Whitney Tilson Blows It Again

[SoBronxSchool]

Hedge fund manager and education deformer Whitney Tilson never learns when to keep his mouth closed. I swear he is an attention whore. He is also a putz.

http://southbronxschool.blogspot.com/2010/12/whitney-tilson-blows-it-again.html

Would there be a sound if a tree falls in the forest and Whitney Tilson is under that tree? In fact would anyone care? Every time I read Whitney's emails I can;t help but think of Tommy and "See Me, Feel Me." This caustic desperation for attention that Whitney is so desperately seeking, so desperately lacking.

In fact I hate to say it, in one of today's email from Whitney, I agree with him about something he wrote. Yes, a clock is always correct twice a day, and Ruben Brosbe can use the bathroom my himself.

In The New York Times of December 26, 2010, Sharon Otterman writes that it is far from an exact science of rating teachers using value added assessment. Whitney, in his email goes on to say, "That value-added systems are far from perfect and must be improved, and also need to be used with care when evaluating teachers." Hey, way to go Whitney. All right. I had a smile on my face. Perhaps he found religion. Or perhaps after years of searching interstate rest area rest rooms he came (pardon the pun) across that perfect companion and was in a joyous mood.

Unfortunately reality knocked came a knockin'. I read on, "But we mustn’t let perfection be the enemy of the good," Whitney blabbered. Perfection is the enemy of good? God is perfect, so can we therefore claim that God is the enemy of all that is good? But Whitney blustered more, "Even if the system can only correctly identify the very worst teachers, that’s REALLY (Whitney's emphasis) valuable given the damage such teachers do to children."

[RandomThoughts]

1. I often have pondered why some people would want attention.

Maybe some of it is actually the concept of a wrong being seen to correct it, so not about attention for the individual.

[SoBronxSchool]

2. No Wrong

Tilson is a classic attention whore. Tilson does not have an altruistic bone in his body. He only is involved in education deform for the $$$$$$.

[RandomThoughts]

3. Wasn't talking about that guy.

Was talking about the function not the data. Thinking on why some get attention. Either to help society with better thoughts, or to show some problems in society. Sorta makes sense in concepts of many things for those two reasons to exist for people getting attention.

Then people have to figure which one it is.

[Starry Messenger]

4. k&r

I see Grundfest commented at the link. If Whitney Tilson loves children then I am the Duchess of Devonshire.

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5. Strange As It May Be......

I actually like Grundfest. At least he had the balls to appear on my radio show twice. All the other deformers run when I attempt to get them to appear. He's misinformned, but wouldn't mind having a beer or two with him.