Open Thread

Ditto – our “fringe” nabes are more like Greenwood, Windsor Terrace, South Slope (3rd avenue) Red hook
my husband grew up in Park Slope and is having seperation anxiety about leaving the area -haha

THL – cool and thanks!

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G10 that’s great news!!

Six, when I was in school we had that giant American Presidents banner that wrapped around the top of the classroom. He IS our President. He’s not just some politician currently running for office. That I would be opposed to. President Obama is part of America’s History.

That’s a very balanced view, sixyears. I agree entirely (apart from the fact that I did not vote for Obama).
I don’t think it’s right for educators of any political persuasion to decorate their classrooms with pictures of contemporary political figures in a promotional manner. And yes, I would say that about politicians whom I support as well.

Biff, no, this is pure preference on the part of educators. Bush’s picture was never up anywhere. The NYC DOE did have a special arrangement with ABC to view the inaugural live in all schools, which I can understand as it was a historic event. That said, they would not have done it had McCain won, and they f&*^ed up the transmission anyway in half the city’s schools.

Though I voted for, admire, and support Obama, I don’t think his picture should be up in schools, as in most cases it’s a result of teachers’ personal biases. In general the number of pictures, t-shirts, etc. of him makes me a bit uneasy – it seems more appropriate to dictatorships and monarchies. Nobody went around wearing Clinton shirts, and I’ve only seen one ironic Reagan shirt in my life (Reagan as Che – “Viva la Reagan Revolucion!”). Then again, perhaps I saw too many pictures of Great Leaders when I lived in the Middle East.

On the other hand, some students may be slightly more inspired each day if they saw President Obama’s face in their classroom, and it’s nice to see a genuine communal feeling of support for him across the usual lines of covert race/class warfare.

gemini, theres a little brick house with original details for sale on Guernsey St. in the historic district of greenpoint asking $799K. I’m sure you could get much lower. see greenpointproperties dot com.