Evaluate that!

Billionaires and hedge fund managers want to evaluate teachers, label teachers, rate teachers by the test scores of their students. These number crunches lack any sense of humanity.
Victor Hugo said "“To love another person is to see the face of God.”
I was a child whose father ran out, who was homeless once, and every statistic pointed to a dark future, but like that rose that grows in between the cracks I found my way to the sun. I am not special, just one of the lucky ones blessed by the helping hands of teachers, the clergy, great friends, and good neighbors who watered, fed, and nourished a soul lost in the dark. In other words, I am blessed by the people in my life.
Well those people blessing my life still feed this soul, this heart, and this walking man.
Some men crave fame, fortune, and power. I crave the the joy of giving and sharing. The best part of my teaching day is giving out cheap 10 cent plastic gold medals to children who never ever give up. I may not have the ear of the powerful, the connected, or the wealthy, but I know how to water those beautiful roses growing between the cracks. Evaluate That!
I see the face of God in the faces I meet,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner
If you want to know what the walking Man is listening to this morning? It Ben E. King's "There Is A Rose That Grows In Spanish Harlem" > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOoutJtMCi8 <
 

Indifference is not a choice in the struggle to Save Our Public Schools

Elie Wiesel said “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
We may sit by while inequality in our public schools is left unchallenged,
We may remain silent while our children, their teachers and local schools are reduced to data points,
We may be apathetic to the placing of for sale signs on our public schools,
Or you can stand up,
Speak up, and
Fight...
My name is Jesse Turner, and I have chosen to stand, speak up, and fight for our children, their parents, their teachers and their local public schools.
Still marching,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner

My song of the day by "Talking about a revolution" by Tracy Chapman
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rZbvi6Tj6E&list=PLzIABX0TGTI0rYaLFWekTzLi336LYB1QC&index=4 <

Parents, teachers & students it's time to occupy it all

Feds indict Byrd-Bennett in SUPES corruption case

http://catalyst-chicago.org/…/feds-indict-byrd-bennett-on-…/
No big surprise on Chicago CEO Byrd-Bennet's indictment people.
I woke and smelled that Ed Reform scams long ago people.
Why is there this big push to privatize our public schools?
Why is there this big push turn our public schools into charter?
Why the push to by mayors and governor to eliminate local school boards?
It has nothing to do with improving our public schools or the lives of our children. It's simple privatizing means "No Bid Contracts" for consultants, services, and purchases. It means politicians, policy makers, and their wealthy buddies can rob the public coffers without oversight, and laugh all the way to the bank.
Where do we go from here people?
We occupy America's
City halls,
Governor's Mansions,
State Legislatures,
School boards, and
Our public schools.
Whose children?
Our Children!
Whose Schools?
Our schools!
Whose tax dollars?
Our Tax Dollars!
Occupy it all,
Jesse The Walking Man Turner

If you like to know what this walking man listened to on his walk this fall morning? It was Makana's "We are the many"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3BYw4xjxE