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Re: America's Teachers: Heroes or Greedy Moochers at the Public Trough?
Posted:
Dec 17, 2012 3:38 PM
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On 12/17/2012 12:12 PM, Greg Goodknight wrote:
> On 12/17/2012 11:32 AM, Michael Paul Goldenberg wrote:
>> http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2012/12/16/the-heroes-at-sandy-hook/
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> From Mikey's linked article:
> "Teacher Theodore Varga said that as gunfire echoed through the
> school, a custodian ran around, warning people. He appears to have
> survived; all the adults killed were women."
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> Yes, all the dead adults are women. Checking the staff directory, of
> the 52 employees who rated a listing, only Mr. Varga and the head
> custodian *were* men; the other 50 were all women (I doublechecked all
> the unisex names) While many of the women were so obviously heroes on
> Friday, just how effective are feminine ghettos at reaching vulnerable
> boys and young men who desperately need strong male role models, not
> to mention better math instruction?
>
> Maybe what we need is affirmative action to get men back into the
> schools. How does staff at a place like Sandy Hook end up being 96%
> female?
98% female if you don't count the guy who cleans the toilets.
- -Greg
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> - -Greg
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