| 00:00:00 | UP FOR THEIR HUGS EVERY MORNING. |
| 00:00:06 | AND THE THING IS, WE'RE GETTING THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE HER COMING INTO THE URBAN SCHOOLS NOWADAYS. |
| 00:00:17 | THE TROUBLE WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF THEM. |
| 00:00:20 | A LOT OF THEM QUICK IN THREE YEARS AND WHEN I ASK THEM WHY BECAUSE I GET HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS EVERY MONTH FROM TEACHES LIKE THIS WHOM I ENCOURAGED TO GO INTO THESE CLASSROOMS. |
| 00:00:32 | I SAY WHY ARE YOU QUITTING? |
| 00:00:34 | AND THEY NEVER BLAME THE CHILDREN 'CAUSE THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH THE KIDS. |
| 00:00:41 | THEY ALWAYS SAY IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS OBSESSIVE, CRAZY TESTING MANIA THAT'S BEEN FORCED DOWN OUR THROATS WHICH IS THE LAW NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND WHICH IS THE WORSE SINGLE PIECE OF EDUCATION LEGISLATION I'VE SEEN IN MY LIFETIME. |
| 00:01:04 | BUT ANYWAY TEACHERS HATE IT BECAUSE IT STIPULATES EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF THE SCHOOL DAY SO THAT IF SOMEBODY LIKE FRANCESA WANTS TO COME AND READ THE CHILDREN A MARVELOUS POEM THAT SHE READ THE NIGHT BEFORE OR GET OFF TRACK A LITTLE BIT AND LET ONE OF THE CHILDREN TELL HER A WONDERFUL STORY THERE'S THAN SWORD ABOVE HER HEAD. |
| 00:01:31 | DON'T DO THAT. YOU'RE WASTING TIME. |
| 00:01:32 | THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP TO PUMP THE TEST SCORES. |
| 00:01:37 | YOU SEE? |
| 00:01:38 | SO, UNFORTUNATELY -- I MEAN, SHE STUCK IT OUT FOR EIGHT YEARS BUT A LOT OF THESE TEACHERS ARE QUITTING WITHIN THREE YEARS AND IT'S A TERRIBLE LOSS TO THE CHILDREN BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO QUIT, IF THEY SAY -- IF THEY CONTINUE TO TEACH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY END UP? |
| 00:01:55 | IN THE BEST SUBURBAN SCHOOLS WHERE THEY CAN -- WHERE THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE THEIR SOULS, YOU KNOW? |
| 00:02:04 | >> Host: YOU LOST AN EARLY JOB BY BRINGING LANGSTON HUGHES -- AND I GUESS I BRING IT UP BECAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT FRANCESA BRINGING UP THESE THINGS MAYBE SHE JUST READ LAST NIGHT OR SOMETHING THAT SHE ENJOYED. |
| 00:02:14 | CAN SHE DO THAT NOW AND YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO BRING LANGSTON HUGHES INTO THE CLASSROOM THAT MANY YEARS AGO. |
| 00:02:20 | >> Guest: IT'S EVEN WORSE NOW. |
| 00:02:22 | THESE STANDARDS ARE SO -- IN |
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