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Homemade Fixer video by a school teacher

davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
edited September 2009 in The Porch
I wish I had one like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-smKUEA01bU
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,076
    Good teachers rock- thanks for posting that.

    In the description, it says: "In 2009, thousands of teachers were laid off due to budget cuts, including Jimmy Bui who won teacher of the year for Anaheim."

    Wow- how fucked up is that
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  • MrMerkinballMrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    LukinFan wrote:
    Good teachers rock- thanks for posting that.

    In the description, it says: "In 2009, thousands of teachers were laid off due to budget cuts, including Jimmy Bui who won teacher of the year for Anaheim."

    Wow- how fucked up is that
    Gives "fight to get it back again" a new meaning
  • MrMerkinballMrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    The more I think about this...the more upset I become.

    You see a teacher like that, whose passion and dedicaion has affected thousands of kids and instead of doing what he was meant to do, he is sitting at home.

    That's really unfortunate.
  • ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    What a great teacher! Mine weren't like that.

    No money for education in the UK either. :cry:
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  • PRL1JAMPRL1JAM Posts: 787
    thanks for posting that. Great song, great video, and he appears to be a GREAT teacher
  • tacettacet Posts: 323
    LukinFan wrote:
    Good teachers rock- thanks for posting that.

    In the description, it says: "In 2009, thousands of teachers were laid off due to budget cuts, including Jimmy Bui who won teacher of the year for Anaheim."

    Wow- how fucked up is that


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  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    Awesome, great teacher it seems.

    Pretty sad that someone who enjoys his job so much and helping kids can't even do it. I bet those kids looked forward to his class everyday.
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  • blacknapkinsblacknapkins Posts: 2,177
    Whatever it takes to get the kids engaged. Great video.
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  • twojawastwojawas Posts: 318
    It's way better than the official one. Seriously.
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  • joewalshdcjoewalshdc Posts: 948
    What an awesome video...hope the band members get to see it...very inspirational!!
  • joewalshdcjoewalshdc Posts: 948
    why has more people not read this thread.....
  • Backspacer_BackerBackspacer_Backer Posts: 1,023
    this upsets me too, but how many of you get out and push for levies to pass in your local areas?

    paying more taxes sucks, but having deteriorating public school systems is even worse. and it really sucks that good teachers are being let go, when we know that so many of their peers are completely incompetent (but keep their jobs due to tenure or some union related BS).
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    What an awesome video. It is very sad that he was laid off. Wish my kids had a teacher like that. I never complain about school taxes.
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  • chris32482chris32482 Posts: 213
    csickels wrote:
    this upsets me too, but how many of you get out and push for levies to pass in your local areas?

    paying more taxes sucks, but having deteriorating public school systems is even worse. and it really sucks that good teachers are being let go, when we know that so many of their peers are completely incompetent (but keep their jobs due to tenure or some union related BS).

    So true. In my town its all politics. Teachers get jobs based not on their qualifications, but who they know.
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