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In reply to the discussion: Teacher blogger fired. [View all]

Reader Rabbit

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18. The ability to lie with a straight face is a prerequisite for adminsitrators.
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 11:49 AM
Jun 2013

I can't tell you how many meetings I've sat in over my career, and an administrator has made blatantly false statements with the clear expectation that we're going to believe him/her instead of our own eyes, ears, and experience. Only two principals I've worked for respected their staff enough to state the non-politic truth, and both of those individuals retired long ago. Today's administrators are politicians, not educators, so lying is part and parcel of their job.

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Teacher blogger fired. [View all] proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 OP
Well, they wanted him gone and he gave them a way. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #1
There was a link on one of his blogs proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #2
It definitely has the smell of a witch hunt. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #3
Several red flags proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #5
The charges seem to say that isn't true FBaggins Jun 2013 #6
He has more than one blog proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #7
I have no doubt. FBaggins Jun 2013 #8
He did have parental consent. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #11
Not really FBaggins Jun 2013 #15
No really. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #16
The documents are in the record FBaggins Jun 2013 #17
Why would wanting an accurate recording of a meeting be seen as dishonest? mbperrin Jun 2013 #21
Nobody said that it was. FBaggins Jun 2013 #22
I can't tell if you are faulting him or not. mbperrin Jun 2013 #23
I can't tell either. :) FBaggins Jun 2013 #24
Newspaper article: proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #4
It's a rigged hearing. Par for the course. duffyduff Jun 2013 #9
This comment following the blog post sums it up duffyduff Jun 2013 #10
Bingo proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #12
A message to the Joplin community and my students: The system works proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #13
And of course those six administrators lied. duffyduff Jun 2013 #14
The ability to lie with a straight face is a prerequisite for adminsitrators. Reader Rabbit Jun 2013 #18
They lie like rugs and are protected to the hilt duffyduff Jun 2013 #19
Exactly. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #20
+1. n/t Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #25
This guy is a TRAITOR! To the Joplin School Board and all that it stands for! Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #26
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