> She's a realist not a racist. Certainly, you get that, and were simply making > a funny. > Actually, I think the remark demonstrates disturbingly low expectations by this teacher.
Kimm On 3/27/08 11:33 PM, "Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > You made a good point about Lussenhop. Anyone who has watched his conduct in > this hotel matter will not trust anything he says. Can you believe that this > Penn team boldly lied to the PHC during recorded testimony? Can you believe > that Barry Grossbach, the voice of the community, defended their bold > unretracted lies? > > > "Best part is, I think if Penn suggested the curriculum this one person wants, > people would probably accuse them of being racist, not to mention anointed. > Instead of "yes we can" its "no you can't." > > > With the school, you're way off the beam. In the Inq., one opponent revealed > how Drexel pulled out a few years ago. Some commitment to public education of > the poor! > > These special advanced high schools are not some charitable support of public > education and the current residents. These schools support fortress > Penn/Drexel and the gentrification schemes surrounding the inner corporate U. > headquarters. > > It's unfair to suggest the teacher was being racist or, "no you can't". The > kids she knows coming from the neighborhood primary schools won't be going to > these high schools! These advanced schools are designed for the new arrivals > and their 10 year tax abatements. > > These schools will be marketed around the world to support the real estate > marketing and the kids attending local public primary schools will be > searching for trade schools elsewhere or following the normal dropout patterns > until their parents are forced out of the neighborhood.. > > Unless the primary schools for these kids (in addition to Sadie Alexander) > receive proper funding and support, the neighborhood kids will not be > attending these special high schools. She's a realist not a racist. > Certainly, you get that, and were simply making a funny. > > Isn't it terrible that some kids are completely disadvantaged and neglected by > our society from the earliest ages. Then idiotic arrogant middle class types > pretend that evil, laziness, race, etc. were the only disadvantages poor kids > ever had. (Every poor kid from underfunded schools and poor communities, can > go to the best high schools, get a full scholarship to Harvard, and be a > Horatio Alger) > > Hahaha, that is funny! > > If anyone else tries to fool you about this issue Paul, you send them to your > buddy, Glenn > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:04 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [UC] Penn's sadly myopic "Vision of the Anointed" >> >> >> >> Well this is interesting too. Given the subject line, I guess you agree >> with the people who don't want Penn to help support the school. >> Best part is, I think if Penn suggested the curriculum this one person >> wants, people would probably accuse them of being racist, not to mention >> anointed. Instead of "yes we can" its "no you can't." >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 9:00 am >> Subject: [UC] Penn's sadly myopic "Vision of the Anointed" >> >> >> >> From today's DP (Similar story was in the Inquirer) -- emphasis added so you >> read the good part first: >> >> >> >> For enquiring minds that want to know, compliments of >> >> Al Krigman >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Planned partnership under fire >> Initial proposal for Penn, Drexel to partner with a renovated U. City High >> criticized at public forum >> >> By: Katie Karas, 3/27/08 >> >> >> >> Penn officials have wanted to collaborate with University City High School >> for some time now, but many community members who attended a public forum >> last night say Penn's help is not welcome. >> >> At the forum, held to share plans with the community about renovations, >> Philadelphia School District leaders officially said they have been in >> discussion with Penn and Drexel for the past two years about the possibility >> of a partnership with University City High once it is renovated. >> >> The talks with Penn and Drexel so far have involved the creation of a hybrid >> school, part neighborhood and part magnet. In the hypothetical school, 70 >> percent of students would be taken from the neighborhood and 30 percent from >> the rest of the city, as in a magnet school. >> >> School district Chief Academic Officer Cassandra Jones said discussions with >> Penn involved the creation of a focused curriculum dealing with >> international studies, an idea that was not popular among the crowd. >> >> "The students who go here are not interested in international business," >> social-studies teacher Lashundra Dixon said, suggesting a more vocational >> curriculum, such as nursing or mechanics. >> >> "We have students who don't need a Ph.D., they need the skills to take care >> of the kids they already have," she said. >> >> Jones stressed that no plans for a collaboration have been set in stone. But >> those present at the meeting still expressed dissatisfaction with certain >> aspects of plans to refurbish the school. >> >> The renovations to improve the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning >> systems at University City High are scheduled to begin in 2010 and will >> require that the school be shut down for two school years. >> >> Students will have be relocated during that period, which has sparked anger >> among parents, teachers and students. >> >> Patricia Wood, a junior at University City High, said ever since students >> were informed on Monday that the school would be shutting down, emotions >> have run high. >> >> "This is our community, this is our home," she said. "We look at our >> teachers like they're our family." >> >> Jones said University City High would stop enrolling ninth graders in 2009, >> so by the time the school shuts down, fewer students would have to find >> alternative schooling options. >> >> Jones said the school district is looking at which other high schools could >> temporarily house the misplaced students. >> >> The University City High that reopens in 2012 will be different in more than >> just its heating and air-conditioning capabilities. >> >> Jones said that as a part of the school district's five-year plan to reduce >> the size of high schools, University City High will only house about 400 >> students when it is reopened. That leaves open the possibility that two >> separate schools will coexist within the current building. >> >> Most of the about 100 people who attended the meeting left unsatisfied with >> the plans. >> >> "Why can't we entertain the idea of letting this thing ride out for two more >> years so no students have to be transferred?" parent Nancy Gilliam asked. >> >> >> >> >> >> > Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home > <http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom000 > 30000000001> . > > > > Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides > <http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000015> . > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1346 - Release Date: 3/27/2008 > 10:03 AM >
