tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post5807333133732190041..comments2024-03-28T05:52:13.519-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Anson Burlingame is an idiot; the Joplin School Board race is not about meRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-63799468994259801422015-05-30T14:53:29.690-07:002015-05-30T14:53:29.690-07:00It's truly amazing to me how people who aren&#...It's truly amazing to me how people who aren't teachers (such as Anson Burlingame) try to tell teachers how to do our jobs. The reason the United States has lower achievement scores than countries like Finland, South Korea, and China is primarily because education is the top priority to families in those countries. It is NOT the top priority to most families in the U.S.; in fact, it'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-59060881618157208882014-01-03T05:37:33.053-08:002014-01-03T05:37:33.053-08:00This is from Anson Burlingame, the idiot.
First I...This is from Anson Burlingame, the idiot.<br /><br />First I take no real offense at the title of your blog, Randy. I have been called far worse on other blogs. And for sure I never expect full agreement with anything that I write publicly. So fire away whenever you feel compelled to do so.<br /><br />The real crux of the issue in the upcoming BOE election is stated rather clearly in my columnAnson Burlingamehttp://ansonburlingame.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-89493704409119594682014-01-01T17:30:13.025-08:002014-01-01T17:30:13.025-08:00While I agree with your premise that the election ...While I agree with your premise that the election is not about your dismissal, and agree with your list of actual issues, I see no need for name calling. Fanning electoral flames with incivility and obvious disrespect should be left to our esteemed national leaders and their lapdogs. I would think your agenda, whatever it may be, would be better served by continuation of your fact finding and itsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-10233948578520492532014-01-01T16:46:29.528-08:002014-01-01T16:46:29.528-08:00Thank you, Mr. Turner, for pointing out a few of t...Thank you, Mr. Turner, for pointing out a few of the more pressing issues concerning the Board of Education race this winter. To add to that, you could add lagging student test scores, unreported investigations, the alterations to the building plans for the new schools...<br /><br />The issues are overwhelming, to say the least, and to reduce them to whether or not potential board members could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com