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Friday, January 13, 2012

Romney wants us to to talk about inequality in quiet rooms. « Fred Klonsky

Romney wants us to to talk about inequality in quiet rooms. « Fred Klonsky:

Romney wants us to to talk about inequality in quiet rooms.

The other day I was sitting through a school staff meeting. It was terrible.

Under our current administration, each meeting seems worse than the last.

Pointless. A checklist of what counts as poor professional practice.

We sat through two consecutive 20 minute power point presentations that had no context, no connection to each other or to any real needs we had. The sound on the last one didn’t work, so every bullet point was read to us.

At the conclusion, the Type 75 asked if there were any questions. I raised my hand and said, “I have a question.