Offensive anti-public school ad by Michelle Rhee's reform group

[madfloridian]

Run time: 00:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeCz_ivXT90   Posted on YouTube: July 22, 2012 By YouTube Member: studentsfirst Views on YouTube: 7703   Posted on DU: July 25, 2012 By DU Member: madfloridian Views on DU: 493

 
This is one of the most offensive, tasteless, crude ads I have ever seen. It was done by Michelle Rhee's education reform group called Students First.

Shame on that group.

From Education Weekly:

Rhee 'Olympics' Ad Sports a Questionable Message

In a new ad attempting to illustrate the decline of U.S. schools, the nonprofit advocacy group StudentsFirst, founded by former D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, plays off both the wave of excitement about the upcoming summer Olympics and the arguably overdone "fat man dances" slapstick routine.

Twitter is abuzz with both praise and disparagement of the ad, which Rhee proudly previewed yesterday on NBC's Meet the Press. "Funny and yet sad," said one proponent by tweet.

Meanwhile, blogger Gary Rubenstein, dependably critical of anything Teach For America-related (Rhee was once a TFAer), deconstructs the ad's claim that the United States has lost its "competitive edge" due to declining student achievement. And he further scorns the ad itself: "I did not find this video amusing, except for the irony that they know about as much about comedy as they do about practical education reform."

This is a woman with whom Arne Duncan has appeared numerous times and whose goals he appears to support.

[rpannier]

1. Nothing like trying to play on the anti-fat and anti-homosexual crowds

Rhee is a piece of garbage
I actually got a message back from a member of OFA that assured me that she was a small piece of the puzzle in terms of Obama's Education agenda. That he was listening to people from all perspectives equally.
I sent back an e-mail telling him he was full of it. I wanted proof.
Haven't heard back.

[madfloridian]

2. They respect Rhee more than they respect teachers.

That is the truth. I am so tired of the sugarcoating of the dismantling of public education. Yes, she is that, what you said.

[Enthusiast]

3. We must include profit in education.

Without the profit motive how will our students learn about the free market? Otherwise education is nothing but socialism. We know how that turned out. Just look at Cuba and the Soviet Union.



















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