tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875848404510517685.post4394506327708141908..comments2016-03-16T21:26:00.042-04:00Comments on More Thoughtful: I come not to bury Cathie Black...well...ummm...maybe I doCeolafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15038872543333554227noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875848404510517685.post-89653953760530331902010-12-03T04:48:41.829-05:002010-12-03T04:48:41.829-05:00It's hard to argue with that. As an aside, I&...It's hard to argue with that. As an aside, I'd also add that a real chancellor needs to represent the interests of the children who attend public schools, rather than simply those of the mayor. Otherwise all you have is a puppet, a position for which indeed requires fewer qualifications.<br /><br />I'll never forget listening to NPR one morning, hearing Joel Klein bitterly condemn state budget cuts, and moments later comment, on city budget cuts, something like, oh well, no one likes cuts but you just have to deal with them. There was no doubt his priorities were not those of schoolchildren.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875848404510517685.post-73856284496661598522010-12-02T22:02:23.069-05:002010-12-02T22:02:23.069-05:00Thank you for bringing us back to the point. The a...Thank you for bringing us back to the point. The argument never should have been that Black has no educational experience, but that she has no other obvious qualities or experience that would make up for it. I am utterly ashamed of the 28 or so "powerful women" who supported this nomination -- whether they intended it or not, they essentially made it sound like they supported Black ONLY because she is a woman! Mayor Bloomberg is an arrogant despot serving an illegal (by even his own words) third term. There is nothing about this that even remotely reeks of being for the public good.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397417568054080142noreply@blogger.com