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.
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