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| Where are the kids? |
As a teacher in Indiana, I’m very interested in who is
elected to run the Department of Education. That person is, in essence, my
boss. I have been impressed with Glenda
Ritz and her ability to fight for our students and our teachers through some
pretty ridiculous circumstances. Despite
these circumstances she has produced visible results throughout the state and
she is to be commended.
In the interest of fairness (and a bit of curiosity), I
decided to take a look at what Dr. Jennifer McCormack had to say. I checked out her website and looked at her
Facebook and Twitter feeds. After doing
that, I decided to write her a letter about what I found. I posted it to her Facebook wall and I sent
it to her campaign’s email address. Here
it is:
Dear Dr. McCormack,
I wanted to make myself more familiar with your platforms and your
intentions if elected to become State Superintendent. I am a music teacher in Central Indiana, so
I’m very interested in getting to know a potential “boss.” I looked at your Facebook page, your Twitter
feed and you website.
Here’s the thing…In almost every picture I see you in and almost every post
you make, you aren’t in the classroom. You aren’t even in a school. You are not talking to teachers. You are schlepping around the state of
Indiana attending Lincoln Day dinners and begging GOP delegates to vote for
you.
I looked at your website so that I could find out more about why you think
you would be a good superintendent. I didn't find anything other than
incoherent whining and grammatical errors. Also, bad website formatting.
For a lady who wants to take the politics out of education, you sure are
spending a lot of time hanging out with adults who have nothing to do with
teaching. That's curious to me. Maybe slightly hypocritical, too.
I also noticed that the people you surround yourself with used to hang out
with Tony Bennett. A word of advice: that's a bad idea in this state. You
should know that too, since the school system you currently work for was
screwed by Bennett's policies just as badly as most of the rest of us were.
I will give you one compliment: I like those boots you wear with most of
your outfits. Classy, yet sassy. Bravo.
Sincerely,
Ben Yoder
I don’t know if she’ll read the letter or not and I really don’t expect her
to return any correspondence to me.
She’s probably too busy sucking up every dime that’s not nailed down and
rubbing elbows with the GOP trying to mount an attack on Glenda Ritz. I get that.
After seeing what Dr. McCormick is selling though, I’m not buying. But I do like her boots.
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| "But I do like her boots." |
About our contributing blogger: Ben Yoder is a middle school music teacher in Central Indiana. He is a proud Indiana State Teachers Association member and is committed to furthering the cause of public education for students all across the state of Indiana and beyond.
