You see Cantor's new gig is working for the 74, the reformy website initiated by self-styled education expert Campbell Brown. Evidently Brown, who now works for Facebook, has turned over the reformy reins. I mean, someone has to spread the word about the perfidy of those of us who choose to spend our lives helping children, and I guess it's his turn.
I wondered who else Cantor would reach out to. I didn't have to wonder long.
@TeacherArthurG Can I speak briefly w/you about dues?— david cantor (@cantorrac) October 10, 2017
Well, what can you say to that?
You just did. I have no more to say on the topic. But it was an enjoyable conversation. Enjoy the 74! https://t.co/OJ4W2pqM0Z— Arthur Goldstein (@TeacherArthurG) October 10, 2017
I mean, really, he talked to me. That's what he asked to do. What more could he want? I mean, I guess I could have told him some nonsense about dues. But honestly, here's what I think about union dues--they're like taxes. I'm paying my share.
Now if I didn't pay taxes, someone else would have to pay my share. In fact, that's kind of how America works. Rich people are so sensitive, if you touch them they'll probably break. That's why rich people pay so little in taxes. Cantor's old boss, Joel Klein, has doubtless raked in truckloads of cash working for Rupert Murdoch, and he needs do keep it. That's why we can't have universal health care. That's why we can't have a living wage. That's why college is unaffordable for so many of our students. Maybe Cantor has tons of cash too. Who knows? Reforminess tends to pay well, certainly better than teaching.
Anyway, because the rich people are so awfully sensitive, they need to siphon off funds from public schools, Thus they establish Moskowitz Academies where kids pee their pants rather than sacrifice one moment of test prep. (You know, because tests are way more important than basic biological functions.) Thus they establish cyber charters where maybe kids show and maybe they don't.
In any case, Cantor was not 100% satisfied with my answer:
It wasn’t so enjoyable but I understand.— david cantor (@cantorrac) October 10, 2017
Well, not everything can be enjoyable, I guess.
Working under you and Klein wasn't that enjoyable for 100,000 UFT members. But I understood. That's why you get no story from me. https://t.co/TOV6MtIavh— Arthur Goldstein (@TeacherArthurG) October 10, 2017
I mean jeez, talk about sleeping with the enemy. There's a court case called Janus designed to obliterate union and I've got reformies contacting me asking me to help them do it. My guess is he'll find some E4E type ready to demand more work for less pay. It's all about the children and that's why I'm willing to work 200 hours a week, be on call on my charter school cell phone until one AM, get up at four to go to PD, and get fired for no reason because I have no union.
Make no mistake, that's precisely the life the reformies have in mind for not only us, but our children as well.
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