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Pa. teacher strikes nerve with 'lazy whiners' blog
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02-16-2011, 11:29 AM
Heaven forbid any tells the truth anymore. Thoughts?



FEASTERVILLE, Pa. – A high school English teacher in suburban Philadelphia who was suspended for a profanity-laced blog in which she called her young charges "disengaged, lazy whiners" is driving a sensation by daring to ask: Why are today's students unmotivated — and what's wrong with calling them out?


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110216/ap_o...ended_blog
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Pa. teacher strikes nerve with 'lazy whiners' blog - by OffTheHook - 02-16-2011, 11:29 AM

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