What an entitled, elitist fool.

You ARE the 1%. Suck on it MaggieShe doesn't care what you think, nor will she ever read this.

Suck on that.

Bales killed 16 animals - baelon

Why stick up for that snoot? She doesn't give any more of a *beep* about you than she does the OP.

While the OP is retarded, you are incomprehensibly moreso.

Well, you should be thrilled now, as she is now lending her name to one of the most dishonest, anti-teacher, anti-working class (think most hard working Americans will be able to afford charter schools once they've killed off their competition? Think again) piles of corporate propaganda ever to come out of Hollywood - and that's saying something.

Until this film (the odious 'Won't Back Down'), I considered myself something of a fan of hers... No longer. By accepting this role and helping to push an absolutely false portrayal of public schools, she has revealed a great deal about herself and her true perspective.

It's certainly her right to be in any film she likes; just as it's my right to never - ever - plop down my money to see another film with which she's even remotely associated.

Dishonest corporate propaganda from people who stand to make money from privatized schools, straight down the line.

Shame on Maggie Gyllenhaal.

She made the decision to accept a big pile of cash for dishonestly dumping on hard-working, dedicated citizens.... Now she can own the consequences to her career.

Just... Gross.

While the OP is retarded, you are incomprehensibly moreso. This.


"I've been living on toxic waste for years, and I'm fine. Just ask my other heads!"

Great argument.

I am Salthead

My partner was a high school teacher for most of six years...until she realized that couldn't teach in the literal definition of the term. The education system in this country is absolutely broken. The teachers themselves are not to blame, unless one counts the false teachers that have fallen back on the union in order to effectively tenure themselves into having a do-nothing job. No-the admin and faculty are to blame, ALL of which (in our district with a population of 300k) have never actually taught, nor have a degree in education. It is not a meritocracy (like most careers) and doesn't give one sh!t about the students it educates-speaking generally, of course-but it doesn't take a weatherman to look out and see the weather, and what states say to the national government is typically the a version of 'F-k off'.

hard-working, dedicated citizens No. Once again, speaking generally.

Given her IQ of around 190 and five bachelors degrees (poly sci, history, english, education, Latin) my partner quit teaching and went back to school. she is now months away from a PhD in Adolescent Literacy, already holding certifications in both qualitative and quantitative analysis (of which she knows the math/syntax longhand and digital. Her dissertation deals specifically with race (not white guilt, she is very much chicana)-but that's with the foundation of the school system being broken. After international publications (I mean peer-reviewed, not garbage) numbering in the double digits and giving talks around the world, she's considered among the most radical in her field...and yet her numbers and research don't lie-she is too loud and stubborn to be suppressed, not to mention it's actually a more effective way to affect change as the academic community is less likely to be like, well, the rest of the population. It's willing to admit when it's wrong.

Christ, we still have states that actually allow children into a creation museum-and some people who believe this way are actually allowed to have families, make decisions for them or even in a political seat.

This is what happens when you say dishonest in this case. The story Gyllenhaal was a part of was surprisingly very valid. Any attempt to persuade another in anyway is propaganda, so in effect that's what you're doing, same as I. That is not any sort of revelation.

So unless you've got numbers that the academic community doesn't, or some sort of revolutionary experience, don't see the movie. But read up on it a little more.

I hate private schools too. Here's a thought-did you ever think about when they started showing up? Desegregation of public schools was happening around the same time. Let's think about that and try not to reach for the available arsenal.

Cheers!

'I'm going to write an epic poem about this gorgeous pie' -David Lynch, 1992

try not to use retarded as an insult. It's ignorant and cruel. It also makes you sound jr high.

suzycreamcheese RIP Heath Ledger 1979-2008