Wizard,
My read of the article is that it was Ms. Peebles who made her behavior an
"East Coast" thing. It seems to me that it
was her way of attempting to blunt negative comments about her behavior.
By the way, I thought Steve's article was a nice job of reporting what is
happening in the administrative part of the
MPS. The good news is that we are talking about the kind of adult behavior
that is most likely to bring about positive
outcomes for the kids - that's a step up from where we were at this time last
year.
Dan McGuire
Ericsson
WizardMarks wrote:
> 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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