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Friday, December 31, 2010

NYC Educator: Parody Is Serious Stuff

NYC Educator: Parody Is Serious Stuff

Parody Is Serious Stuff

Yesterday Mr. A. Talk wrote a very clever parody of Bloomberg's handling of the snow. Basically, he suggested Bloomberg wanted to blame the teachers for everything that went wrong. This was pretty far-fetched, of course. Most teachers were snowed in, having the misfortune to not live on Mayor Bloomberg's block.

But a Daily News editorial yesterday made the same point, and they were dead serious. I'm unable to find the link right now, but they asserted the problem was lavish pensions, and last in first out layoff for teachers. I could actually retire today if only I could figure how I'd