Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Rebel Girl informs me that our own Brooke Choo, of the Learning Center, is the go-to expert in a story on page 11 of the latest issue California Educator (put out by CTA). See below


Brooke (at right) at the H&L "new faculty" party, Sunday night

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dr. Choo has done great things with the Learning Center. She's the real deal. It's nice to see her advocating for students at this level in the state. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Roy Bauer said...

Earlier, I made reference to Brooke's car, which, evidently, to many, looks much more expensive than it actually is. She and her husband, a car enthusiast, paid $12K for the car, and he brought it up to snuff himself. Sheesh.

Anonymous said...

She's great.

Anonymous said...

Just curious. What happened to the "hot wheels" component of this thead? Why were insightful posts deleted? One poster pointed out that it was unfair that a teacher would be driving around in such a flashy, expensive car, on a teacher's sallary. Also that if one has such a luxury, they're probably not paying their fair share in taxes.

Roy Bauer said...

11:06, you are lazy. Read the comments before your own.

Roy Bauer said...

It continually amazes me how stupid and irresponsible some readers are. Earlier, a reader inferred that Brooke is rich and/or has expensive toys simply because she drives an old Lotus. In fact, she and her husband spent $12K on the car, a fixer-upper. He is an automobile enthusiast (which connects with his work). At any rate, a "debate" ensued concerning her ownership of the car. Absurd.

Anonymous said...

So, taking 11:06's point a bit further, we can infer that he also believes that all the Mercedes owners clogging the 405 are not paying their "fair share" in taxes.

But of course the dweeb does not believe that, as this sort of poster does not have any problem with the excesses of the rich. But if a teacher dares to drive cool car, well, then she does not know her place.

Anonymous said...

Roy, it wasn't about your summation. It was about you deleting insightful comments in an effort to again "control" the debate. You initially put it out there and it was fair game. Nobody cares about how said assets were aquired (excuses), just that they are owned and flaunted by a teacher. It therefore raises the fair share question, something your side has been obsessed with, but only if it involves those you educators don't like, i.e. investors and speculators.

Anonymous said...

I really don't know what the f*k 12:47 is babbling about.

The "fair share" question?
"Flaunting"?
"Obsessed with"?
"Investors and speculators"--as if these designations are the same?

This should be deleted just for its basic stupidity.

Anonymous said...

1:08, that's because Roy deleted content. You should know anyway. It's today's rhetoric of the left. Class envy, class warfare. What? it can't apply to over paid teachers?

Anonymous said...

Please take your Frank Luntz talking points and shove them. Every time there's a new right wing phrase, we generally know where it came from. Like "job killers," etc.

Are you saying you're envious of overpaid teachers? What about overpaid hedge fund managers?

Douchebag.

Roy Bauer said...

Do I have to explain everything? Owing to the stupidity of at least one reader, absurd speculation occurred concerning one instructor's spending habits. Naturally, that made that instructor very uncomfortable (think!). I deleted the original stupid comment--which left many other comments dangling without meaning or context, and so I deleted the whole discussion. I was not motivated by notions of class warfare; I was responding to someone being uncomfortable with the discussion my writing had instigated. Good grief. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Anonymous said...

I like how the fact that she drives a $12,000 car (cheaper than that of most of the cars in our *student* parking lots at IVC) has overshadowed the content of the article which is that she's advocating at the state level during this time of budget cuts for much needed funds for students with disabilities. So she's trying to fight for the underrepresented and economically disadvantaged...but yet the argument turned back to the good ol' standby of, let's blame teachers for the budget crisis.

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