Using the "Negative" Trick
I wanted to follow-up on Charlie's thread about negativism(so skip this if you are not interested but please don't bother to comment that...you're not interested).
I've heard this rap before about me or Charlie or the blog. As you can see, we are not likely to change much. We are guided by our own experiences, both as parents in the district and as activists. We are just a lot more clear-eyed and maybe jaded than most of you. That's important to understand. We've been through the seven stages of this district and yes, we're a little jaded.
But we have no agenda. We certainly believe what we think would help, starting with a well-run and well-managed district. If that were the case, our critics could undercut many of our arguments. But it hasn't been despite the many "professionals" both as superintendents and on the Board. (That the powers that be never seem to get this is mystifying. Don't they want a well-run district? Because they had their professional Board and professional Superintendent and it STILL didn't work.)
We, of course, have our opinions but there are only a few things that I would say
I've heard this rap before about me or Charlie or the blog. As you can see, we are not likely to change much. We are guided by our own experiences, both as parents in the district and as activists. We are just a lot more clear-eyed and maybe jaded than most of you. That's important to understand. We've been through the seven stages of this district and yes, we're a little jaded.
But we have no agenda. We certainly believe what we think would help, starting with a well-run and well-managed district. If that were the case, our critics could undercut many of our arguments. But it hasn't been despite the many "professionals" both as superintendents and on the Board. (That the powers that be never seem to get this is mystifying. Don't they want a well-run district? Because they had their professional Board and professional Superintendent and it STILL didn't work.)
We, of course, have our opinions but there are only a few things that I would say