Beto, Beto, Beto…: “It’s All About the Kids” Edition
CNN reported today that presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke said, in 2012, that charter schools “were a good idea.” While this is a more definitive statement of support for charters than Mr. O’Rourke has been willing to make in his recent run for the White House, that’s not the sentence that caught my attention.
It was this one:
“Because remember, at the end of the day, the person that we care the most about in the educational system is the student.”
While this is the sort of “feel good” platitude that is designed to make listeners feel all warm and fuzzy about the person who says it, it’s also the kind of verbal pablum that reveals more about the speaker than she or he probably intended.
Because, when you say that we care “most” about students, you’re also revealing your true feelings about everyone else who works in the schools.
You’re saying–whether you intended to or not–that you care less about…
teachers…
and secretaries…
and principals…
and nurses…
and custodians…
and counselors…
and school cafeteria workers…
and librarians…
and bus drivers…
and the people that take care of the athletic fields, and lawns, and maintain the district’s buildings and grounds.
And when you care less about all of those persons, you’re also less likely to support the policies CONTINUE READING: Beto, Beto, Beto…: "It's All About the Kids" Edition | Eclectablog
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