tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post601829330124592825..comments2024-03-08T00:17:09.224-08:00Comments on The Daily Grind: If teachers were athletes...Mr. McNamarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-22677480313966033872009-02-24T03:21:00.000-08:002009-02-24T03:21:00.000-08:00Yeah, about that fat paycheck...Yeah, about that fat paycheck...Mr. McNamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-85863385894527358412009-02-23T20:27:00.000-08:002009-02-23T20:27:00.000-08:00"Continue" earning a fat paycheck??? Where did you..."Continue" earning a fat paycheck??? Where did you say you were working, and do they need an old and stupid.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-47730149139217094382009-02-23T14:17:00.000-08:002009-02-23T14:17:00.000-08:00Joe, while I agree with you that we ought not rail...Joe, while I agree with you that we ought not rail against athletes and other public figures my greater point is that a teacher who messes up can't just throw a few "I was young and stupids" and continue earning a fat paycheck. On the baseball side of the issue, I don't care if A-Rod took steroids; they clearly haven't helped him hit a homerun when it actually matters!Mr. McNamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-60528034112388293892009-02-23T08:18:00.000-08:002009-02-23T08:18:00.000-08:00I've thought about this stuff a lot. Like Alex Ro...I've thought about this stuff a lot. Like Alex Rodriguez, I've been young and stupid--I've since grown out of the young part. Luckily, my stupidity doesn't have to live in the public limelight and I don't have to recount my mistakes as a teacher unless I choose to do so.<BR/>I dislike our smug willingness to throw stones and to rationalize it (he's getting all that money, he's made himself a public figure, he's an a-hole, etc.). We get to hide behind our smallness where we are rarely made to answer publicly for our bad choices. In fact, if we're not caught, we don't even have to admit them to ourselves. It would make me happy if everyone who expressed an opinion publicly about another person's indescretions would have to first list their own most shameful deeds and be subjected to public strutiny for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-49552963322854207662009-02-18T18:22:00.000-08:002009-02-18T18:22:00.000-08:00Well, that's really what it's all about...being yo...Well, that's really what it's all about...being young and stupid. As long as you admit to that, you can do anything you want to. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-2713603790487467982009-02-18T14:16:00.000-08:002009-02-18T14:16:00.000-08:00Hey, did you know he was young and stupid?Hey, did you know he was young and stupid?Mr. McNamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-61417862613100421182009-02-18T13:08:00.000-08:002009-02-18T13:08:00.000-08:00Nice. I saw about 2 minutes of that presser yeste...Nice. I saw about 2 minutes of that presser yesterday and nearly vomited in my mouth listening to his half-baked explanations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com