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From: http://eagnews.org/teachers-for-social-justice-chicago-pamphlet-riddled-with-spelling-punctuation-errors/
“‘Teachers for Social Justice’ Chicago pamphlet riddled with spelling, punctuation errors
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO—Garbage in, garbage out.
If the latest pamphlet published by the ‘Teachers for Social Justice’ group (The name says it all! The main problem besides the fact that no one can adequately define “social justice” is: who determines “social justice?” Their answer, of course, is that they do!—my addition) in Chicago was written by a Chicago Public Schools teacher, it might help explain why student performance has been so dismal.
Teachers for Social Justice, a collective of ‘radical’ educators and union apologists, recently released what it calls a ‘popular education piece.’ It amounts to a 10-page diatribe attacking recent school closures in the city, school choice and Mayor Rahm Emanuel (For whom, I’m sure, they supported in the mayoral election!—my addition).
The only problem is this document is riddled with spelling and grammatical errors. Perhaps the teachers of Chicago spend too much time worrying about politics and not enough time brushing up on their own academic skills (Or, using spellcheck!—my addition).
Here are a few examples of butchered statements from the pamphlet.
‘Call Mayor’s office and demand him (sic) to return the TIF (Tax Increment Financing. I have never liked TIF programs!—my addition) money to our schools.’
Demand him? That sounds like something a three-year-old would say (True! It was a tough day at school that day! Maybe the writer learned it from her students!—my addition).
‘Call governor (sic) Quinn and tell him to not bite on UNO’s (United Neighborhood Organization. I think. That’s the most reasonable explanation I could find!—my addition) fake shake up: 312-814-2121 or 217-782-0244.’
Um, the term Governor is a title, and titles start with capital letters, folks.
That’s just the first page.
A statement on page 3 reads, ‘From 2000 to today, the percent of Black CPS (Chicago Public Schools—my addition) teachers dropped from 41% to 30%, with the additional 50 Schools to be closed this will drop even lower (Must have a certain % of Black teachers? How about having the best teachers—Black, white, brown, or green? OK. I know there are no green teachers. At a closed board meeting when we were discussing hiring a new high school principal, I said I wanted to hire the best candidate available and I do not care if he/she is Black, white, ….—my addition).”
We believe this would qualify as a run-on sentence, and why is the word ‘schools’ capitalized?
In a section attacking UNO charter schools, it states, ‘Since children’s education in the hands of these millionaires.’
Huh?
On the same page it says ‘The new chair of the board, Martin Cabrera Jr., is the underwriter/investor who helped to sell the $35 million in state bonds for UNO, and he replaced Rangel in the Public Building commiions (sic) even though Rangel himself recognized there was a conflict of interst (sic) to be in (sic) his commission.’
The next page features the following nonsensical statement: ‘Any school. Juan Rangel’s salary is higher than the mayor’s.’ Are they purposefully writing in some sort of code only union members can understand?
The pamphlet also claims standardized testing is ‘hurtful’ and that it leads to ‘one-right-answer’ schooling.
The TSJ document also features a cartoon with the title, ‘An equitable, high-quality public education is a human right (Of course it is. Everything is a human right to the “social justice” gang! Otherwise, there is no social justice!—my addition)!’
If that’s true, the teachers who produced this document might want to take a bold step on behalf of ‘social justice’ and send their students elsewhere, because their ‘right’ to a high quality education is almost certainly going unfulfilled in Chicago.”
Think about this. If this pamphlet is an example of the education these teachers received and the degree(s) they have earned, what will be the result when the students who are taught by them graduate, go into teaching, and teach the next generation? I can tell you from experience teaching in what was recognized as a good school system that as a teacher who taught seniors, I had students who could not functionally read. I did not have the time to teach reading and still teach my subject matter. I can also tell you that almost anyone can learn if given enough time and if they put in the effort to learn. That last part of the sentence is a huge qualifier. As the saying goes: You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink. You can give a student an opportunity to learn but you CAN NOT make him learn!
The pamphlet link: http://eagnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PEPP-English-Booklet-8.15.20131.pdf
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Received by e-mail the other day:
Ouch! Shows one does not need to spell! Satire:
My name be Eboneesha Hernandez, a African-Hispanic-American Girl who jus got a award for bein the bess speler in class. I gots a 67% on the spelin text and 30 points for being black, 5 points for not bringin drugs to class, 5 points for not bringin guns to class, and 5 points for not gettin pregnut during the cemester. It be hard to beat a score of 120%. White dude who sit nex to me is McGee from Jaxon Mizipy. He got a 94% on the text but no extra points on acount of he have the same skin color as the opressirs of 150 years ago. Granny ax me to thank all Dimocrafts and Liberuls for suportin afermative axion. You be showin da way to true eqwallity. I be gittin in medical skool nex an mabe I be yo doctor when Barrac take over da healfcare in dis cuntry. Peace out!
