Re: Response to Wall Street Journal editorial on Michelle Rhee

[aburke5054@aol.com]

I don't know why the Journal wouldn't publish a letter that, in the 
spirit of Christmas, calls the Chancellor a Nazi.  What is American 
journalism coming to?

Art

-----Original Message-----
From: Tauna Rogers <taunar@plateautel.net>
To: arn-l@interversity.org
Sent: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 9:11 am
Subject: [arn-l] Response to Wall Street Journal editorial on Michelle 
Rhee


The article I responded to:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110011029

You must read it to appreciate how awful it really is.

Here's what I just sent in response. Of course I seriously doubt 
they'll post
it:

My, what a hotbed of privatization and opportunism D.C. public schools 
are! For
the children, yes.

I'm thinking of a poem or song. Maybe I'll title it "Waves of Nausea" 
in honor
of the many, many opportunists lining up to cash in on public school 
'failure'.
For the children, yes.

I just cannot tell you how impressed I am that Rhee's first act as 
Chancellor
was to get rid of a couch, chair, and TV. Indeed, when does an 
accountability
Nazi ever "have time to sit"? And while I'm doling out compliments, let 
me
commend the Wall Street Journal for your always truthful and balanced 
reporting
about public education. You guys have really made a practice of digging 
for the
truth, haven't ya? Is this what they call investigative journalism? 
Guess so,
John Stossel style. Cowards!

But back to Rhee. An accountability chief (yet another) who herself 
lasted a
mere three years in the classroom before discovering her real $value$ 
"was as an
external player". For the children.

In the spirit of Christmas, may I say that those who really have the 
interest of
children at heart rather than an agenda do not feel compelled to market
themselves as saviors of disadvantaged children. Nor does a heart with 
pure
intentions glory in the business of demeaning, oppressing, and 
demoralizing the
very people actually on the ground and in the trenches with the 
children.

But let it not go unsaid that the destruction of public education, our 
greatest
civic institution, is not about the truth. It is about marketing.
Externals, yes. For the children. May Rhee and Co. receive their reward 
in full.






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