tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post8521689959395479397..comments2024-03-28T23:48:08.527-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Is Dr. Gray out at JPS? Kingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-73370969169908182152016-10-23T08:38:48.300-05:002016-10-23T08:38:48.300-05:00Well.....did KF miss the call on this one? Is it t...Well.....did KF miss the call on this one? Is it too late to place a bet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-14346940007468136832016-10-21T13:55:07.589-05:002016-10-21T13:55:07.589-05:004:38 FYI. gives a little history of naming.
http:...4:38 FYI. gives a little history of naming.<br /><br />http://www.salon.com/2008/08/25/creative_black_names/#Da Fat Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-84997944932281015962016-10-21T13:25:35.796-05:002016-10-21T13:25:35.796-05:00JPS will not change until the people responsible f...JPS will not change until the people responsible for bringing such trash as Gray change. They will just find someone else of the same character. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46708478863820660342016-10-20T17:36:10.084-05:002016-10-20T17:36:10.084-05:00All this bullshit aside, Gray needs to catch the A...All this bullshit aside, Gray needs to catch the Amtrak. It's just a matter of when and who buys the ticket. <br /><br />Then get ready for a repeat of the same. First Jayne Sergeant, not Gray. Identical twins. Feather that nest, make your friends wealthy and hit the trail. Next Up Is...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-64607642171390603742016-10-20T16:38:33.758-05:002016-10-20T16:38:33.758-05:003:24, if the ethnic sounding name is the problem w...3:24, if the ethnic sounding name is the problem why do the adults saddle their child with such a handicap?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46658286962740483072016-10-20T15:57:26.651-05:002016-10-20T15:57:26.651-05:00Mr Gray qualified? Is he an habitual bow tie wea...Mr Gray qualified? Is he an habitual bow tie wearer? If he has an affection for the bow tie, therein you have the answer.<br /><br />Never give up on the students, but the adults making the decisions is a different matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-2484476496628009912016-10-20T15:24:55.599-05:002016-10-20T15:24:55.599-05:00@10:06am
I'm not one who votes because of ski...@10:06am<br /><br />I'm not one who votes because of skin color. However, you are upset because "skin color" is all the qualification that blacks think is needed. Think about how we feel when not only "skin color" but even an ethnic sounding name is all the justification whites need to disqualify us.<br /><br />Did I feel that Dr. Gray should have been hired, NO! But I don't place all, most or even half the blame on him. Being a former teacher most of the blame goes to the adults with children. Notice I didn't say parents because you have to earn the title of parent. These adults and in some cases children with kids don't help the kids, don't show up for meetings, conferences or anything that is constructive. All they do is send the kids to school, complain that the district is not doing enough, see what they have to bring for parties and want to jump on the teachers and principals when you try to discipline their child. <br /><br />I know a teacher who taught at JPS then taught in Madison. She told me the biggest difference was that the teachers in Madison complained the parents were too involved and worried the teachers about every little thing whether important or insignificant, while you have teachers in JPS who beg for the adults with children to get involved. So it doesn't matter who's in charge because the environment outside of the school setting can undo all of the instruction taught in school. Da Fat Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-84468132309334568532016-10-20T12:56:57.938-05:002016-10-20T12:56:57.938-05:00'Many people in Jackson think skin color is th...'Many people in Jackson think skin color is the only qualification a person needs. Anything else does not matter.'<br /><br />Actually it is much worse than that. My experience working with unqualified minority firms is that they don't know themselves how bad they are at what they are trying to do. Any corrective action is see as racists. My boss, who hires them for political reasons, tells me 'They can't do XYZ. You just have to do it for them.' To which I reply - 'If no one ever makes them do their job correctly, and do it over and over until they get it right, how will they ever learn?' So they think me a racist for making them do their job properly when actually I am trying to help them learn to do it so their skin color won't matter.<br />My guess is that Gray himself thinks is at least above average, if not good, at his job. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-18313693398626201852016-10-20T12:48:49.632-05:002016-10-20T12:48:49.632-05:008:03 - Barksdale's offer was predicated on th...8:03 - Barksdale's offer was predicated on the people making the choice not being the people who make the choice. Or at least, the people making the choice had an oversight veto insuring that the choice would be a quality one. It would be nice to think that the spurned lover would come back, and I hope he does. But I'm not sure that the JPS Board is any smarter now than they were back then or the conditions that they would put on a new person would fit with Barksdale's conditions. But we can hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-45373735098805377602016-10-20T10:06:59.693-05:002016-10-20T10:06:59.693-05:00Many people in Jackson think skin color is the onl...Many people in Jackson think skin color is the only qualification a person needs. Anything else does not matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-78146056639301538872016-10-20T09:49:54.123-05:002016-10-20T09:49:54.123-05:00"The sad truth is Dr. Gray was never qualifie..."The sad truth is Dr. Gray was never qualified for his job."<br /><br />Actually, "the sad truth" is that Dr. Gray was completely qualified for the job in the eyes of 80% of Jacksonians once they learned of the pigmentation of his skin. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-70280065691584309282016-10-20T09:04:58.349-05:002016-10-20T09:04:58.349-05:00How many 'national searches' can be handle...How many 'national searches' can be handled at one time in the state of Mississippi? Send Gray to MSU and bring Cohen to JPS. Problem solved and it won't matter anyway. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87563156589405224222016-10-20T08:03:27.387-05:002016-10-20T08:03:27.387-05:00Barksdale want to pay more another total fool. Mon...Barksdale want to pay more another total fool. Money is not the issue but the people doing the hiring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com