Comments on: Travesty

By: The Green Dot gambit at Joanne Jacobs

The Green Dot gambit at Joanne Jacobs — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:36:46 +0000

[...] “AP History” to “Cinema” — to match titles with textbooks (see “Travesty”), Vince Carbino has been removed as principal of low-performing Santee High School in Los Angeles. [...]

By: The Bullwinkle Blog » Blog Archive » The Knucklehead of the Day award

The Bullwinkle Blog » Blog Archive » The Knucklehead of the Day award — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:30:42 +0000

[...] Joanne Jacobs calls this a [...]

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:55:32 +0000

Procrustes comes to mind.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:24:16 +0000

Looks like another good arguement for homeschooling!

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:41:38 +0000

Good God. Can it really be that bad? Classes would be changed just because books are available for new classes, and some kids are no longer on track to graduate?

School choice advocates couldn’t have written a better script if they’d tried.

By: ms_teacher

ms_teacher — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:01:24 +0000

Here’s one for you. My principal had me move out of a newly remodeled classroom from last year into a portable for this year. I’ve been working in my classroom for the last week and a half. The portable has a leaky roof which has caused one of the white boards to completely warp away from the wall. The other white board had been shot at with a pellet or bee-bee gun, leaving behind a nice hole and part of the white board missing (about an half an inch in diameter) right in the middle of the board.

My principal wants to deny me a two new white boards. Unfortunately, I’ll be citing Williams and my contract in order to get these two boards replaced.

By: ricki

ricki — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:20:12 +0000

Maybe their families need to demand vouchers for the kids to transfer to schools that actually provide the necessary books?

If the story is really as presented, I hope the principal loses his job.