REVEALED: The New York Post Inhales Vigorously!

Lately I have been providing links to different blogs for sports information. This allows me to make snarky comments and offer my perspective. I am not a reporter. I will never be a reporter. And it is not my job to report sports stories to you. I will provide the articles and give you my opinion.

For the most part, I get my sports articles from www.prosportsdaily.com. They also post links to articles from different sources. Remember telephone in elementary school? Yeah, this is similar. But this system lacks a screwed up ending.

Anyway, as I was perusing prosportsdaily.com, I noticed that they had an article about the Knicks and the possibility of Baron Davis taking over Jeremy Lin’s starting job. Naturally, I clicked on the link and gave it a read. Before I shared it with all of you, I realized that it was from the devil’s newspaper – ‘The New York Post.’

Recently the New York Post released NYC public school teacher “grades.” Hands down, this was the most inane headline and article combo that I have seen in my paper reading history. The front of the “paper” was absolutely disgusting. It was an all black background with the entire page covered in this…”REVEALED: TEACHER GRADES.” Ah, yes, because nothing else is worth reporting? Corporate greed? Corrupt politicians and decision-makers? Wars? Nothing?

Poverty is pretty high in the United States. Blame teachers. People are homeless. Blame teachers. Crime is prevalent all over the US. Blame teachers. This is ridiculous. Blame someone else. We do our best. We work exceptionally hard. Education is a thankless job and I am sick of being a scapegoat.

Wait, I am not done. This NY Post garbage is nothing more than a defamation of the character of most teachers listed. There are so many variables in the equation when it comes to determining the success of a teacher or school. Most of these variables are excluded when calculating this mess.

Although parts of my school are not included in these reports due to alternate assessment, I know a lot of teachers that were included in the reports. And let me tell you – these people care. I see them outside of school and I see their passion. I see Mike work three hours a night at home perfecting a lesson plan. People do not get into teaching for a cushy job, especially in the NYC public schools. Teachers here care. Teachers here want to make a difference (pardon the cliché). And I think I can speak on behalf of everyone I know in this industry – LEAVE US ALONE.

New York Post, I WILL NOT SHARE YOUR ARTICLE. I wish I could unread it. Oh, how did you “writers” learn to read and write? Teachers.