Chicago Teachers Union, pacing up and down a stage, delivered a sarcastic tirade.
‘I am the only black woman in the class of 1974 from Dartmouth College,’ she said. ‘ Woo. People are impressed. Let me tell you, I spent those years smoking lots of weed, self-medicating. Self-medicating, thank you. '
When there was laughter from the crowd, she added: ‘Sounds like you all did too. Oh, I’m sorry there are kids here! I wasn’t supposed to say that right? Too late!’
A Chicago-born former drug rehabilitation counsellor who then dropped out of medical school in Barbados before becoming a high school chemistry teacher, Lewis, 58, has led the teachers union since June 2010.
In Seattle, she also mocked the speech impediment of Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education under Obama and a former Chicago Public Schools chief.
‘Now, you know he [Duncan] went to private school ’cause if he had gone to public school he would have had that lisp fixed.’ She added sarcastically: ‘I know, that was ugly, wasn’t it? I’m sorry.’
Talking about Duncan’s years at Harvard, she speculated whether he had taken drugs. ‘He was an athlete, so he might not have been self-medicating, but I wouldn’t count on it.’
The evaluations came from Obama's RTT. 33 states have gotten NCLB waivers and are going with RTT.
NYC teachers also have 40% of their evaluation based on student scores. Their union has sued.
This is Obama's education reform that everyone praised.
Why are you focusing on which party did what? I don't care...it's poor policy despite coming from Obama.
Are you mentally challenged? Do you know how bad our system is? Knowing people like this not only lead the unions, but are near kids, and that is okay with you? Have you looked at the education across the country, the results in Chicago? Seriously, have you??? And you think its justified to give into demands for this and that, let alone a huge increase in pay???!!!
WTH world are we even living in anymore?! I guarantee you if this story went national, AND IT SHOULD BUT WONT DUE TO CORRUPT MEDIA, most Americans would be outraged and demand drastic changes.
Are YOU mentally challenged? The strike was on the national news.
I know Republicans think everything should be handed to them for free(they hate working for anything) but decent Americans know that education has to be paid for....
Ain't she a cutie? Maybe she needs Michelle to give her some hints regarding nutrition.
Is that Jabba the Hut's mom?
Seriously,....her comments about drugs and degrading the man because of a lisp is below what any educator (or represenative thereof) should tolerate. If Rush Limbaugh had made the comments, the left would have already called for his resignation.
This is not a Repub vs union fight though. Chicago is Dem and Rahm is a Dem.
This time round you have to hate your own !!
The slugs in here who want teachers to work for free are Repugnants....I address them and anyone else who wants FREE education for their little dopes.
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