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Related: About this forumStoning Teachers Raises Some Eyebrows
Los Angeles When nineteen-year-old Marsha Felton of Santa Monica heard about a concert honoring teachers, she wanted to go. After all her mother Jane is a public school teacher. This may account for why she was so angry when she came across an on-line advertisement for Teachers Rock. "I couldn't believe what I was reading. It just seemed wrong.
What bothered Ms. Felton lies in the fine print at the bottom of the concert promotion. Alongside food and tee-shirt vendors is listed an entertainment booth entitled "Rock-a-Teacher. Further description reads, Like an old fashioned dunking booth only better. Live teachers. Real stones. Cmon, you know youve always wanted to.
Marsha was shocked. I read it over and over again." She began to spread her rage, as so many do, by sending a Tweet that linked to the advertisement and read, "Teachers Rock=Rocks@Teachers.
Almost as quick as you can say, publicity gaffe, Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, began to rally her troops. "This is outrageous!" was the opening salvo in a daunting and unrelenting number of emails sent from Weingarten's Twitter account complaining about the planned stoning. Concert producers Walmart and Walden Media and CBS, which is supposed to broadcast the concert later this month, have been swamped with vitriolic communications from labor leaders and their constituents demanding the booth be removed. I will nevr by yr resnbly priced scool supplies again, threatened @CheapTechr in a Tweet directed at Walmart.
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1monster
(11,012 posts)and his mother Lindy Groban for speaking out against this. Also for Streep and Groban refusing to take part in it if the stoning teachers booth remained in the program. Lindy Groban wants Josh to pull out altogether because the program supports charter school chains.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)It was so disappointing to learn she was supporting this.
1monster
(11,012 posts)Streep and Groban. Davis was not mentioned.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)and was very supportive of the school when the entire staff was fired a couple years ago.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)I'm seriously sick (ill) over these right-wing hatchet jobs. It's absolutely fascist propaganda, which is underscored by what they felt would be amusing entertainment. I wish the SAG members who star in these films would take a hard look at what they are promoting.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)If anyone here hasn't yet seen The Inconvenient Truth About Waiting for Superman, message me. I can get you a free copy. It's a must see. Made by teachers.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)I believe I read somewhere they're going to make another one. Maybe in response to the new one from walden films, not sure.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)They talked about it at the AFT convention. I think they said they had already started filming, or would soon.
Thanks for the link.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)It was excellent. I'm glad to hear there is a new film in the offing. Yay!
LWolf
(46,179 posts)proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)I hear they canceled the stoning activity.