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Government teacher at East Ridge High School in Clermont /.../ sent the Florida Senate President a packet of nearly 100 letters – all of them opposing merit pay for teachers – which his students had written as a class assignment. In a cover letter, the teacher claimed that he had presented the bill (S.B. 6) to the students with “a neutral connotation.” And the teacher also expressed “total amazement” that every single one of his students wrote a letter opposing merit pay.
Yet, included in the packet – no doubt by accident – was the teacher’s actual assignment, which included “talking points” against S.B. 6 that had been copied from a memo (also enclosed) written from the teachers unions’ perspective. No arguments in support of S.B. 6 were included with the assignment. So, it was no great surprise that the students’ letters echoed the arguments found in the union’s “talking points” memo – sometimes word-for-word.
Сколь многому может научить ввереных ему молодых людей такой учитель!
Yet, included in the packet – no doubt by accident – was the teacher’s actual assignment, which included “talking points” against S.B. 6 that had been copied from a memo (also enclosed) written from the teachers unions’ perspective. No arguments in support of S.B. 6 were included with the assignment. So, it was no great surprise that the students’ letters echoed the arguments found in the union’s “talking points” memo – sometimes word-for-word.
Сколь многому может научить ввереных ему молодых людей такой учитель!
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