Inside Ackerman's gulag
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Inside Ackerman's gulag
The extraordinary rendition of teachers who speak out in the Philadelphia School District:
AUDENRIED HIGH School teacher Hope Moffett was stuck in "solitary confinement" yesterday in the basement of an administrative office otherwise known as the Philadelphia School District's "teacher jail."
But that didn't stop her from contacting her students, who are upset that she's been removed from her classroom for nothing more than speaking her mind about controversial changes planned at the school where she has worked for three years.
"I don't feel defeated," Moffett said. "Being in a rubber room is a disheartening experience. I did feel almost sick yesterday because I was in a basement room with no fresh air."
Moffett's biggest offense, apparently, was encouraging high school students to be activists in the tradition of Martin Luther King. This is what Arlene Ackerman opposes. It all makes your head want to explode in anger and frustration.
Have a great weekend.
Hope Moffett doesn't have a problem that a nice trip on a high-speed train won't solve.— Mr. Smith
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- Raoul - Ms. Moffett is from BYU. You HATE those people.
— Mr. Smith - Raoul, do you miss Byberry?— Mr. Smith
Wait till Corbett takes the scalpel to the Districts budget. Then you'll hear some whining.- After a week plus of hearing how great unions are, one would think Ms. Moffett would be defended by hers.— RG
- Didn't this chick have something to do with Hannibal Lecter?
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- Yesterday was Moffett's second day at "teacher jail," which she described as a basement classroom at Strawberry Mansion High where mice scampered and the walls are covered with inspirational posters.
At least she had company. - let's see ackerman is black moffet is white bunch must be a racist acording to the lib playbook.— rysagr
- Why would you bring race into this issue? — Talking point sleuth
- i think it was self explantory. attack the bamster get called a racist. sucks being on the other side huh — rysagr
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