Re: [Mpls] Supt. of Schools, "East-Coasty"?

[WizardMarks]

Picky, picky, picky and parochial too. It's past time for Minnesotans 
face the fact that people coming here from all points are going to be 
bringing different cultural norms. We knew when we hired Peebles that 
she was from the East Coast.  If she is described as "brash, unnerving 
and too abrupt" then maybe we should observe and question why we are 
such delicate flowers that no one can talk to us except in a quiet, 
self-effacing way, being sure to dance around the issue and hem and haw 
for a while.  Neither are we flower fairies who need to be coaxed out 
from under the foliage with honeyed words. All those critics are saying 
is that Peebles is not a Minnesotan. Well, duh.

WizardMarks, Central
Emilie Quast wrote:
Yesterday's Star Tribune had an interesting article about the school
superintendent, saying her manner was brash, unnerving, and (apparently)
too abrupt to fit in well with  teachers in the schools.
Peebles brushed the criticism off by saying her manner is an "East Coasty"
thing.
I'm thinking that one major goal of the public schools is to help kids
learn to navigate in the mainstream, which is still where the money is.  To
the best of my understanding, you achieve that most easily by *fitting in*,
convincing your prospective employer that you are going to cooperate and
learn the job and so on.   (So maybe I've been wrong all these years about
getting employed and so on?)
If I'm right about that, though, wouldn't it be a good idea if Supt.
Peebles changed her tactics a little, decided to lead by example and
learned to be a little more midwestern?
www.startribune.com/stories/1592/5169227.html
Or, is the idea to teach high schoolers to be brash, pushy, and to tell
others to just deal with it?  Yeah, that's a great way to get a job, get
approved for an apartment and so on.
Before anyone jumps down my throat, I don't care whom she offends if she
can lead the kids to put good acts together.  I did find myself very
uncomfortable, often, when I had a daughter at South High.  There were just
too many kids there who didn't act like someone I'd want to hire.
Emilie Quast
SE Como
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