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  1. By DeadCatBounce on October 26, 2010 3:19 PM

    The SEC actively discouraged enforcement of securities law under Christopher Cox, Bush’s choice for Big Boss at the commission……For example, cases of naked short selling.”

    Oh come on, you’ve gotta be kidding me. No chairman of the SEC has ever “actively discouraged the enforcement of the securities laws,” and anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to play politics. The SEC has limited resources and the enforcement of the US federal securities laws is a MASSIVE task. They have to make resource allocation decisions all the time. Unfortunately they don’t always decide well, but that’s a different issue.

  2. “almost all teachers I know are seemingly dedicated. But after so many years of different management initiatives they become frustrated – not being able to teach as they believe is best – but being dictated by whatever trendy method the current/new administration (by way of public) thinks is ‘in’ this year.”

    Welcome to the world of work. Think it’s any different in the private sector?

  3. I’ve heard complaints about everything from unreasonable expectations given the students they’re working with to the additional requirements placed on them by participating in the teaching programs. They all ended up burnt out.

  4. “lmost all teachers I know are seemingly dedicated. But after so many years of different management initiatives they become frustrated – not being able to teach as they believe is best – but being dictated by whatever trendy method the current/new administration (by way of public) thinks is ‘in’ this year.

    I am concerned about that issue myself!

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