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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Stop making sense

From Andrew Cuomo's campaign ad:
I want to invest $2 billion dollars to build the new technology classrooms of tomorrow. And I still believe the best education equipment is the kitchen table, and the best teacher is the parent.
-Andrew Cuomo
Needless to say, I will be voting 'No' on Proposition 3.

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4 comments:

  1. TerriWOctober 29, 2014 at 6:27 PM

    You can buy a whole lot of kitchen tables for 2 billion dollars.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 30, 2014 at 7:00 AM

    "You can buy a whole lot of kitchen tables for 2 billion dollars."

    Then you are doing it wrong(ly).

    *) 12' Mayline Corsica Conference Table: ~$3,000
    *) Aeron chairs: ~$600 each

    Figure a classroom of 30 kids (hey, everyone keeps complaining about overcrowding). Figure 4 tables and 32 chairs (we want a few spares): $12,000 + $19,200. Maybe we get a bulk discount, so $30K per classroom. Replace every five years (why? Because we can!)

    -Mark R.

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  3. lgmNovember 2, 2014 at 5:29 AM

    Thanks for posting this. I was not aware that nontech spending is allowed. My district will undoubtedly use it for building classroom space for the students who are currently in BOCES programs off campus..

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  4. HainishNovember 11, 2014 at 4:16 PM

    I think it really depends on what kind of parents sit at your kitchen table. Mine were not capable of helping me with math after grade 5 or 6, and told me as much. (Or, I should say "would not have been," since they never provided any sort of homework help before those grades.)

    (I voted no also.)

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