“Nice White Lady” (video): The Answer for Failing Schools?

Thursday, 4 December 2008 Clay Burell Print This Post

Found linked in a recent WaPo article, “Should Teachers Ignore Poverty’s Impact?”

Just a bit of fun, because I hope this isn’t the serious viewpoint of the “accountability” fetishists out there. Enjoy a few laughs watching the Nice White Lady’s Burden:

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10 Responses to ““Nice White Lady” (video): The Answer for Failing Schools?”

Morgante Pell writes:
No. 1 — December 4th, 2008 at 6:03 am
L.O.L.

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Clay Burell Reply:
December 9th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
The sharpening the gun-barrels was classic, and so was the “gun?…pen?” bit.

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Morgante Pell Reply:
December 9th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Yes, definitely satire at its best.

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Daniel Kim writes:
No. 2 — December 6th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
this is like a comedic version of the movie “Freedom Writers”!

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Clay Burell Reply:
December 9th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Satire’s good stuff, Daniel. (Nice to see you, btw.)

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Ross Martin writes:
No. 3 — December 6th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
How funny, yet how true to life that is. As a teacher I’ve met too many white middle class people who think they can change the world, as if it’s some kind of mission, to save the ‘others’. At my last school most of the trainee teachers couldn’t handle the kids names.. too ‘ethnic’ for them.

Thanks for sharing the vid, I will have a wry smile on my face all day. And try to rpetend I’m not another white middle class teacher on a mission!

Ross Martins last blog post..Camp Pictures (and not a feather boa in sight)

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Clay Burell Reply:
December 9th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Ross, I feel so discriminated against. I’m a Nice White Man, after all.

Maybe I should sit down and write about it.

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Don Berg writes:
No. 4 — December 9th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I recently decided to make it a point to watch school movies. So far I have watched Freedom Writers, Stand and Deliver, Blackboard Jungle and To Sir, With Love.

All new teachers.
All inner city schools
Teachers race: two white, one latino, one black
Teacher Gender: Three male, one female
Teacher Class: One upper class, two middle class, one lower.
Students: all inner city “hoodlums” in dire poverty and live with violence
Cities: New York, London, Los Angeles

Two are based on true stories, both true stories are from L.A. in the 80′s and 90′s.
The two fictional ones are from the 50′s and 60′s. the true stories were the lower class male latino math teacher and the upper class white female English teacher (the nice white lady.)

I enjoyed the satire, nonetheless.

Don Bergs last blog post..Illusion Series: Illusions About Our Global Society

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Ali J writes:
No. 5 — January 20th, 2009 at 7:08 am
Yes, I feel discriminated against… evidently as a white middle class female I’m not worthy of being taken seriously, despite my qualifications and experience! I don’t want to change the world, I just don’t want my opportunities to be hindered by the way I look. Discrimination is a two way thing… it’s a shame it is always so one-sided!

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