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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Watching his videos on Facebook... he sure uses a lot of words to say very little!

I think he uses his Facebook videos to give himself talk therapy.  He'd be better served by talking to a trained therapist rather than his cell phone camera.

Also, he says "Back in March, I went live on CNN to ask Gov. Glenn Youngkin if he agreed that there was an unspoken culture of racism and implicit bias against teachers of color in school districts nationwide."   What kind of pointless question is that?  Did he think Youngkin was going to say that there IS a culture of racism and bias against teachers of color?    Makes me think this guy is not too smart, and just wants to get his 15 secs of time at the microphone.

Another quote from his self-therapy video:

"We are never meant to be in one place forever so understand that it's important to know when it's time to go. 
 Staying in your season beyond your departure time will spoil you just like food past its expiration date.   And in order for you to be fresh and nutritious to others you serve, you have to make sure that you are not saturated and diluted and spoiled in your mind body and spirit. So it's important to know when its time to go, and when that feeling hits you, you need to dip."

I mean.....?????   He's not really representing the value of a degree from Tarleton State U.
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These are all really good points.  He's also pretty young (probably late 20's) and needed some more guidance/coaching from a more experienced teacher or principal. He doesn't seem like a bad guy, but he clearly has an agenda that needs to be left out of school and should think about his social media and other comments as a teacher and who and how it impacts others.

He seems ok as a teacher.  He certainly doesn't stand out nor do a lot of teaching.  [/quote]

He doesn’t stand out, yet he’s been on CNN,  his band has won countless awards under his leadership, and he’s managed to get the media and Superintendent involved. He’s not the only FCPS employee who’s had to deal with this discrimination. Many teachers of color have had to experience what he’s experiencing. The Annandale community has a reputation for being bigoted against teachers or color who are in leadership positions. From the comments on this topic, I can DEFINITELY SEE WHY![/quote]

If there was so much bigotry these folks would not have been put in leadership positions. Some succeed; others do not.  Same goes for white leaders (very few Asians and Hispanics are in any such positions in FCPS). [/quote]

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