Log in Subscribe

Letter: Mayoral Blessing

ROBERT BERGER
Posted 10/11/13

Are you smarter than a seventh grader? Here’s a possible amendment to the Bloomberg question on the city English Language Arts test (“Seventh-Grade Test Question on Bloomberg’s Career Worries Teachers, Parents,” Daily News, Oct. 3): “Getting fired from a Wall Street job was a blessing for Mayor Bloomberg because he dusted himself off, started his own business, and became one of the richest men in America. However, it was a curse for public education because he developed an irrational belief that the best way to help kids is to fire Teachers.”

If Dennis Walcott really cannot understand why a student would be reluctant to answer the original question in this way, he is no more qualified to be Schools Chancellor than Cathie Black.

This item is available in full to subscribers.

Please log in to continue

Log in