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I used to be a high school teacher in the inner city. Many of my students were black. Most of my black students did the work and followed the rules. In fact I can say that with one exception, my very best students were black, most of them Haitian.
However, there was always one kid in every class who did not want to sit down, shut up and pay attention. Nor did they want to do the work needed to pass. If I asked them to conform to the rules of the classroom, I was called a racist. This happened like clockwork every year. I would fight this and I eventually win when the kid understood his racemail wasn't going to work, at which point he would get with the program.
But I got tired of fighting all the time. That's why I'm not a teacher any more. Why would I want to make no money, buy my own supplies, pay for my students' lunch when they didn't have money, tutor them after school and at lunch time, and generally work my ass off to be called a racist?
The great lesson Obama's learning -- and hopefully the left is FINALLY learning -- is that this stuff backfires. But the only way it backfires is if we stand firm and refuse to capitulate to their brownshirt tactics. So stand firm, everybody, and this, too, shall pass. Chin up, Rick. We've got your back.
And by the way, your brother Terry did a great job with the Messiah last week. He administered quite a workover, in his amiable way.
Comment Posted By CFB On 4.08.2008 @ 13:32
