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- By Jove, Someone Is Paying Attention Over In The E...
- Cut The Cameras For The Sake Of The Kids
- Does Anyone Trust Any Numbers?
- Another Validation Of The PRO By The Tribune
- Real Professionals and Parent's Suffer For Distric...
- Start Tomorrow Because of Heller
- Hot Diggity Dog Ziggity, Boom What You Do To Me
- As "They" Say, "Beneath All Is The Foundation"
- "Yes, This Place Really Is A Zoo!"
- There Is More Than One Kind Of Double Dipping To F...
- Do You Hear What I Hear?
- The Topography Of Humans. Who Knew?
- All Quiet On The Eastern Front
- FIRE - Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
- Salisbury out as Lowry Park Zoo president - Tampa ...
- Bill aims to curb Net censorship - CNET News
- How Interesting To Find Old News
- Arresting Development: Hillsborough County
- What Do Board Members Do?
- Massive Sociological Forces At Our Fingertips And ...
- Who Rang That Bell?
- Gators Are Snapping At Joseph
- "Toto" is to "dog" as "????" is to "gator"
- Who knew? "The school system is a pain in the ass."
- The No-Blog Defense Means Good PR
- Ding, Lady Justice is Done
- Florida State Statutes & Constitution :View Statut...
- ILMC vs. yipyap = Another Lesson To Be Learned
- An Introduction To The Psychology of Advocacy
- Alafia Elementary's Heller Koch To Be Remembered T...
- If You Are Looking For Some Responsible Blogging D...
- "Hillsborough County Public Schools and the Bloggi...
- Freedom From Education - Connecting The Dots
- Lessons To Be Learned
- From Collier County - A Blog That Contains A Message
- News Travels Fast
- Attack On Blogs
- District Funds To The Rescue
- Hillsborough County Is Just Buzzing To Be Slammed
- Midday Synopsis
- Alafia Countdown Continues
- Effervescent Commentary By Goader
- Wow - It Was Right There And I Missed It.
- Alafia Elementary Debacle - Preparing For Dec. 9th...
- Ms. Faliero Goes Sphere's To The Barricade
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Tampa Tribune or St. Pete Times - Race of Critiques
- TT - The School Board Is Not An E-Ticket
- TT -District 1 Candidates Clash On School Board Member Roles
- TT- Schools Chief Improves On Her Evaluation
- TT- Do We Really Care About Our Schools
- SPT-Hillsborough schools remove soda from vending machines
- SPT - Schools race needs less noise
- SPT - Ties on Hillsborough School Board tested by campaigns
- Parents Get Crash Course In Hubris 101
- Administrators Need Love, Too, I Suppose
- TT- Mother: School Took Girl's Crutches
- TT-All Students, Athletes Included, Are Entitled To School Choice
- 2 Districts Limit Athlete Transfers
- Teacher Suspended After Sex Scandal
- Retired Employee Gets Big School Contract
- Leader Of Schools Lacks Tact, Critics Say
- Put School District On A Consultant Diet
- Bids Not Rule For School Job
- Hillsborough: Suspension without rules
- Consultant's Hiring Questioned
- 2 Students Plan To Sue School District Over Handling Of Sex Scandal
- Male, Female Students Viewed Differently In Sex Scandals
- Hillsborough: School bus project in for tune-up
- School Bus Program's Test Drive Off Course
- Frazzled Nurses, Tardy Buses Push School Board To Act#comments#comments
- School Nurses' Limits Irk Parents
- Shooting Case Raises Questions About District's Credibility
- TT: Consultant: Schools Short On Nurses
- TT- School Bus Drivers' Data Falls Through Cracks In System
- TT -Letters To The Editor about the School Board
- SPT: Hillsborough: Can't they all just get along and govern?
- TT-March On Politics: Hillsborough School Board Fails Team Training - from TBO.com Breaking News
- SPT-Hillsborough: Conflict erupts on placid board
- TT-Vision Thing Too Much For 'Kumbaya' Set
- TT-District Administrators' Hirings Flunk Public Accountability Test
- TT -School Board OKs Raises; Elia Gets $16,413 More
- SPT- Maybe this wasn't the best move for Faliero
- TT-Teachers, Administrators 'Excited' Or 'Disappointed'
- SPT-Hillsborough: Porter gives up her fight to teach
- TT-Bad Behavior On School Board Will Hold Hillsborough Back
- TT: New Strategies For School Health Care
- TT-School Nurses Alarmed Over Shrinking Staff, Rising Needs
- The Gradebook | Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg Times and tbt* -Hillsborough School Board Fight
- SPT-Hillsborough: School chief gets uneven reviews from board(read comments)
- TT-School Board OKs Raises; Elia Gets $16,413 More(read comments)
- SPT- Hillsborough: School newspaper censored
- TT-School Official Calls Move Temporary
- SPT_Move May Violate State Law
- SPT - Hillsborough: Your kid's teacher? Connect the dots
- TT-Teachers, Administrators 'Excited' Or 'Disappointed'
- SPT- Maybe this wasn't the best move for Faliero
- TT: New Strategies For School Health Care
- School Nurses' Limits Irk Parents
- Bids Not Rule For School Job
Seeking the Truth - or at least try to make sense of it.
Starting in 1990, I started to become aware of a different set of standards of communication than what I was accustom to in all other areas of my life. Where was Shakespeare when I needed him. Foul was fair and fair was foul. My words were twisted from the intent of what I was trying to communicate.When I tried to hold some people accountable for what they said, I was countlessly in the middle of a misunderstanding.
After years of trying to make sense of a process that should make sense, I have come to realize it was by design. I have been told many times that I use a broad brush attack. I have been told many times that I was complaining about an isolated incident.
I will use the absurd to illustrate the absurd. Please send me the calibration device that measures the width of the brush. Please tell me how many incidents it takes to move out of category of isolated.
Feel free to comment or send me information. In other words, prove me wrong. I would welcome it. I am out of the system, but there are many others that are still in it. I know many of them are trying to make sense of it too.
After years of trying to make sense of a process that should make sense, I have come to realize it was by design. I have been told many times that I use a broad brush attack. I have been told many times that I was complaining about an isolated incident.
I will use the absurd to illustrate the absurd. Please send me the calibration device that measures the width of the brush. Please tell me how many incidents it takes to move out of category of isolated.
Feel free to comment or send me information. In other words, prove me wrong. I would welcome it. I am out of the system, but there are many others that are still in it. I know many of them are trying to make sense of it too.
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