Comments on: Scott’s Education Agenda for Florida Schools Draws Praise http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/scotts-education-agenda-for-florida-schools-draws-praise/ Education News Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Mulhern http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/scotts-education-agenda-for-florida-schools-draws-praise/#comment-19301 James Mulhern Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:05:29 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=220226#comment-19301 I don't trust a governor who has already decimated public schools by his prior cuts to education. Some of what he now proposes sounds good, but his proposal for a $1 billion increase will inadequately address the damage that his cuts have already done. Governor Scott draws no praise from me until I see authentic action. His political rhetoric doesn't cost a cent. Our public schools are suffering as a result of his policies; our students are not getting the education that they deserve. I propose that the governor forget about his effete "listening tour," and instead spend a couple weeks teaching in an inner-city school. He'd hear loud and clear from the students, the clients he is supposed to serve. But honestly, I don't think he'd last even a day in a public high school. I doubt that he possesses the stamina, courage, or empathy. I challenge him to prove me wrong. The very notion of a "listening tour" makes me laugh out loud. What a ridiculously genteel concept! It sounds like something the Roman emperors would do for the plebeians. James Mulhern, www.synthesizingeducation.net I don’t trust a governor who has already decimated public schools by his prior cuts to education. Some of what he now proposes sounds good, but his proposal for a $1 billion increase will inadequately address the damage that his cuts have already done. Governor Scott draws no praise from me until I see authentic action. His political rhetoric doesn’t cost a cent. Our public schools are suffering as a result of his policies; our students are not getting the education that they deserve. I propose that the governor forget about his effete “listening tour,” and instead spend a couple weeks teaching in an inner-city school. He’d hear loud and clear from the students, the clients he is supposed to serve. But honestly, I don’t think he’d last even a day in a public high school. I doubt that he possesses the stamina, courage, or empathy. I challenge him to prove me wrong. The very notion of a “listening tour” makes me laugh out loud. What a ridiculously genteel concept! It sounds like something the Roman emperors would do for the plebeians.

James Mulhern, http://www.synthesizingeducation.net

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