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Poppinjay · 04-06-2009, 11:22 AM

I do. There is a huge slobocracy in the system. We have things going on like brand new textbooks sitting in warehouses because somebody sat on them because he didn't feel he got the right form to release them. Meanwhile, some of the nation's most talented young athletes are playing in gyms littered with trash, students are learning in schools where the paint comes of the wall, and using old textbooks.

The money is being spent, and the main reason it's such a large budget is that they're trying to make up for years of neglect. The books have been bought. The paint has been purchased. It's all just slowly making its way through the lazy SOBs who got used to not working.

Michelle Rhee is actually giving teachers a charge to perform or else. I don't know what she's doing about the beauracracy. The board fights her on every step of the way.

It's endemic to all of DC really. The DSS had a huge scandal where a case worker kept writing progress reports on a mentally challenged care receiver. She didn't actually make the visits. Turns out the client had killed her two daughter because they were infected with "demons".

The real kicker, go outside the city north to Montgomery County and you have national top 100 schools. Go just outside to the south in Fairfax and you have the #1 rated school system in the country, and the #1 magnet school.

04-06-2009, 11:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	I do. There is a huge slobocracy in the system. We have things going on like brand new textbooks sitting in warehouses because somebody sat on them because he didn't feel he got the right form to release them. Meanwhile, some of the nation's most talented young athletes are playing in gyms littered with trash, students are learning in schools where the paint comes of the wall, and using old textbooks. The money is being spent, and the main reason it's such a large budget is that they're trying to make up for years of neglect. The books have been bought. The paint has been purchased. It's all just slowly making its way through the lazy SOBs who got used to not working. Michelle Rhee is actually giving teachers a charge to perform or else. I don't know what she's doing about the beauracracy. The board fights her on every step of the way. It's endemic to all of DC really. The DSS had a huge scandal where a case worker kept writing progress reports on a mentally challenged care receiver. She didn't actually make the visits. Turns out the client had killed her two daughter because they were infected with "demons". The real kicker, go outside the city north to Montgomery County and you have national top 100 schools. Go just outside to the south in Fairfax and you have the #1 rated school system in the country, and the #1 magnet school. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet Last edited by Poppinjay; 04-06-2009 at 11:24 AM..