Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers talks about today's education system

Cindy Adams

opinion

by Cindy Adams

Listen, the teacher is speaking.

So why is Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers always in the headlines?

“I'm a middle-class kid. My grandparents in Eastern Europe fled communism, totalitarianism. My mother's father, a doctor, spoke seven languages ​​and later opened a dress shop in Nyack. Mom, Teacher. Father, engineer. I became interested in civics. I joined because I recognized that America deserves education, safety, freedom, home, family, vacations, schools, and labor unions. ”

I will explain about the school. Please describe Harvard University.

“I am a patriot. Hate is not OK. Are we criticizing the Jewish state or are we criticizing the Jewish people? There is no anti-Semitism in our country, no Arab There is hatred, racism, and “death to the Jews” anti-Semitism. Disagreeing with Prime Minister Netanyahu is not. Protests are our tradition of free expression. It is appropriate for Palestinians and Jews to have land and rights. The university president did not state his values. In fact, they became scared. ”

Regarding the reason why elementary school students today cannot read cursive, she said:

“Technology superpowers don't want to teach that anymore. It's that so much stuff is already on smartphones. Certainly, especially for kids coming to this country, we're learning the basics of elementary school. I don't spend enough time learning. I agree that it needs more time.

“I'm a civics teacher. If everything is focused on test scores, staff scores, data, data, data, you're always going to see improvement or see kids grow in the next two days.” I understand that I cannot help you.”

So what's next for Weingarten?

“I have full responsibility for my entire class: graduate and undergraduate students. I will be teaching at Cornell University. The topics will be labor, education, change, and problem solving.”

role of honor

All “Oppenheimer” Oscars have already cast Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Jessica Lange, Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lupita Nyong'o and Zendaya as presenters. ing.

And I give Mazeltov to all of us.

empire and file

Upon seizing power, Hitler claimed to serve the “Forgotten Man,” in Sinclair Lewis's book “What Happens Here” about a fictional fascist dictator who imprisoned his enemies in concentration camps and dissolved parliament and the people. It brought us “I can’t do it.” He enthusiastically supported him until they stopped supporting him.

“It can't happen here'' because our Constitution does not envisage a completely unprincipled executive branch that does nothing.

But we may now see what happens when Congress abandons its legislative and constitutional oversight duties and relies on the goodwill of the executive branch.

Just say it.

she still has “it”

Taylor SwiftAn upcoming song about Clara Bow reminded me of Edward Epstein's book, “The 'It' Girl: The Incredible Story of Clara Bow.” he says: “The person she would one day play was Marilyn Monroe. They had similarities. Both mothers were institutionalized. Both stars had mental problems.” His current book “Frank & Marilyn” again.

Randi Weingarten He once called people in the education field “full of holes''.

Who knows if that means just New York, folks, it just means New York.