Reply #15: Perfect job by Damon of rejecting the false premise [View All]

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And a lot of that as to do with having great teachers, including his mother, as he notes:

http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/word-matt-damon-at-schools-rally.html

JULY 31, 2011

Word: Matt Damon at the schools rally
Matt Damon - I was raised by a teacher. My mother is a professor of early childhood education. And from the time I went to kindergarten through my senior year in high school, I went to public schools. I wouldn't trade that education and experience for anything.

I had incredible teachers. As I look at my life today, the things I value most about myself -- my imagination, my love of acting, my passion for writing, my love of learning, my curiosity -- all come from how I was parented and taught.

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This has been a horrible decade for teachers. I can't imagine how demoralized you must feel. As I get older, I appreciate more and more the teachers that I had growing up. And I'm not alone. There are millions of people just like me.

So the next time you're feeling down, or exhausted, or unappreciated, or at the end of your rope; the next time you turn on the TV and see yourself called "overpaid;" the next time you encounter some simple-minded, punitive policy that's been driven into your life by some corporate reformer who has literally never taught anyone anything. ... Please know that there are millions of us behind you. You have an army of regular people standing right behind you, and our appreciation for what you do is so deeply felt. We love you, we thank you and we will always have your back.




Looks like reason.org (with reason.tv among its vehicles) is another of those Koch funded propaganda orgs we'll need to watch out for:

http://reason.org/trustees_and_officers/
Reason Trustees and Officers
David H. Koch
Koch Industries
New York, NY