Consideration At Its Best

I opened the door to pick up the newspaper. I couldn't see where one step ended and the next began. I didn't think I would even find the paper but the Newsday delivery woman is smart. She put the paper in a brown bag. I made my way down the steps, wondering if the buses would be running. No NYC school closings had been announced as of 5:45 AM.

It is 6:10 AM. NYC just announced that schools will be closed. Nice of them to give us lots of notice.

My school has its first class at 7:15 and I was just about to walk out the door. I live close. Imagine the people that live far and already on their way.

Talk abut inconsiderate. Is it really so much worse now than it was three hours ago? Couldn't the announcement have been made then?

I Almost Barfed

These signs sickened me as I rode the E train this morning. In a time when money is so tight, the city is spending money on advertising how wonderful our schools are. There might not be enough money for smaller classes, tutoring programs or even custodians but there is plenty of money for Bloomberg and Klein to blow their own horns. Keep It Going NYC Public Schools, in red.

Increased graduation rates by what method? By teaching kids what they need to survive college or life or by lowering standards so much that almost everyone gets by but know nothing.

Yes, Keep It Going, NYC Public Schools, in yellow.

NYC has also increased the number of days a year a teacher must work by adding mindless, waste of time staff development days in August, on Election Day and on Brooklyn-Queens Day. NYC has also lengthened the school day. It is now easy to remove a disgruntled teacher to the rubber room. Thousands of teachers are without classrooms.

We have schools that were built to hold 1800 holding 5000 students. Students are learning in substandard trailers, closets and bathrooms. Schools start before sunrise and end after sunset to accommodate the huge crowds.

Encourage your students to not report any incidences that might occur in your school. Crime is only a crime if someone knows about it.

Keep It Going In NYC Public Schools, in green.