I wish “Tenure” applied to life realistically.

I wish “Tenure” applied to life realistically  -  11-30-09

Sorry that I have been away for so long.  Yes, I’m aware that I’m going to be playing catch-up hardcore to even try to get things up to date.  But I will admit King Bloomberg being coronated again for another 4 years is fucking annoying.  Just in concept.  From there it umbrellas out in a shit storm of fallacies, bureaucracy, and the triumph of the almighty dollar.  Except tons of folks aren’t making that dollar, and I’m including myself in that club.  Or rather the fraternity  of Broke FI Broke  and their chant “We broke, we broke, broke fi broke….WE AIN’T GOT IT!!!”(Kudos to Kanye West for doing something inane yet so pointed.)

Meanwhile back at the ranch, I thought of a few things to keep this blog sparked.  There’s enough turmoil in the education field that I don’t have to worry about finding something to write about in a commentary kind of way.  For instance, teacher’s evaluations, tenure, NYC ATR pool, the power of Joel Klein or his possible replacement, class size and again “tenure.” Which the NY TIMES wrote a pretty decent article about which you can [read here].  This particular journalist recognizes the furor that other papers such as the NY POST or Daily News haven’t caught onto.  Thinking that I may actually do a few comparisons of how certain events are skewered by an ineffective, and overly opinionated sense of sensationalism.

I’m still trying to think of a way to include my own personal poetry or writing, along side the lesson plans and ideas I plan on posting.  In many other ways, I think that they may actually get their own space on Blogspot or whatever is functioning as the NU-GEOCITIES of the day such that they have their own room to not be connected insofar as directly with my renewed aim and purpose  However, I want to get it out there for myself, because with so much time on my hands, I’m starting to get antsy about using this time in a positive sort of way.

When I sub though, I will be completely and utterly posting all the rich, and gritty details in as close to a real time format.  So, yeah.  Tentatively, back on regular basis.

Direct Links (for reposts)

NYTimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/education/26teachers.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=todayspaper&adxnnlx=1259244253-Tp65HsZ9M+Jvq9m/Lu0M0Q

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