tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post1008111298601728330..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Eva's Very Bad MonthPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-38087635438362927882015-11-01T17:06:04.698-05:002015-11-01T17:06:04.698-05:00She only throws kids on the trash heap for the sak...She only throws kids on the trash heap for the sake of graduation rates. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228908566250306699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-72064991892256583212015-10-31T10:38:33.180-04:002015-10-31T10:38:33.180-04:00Holy moley!
I just watched a one-woman Eva Moskow...Holy moley!<br /><br />I just watched a one-woman Eva Moskowitz’ horror show… starring Eva herself. It’s her six-minute “Ed Talk” (get it? rhymes with “Ted Talk”) at the 2014 Corporate Reform jamboree called “Camp Philos”:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY719-TpYas<br />She glowingly tells the story of Sidney — an eighth grade Success Academy student — while projecting her picture on a screen. (Did she get permission?)<br /><br />During Common Core testing, Sidney was in a life-threatening battle with sickle-cell anemia, having spend over half of her 13 years in hospitals. Even at the most severe moment of crisis in her health, Sidney insisted on taking the entirety of that year’s Common Core testing. The adults around argued otherwise, because she had just had her infected spleen taken out that very day, “had lost a lot of weight,” and “was extremely cold and weak.” In the light of this, the principal informed Sidney that she was entitled to claim a “medical excuse” and delay taking the test.<br /><br />However, Sidney wouldn’t hear of it, and took the test.<br /><br />“I want to get a 4,” Sidney replied, with Eva recounting these words with emotion.<br /><br />Eva’s point?<br /><br />( 02:10 – 03:03 )<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY719-TpYas<br />( 02:10 – 03:03 )<br />EVA MOSKOWITZ: “Children are incredibly resilient, and I would urge you to think about NOT treating children AS children… I think that we have underestimated in this country the pleasure that comes from achieving mastery, and from performance. In my experience, kids actually want to perform. The want to master. Sidney was a perfect example, even though she was in a life-threatening situation.”<br /><br />Sweet Lord! What is WRONG with this woman?<br /><br />Cue the Supremes' "STOP.. IN THE NAME OF LOVE":<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPBkiBbO4_4<br />(By the way, Camp Philos 2015 is this weekend. My invite must have got lost in the mail ... I wonder what Eva’s 2015 “Ed Talk” will be this year, given the timing.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911854468188214107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-34352840020063065002015-10-31T10:17:46.157-04:002015-10-31T10:17:46.157-04:00Making Richard Nixon look good, huh Eva. "Cau...Making Richard Nixon look good, huh Eva. "Cause at least his enemies list was restricted to adults.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544213160574214282noreply@blogger.com