Posted on 06/19/2013 9:11:25 AM PDT by Zakeet
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is full of excuses for why the city’s schools are hemorrhaging money, failing to educate students, and laying off teachers by the hundreds.
During her tenure as union head, Lewis has blamed Chicago Public Schools’ problems on Mayor Rahm Emanuel, charter schools, standardized tests, bankers, venture capitalists, a lack of funding and “a culture of fear.”
During a recent speech to the City Club of Chicago, Lewis focused on her two most inflammatory excuses for CPS’ failures: “racism” and “rich white people.”
“When are we going to address the elephant in the room? When will there be an honest conversation about the poverty, racism and inequality that hinders the delivery of a quality education product in our school system?” Lewis asked the decidedly upscale audience.
“When will we address the fact that rich, white people, think they know what’s in the best interest of children of African Americans and Latinos—no matter what the parent’s income or education level,” she said, according to SubstanceNews.net.
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After blaming the district’s problems on white people and literally calling for billions in new taxes, Lewis pushed back against perceptions she’s a far-left extremist.
“There is nothing radical about me other than I want each and every student in Chicago to get the best education we have to offer–an equal education,” Lewis declared.
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“the fact that rich, white people, think they think they know what’s in the best interest of children of African Americans and Latinos”.
Hey Fat A$$, maybe you should stop taking rich, white folks money then and support your schools by yourself. I know one thing, they should feed you a little less. We white folk must be payin you way too much.
It’s 2013. There are no Rich White People.
:: I heard that Lewis might run for mayor, in 2015.
Will any conservative and/or Republican run? If so, who will run? I hope that Bill Kelly, Dan Proft, or Dan Schmitt will run. ::
First, I doesn’t appear that Karen will be “running” any time soon, and if she does, it will be move like a fast waddle.
Second, I need to point out your use of the oxymoron “conservative” in conjunction with Chicago/Illinois politics. The Combine is what matters.
I can see you know nothin' 'bout Maine. That's exactly the shape you'd be after. Plenty shade in the Summah, plenty heat in Winta!
Plus, if you had the right harness, you wouldn't be needin' no tractor to snake them big logs offa your woodlot. Save a damn fortune!
“Everybody around here got a Obama PHONE.” And the highest salaries of any teachers I’ve heard of, more than twice what my wife makes. And no accountability to actually teach.
If it makes you feel any better, democrat consultant Stan Greenberg is married to DeLauro and has possibly seen her naked. Count your blessings.
rich white people like Arne Duncan and Bill Ayers and Rahmbo?
(OMG, she looks like “Get in Me Belly!”)
ding ding ding
we have a winna
Go back in time to I don’t know, America circa 1959, and show them this, or one day’s news from America circa 2013, and not one soul from that time would believe any of this....none of it. They would believe an episode of the Twilight Zone before they would believe America hs devolved into what we have become.
Very brilliant observation!
Although you miss on the cost of feeding that great maw!
Never get between her and the feed trough.
Ok, lets talk about the ghetto Blacks that have neither the intelligence nor the temperament to 1.) behave around other people, including other Blacks 2.) generate an above-poverty income 3.) to be educated at a functional level comparable to Whites and Asians.
Chicago district woes are created by the "students" and their parents. If you changed nothing else, same money, same buildings, same teachers but switched all the Chicago kids with Japanese kids do you think they would have all these problems. No way.
I want a divorce from these people.
How much do you want to bet that the Chicago school district is one of the richest in the country, based on the number of dollars spent per student per year.
I don’t know what the amount is, but it seems that many of the worst school districts in the country spend way more per student than successful districts.
It has a lot to do with leftists running the cities and schools. The farther left, the greater the corruption.
Mark
Maybe he should have consulted with a sane person before saying “I do.”.
They’ll be harvesting icebergs in Libya before I’d try that out.
Because its easier to blame whites than yourself. Whites are becoming the new “Jews”
I can see you know nothin' 'bout Maine, neithah.
Every Winta day, ya feeds one of these oxen a little less. By Spring, you needn't be feedin'em anything, usually. You train the calf for the next loggin' season.
They’ll be harvesting icebergs in Libya before I’d try that out.
Ayuh, The Iceberg Method might work with her. Keep 9/10s of her under icy water. Be hard pressed myself decidin' which 10th to give air to!
“All right, I will just say it, she is not a far-left extremist she is a COMMUNIST! “
She isn’t a communist. She is a criminal.
Don’t you feel like the government has tied/handcuffed us to these people,
and any attempt at a “divorce”, separation, or secession
will be met with the utmost possible force?
...and the low-information voters believe them - that is the problem...
The idea lasted about 5 seconds, because even then, the black establishment could not find the honesty to call a spade a spade. Bad behavior was not ever the responsibility of the behaver, but was caused by white racial discrimination; by prejudice. "Give us more money, and we'll fix it."
Well, they got the money, they got to be in charge of EVERY urban school system in the land, filling in many cases, every post from Janitor (a racket) to Superintendent (a bigger racket)and things got exponentially worse.
The responsibility of black schoolteachers is to teach. If the black children given in their charge are not learning, it is THEIR responsibility to fix it. Our problem. Their responsibility. It's why they are paid.
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