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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Shame on Chicago Board of Ed Members for Mocking / Bullying a Parent: Caught. Picture. #SHAME | Continuing Change

Shame on Chicago Board of Ed Members for Mocking / Bullying a Parent: Caught. Picture. #SHAME | Continuing Change:


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Shame on Chicago Board of Ed Members for Mocking / Bullying a Parent: Caught. Picture. #SHAME


Say it isn’t so … ?
Say I didn’t just read that Chicago Board of Education Members, Henry Bienen and Mahalia Hines, were making fun of an impassioned parent who chose to speak up for her children and their teachers … ?
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Really ? Really ?
So, while Rousemary Vega, Chicago parent, is pleading for her children in the space of under two minutes, while she is fighting for the rights of students and teachers everywhere, the right to speak up and be heard … they mock her? They turn and ridicule her? I am a teacher. When we see that in the classroom, we are obligated to address it. If it continues, prolonged, it is an indicator of bullying.
Yes … bullying. And do you know what they teach us to do when we see bullying? Stand up to it … recognize it … report it.
So, Chicago Board of Ed Members Bienen and Hines … shame on you. Consider yourself Shame on Chicago Board of Ed Members for Mocking / Bullying a Parent: Caught. Picture. #SHAME | Continuing Change: