Lou FCD
Posts: 5452 Joined: Jan. 2006
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(Cross posting this from the UD thread)
Lizzette Reynolds is a lying sack of Tard.
Texas Education Agency Deputy Commissioner Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds is the woman who sent the following in an email regarding Chris Comer: Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ via email) | This is highly inappropriate. I believe this is an offense that calls for termination or, at the very least, reassignment of responsibilities. |
In yesterday's Austin American-Statesman, she is interviewed and proves the old adage, "Better to remain silent and be thought a completely ignorant IDiot, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ Friday, December 14, 2007, 03:17 PM) | Were you surprised she resigned?
Yes, because I had asked her supervisor to look into the e-mail issue. But I wasn’t kept in the loop. I was at a meeting some time later when someone mentioned, “By the way, she (Chris Comer) is resigning today.” |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ via email) | This is highly inappropriate. I believe this is an offense that calls for termination or, at the very least, reassignment of responsibilities. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ Friday, December 14, 2007, 03:17 PM) | Was Comer forced out because she forwarded the e-mail?
You don’t just fire someone or force them out overnight. There are state processes in place, and you must respect them. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ via email) | This is highly inappropriate. I believe this is an offense that calls for termination or, at the very least, reassignment of responsibilities. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ Friday, December 14, 2007, 03:17 PM) | Has this episode had a chilling effect on TEA employees?
I don’t think there is a muzzle on anyone. Everyone can express their opinions — goodness knows I have many — but we are a state agency and must respect the beliefs of Catholics, atheists, Jews, Christians, Muslims, everyone. And we should all respect the fact that it is the bailiwick of the State Board of Education to write (curriculum) standards. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ via email) | This is highly inappropriate. I believe this is an offense that calls for termination or, at the very least, reassignment of responsibilities. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ Friday, December 14, 2007, 03:17 PM) | What is your position on evolution and intelligent design regarding public education?
I don’t have an opinion about it because I don’t have content knowledge, meaning that I am not a science expert or teacher. But (determining content) is not my role. When it comes to defining educational standards, that is done by our writing teams, which include teachers. Members of the writing teams are nominated by the State Board of Education, which has final authority for approving standards. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ via email) | This is highly inappropriate. I believe this is an offense that calls for termination or, at the very least, reassignment of responsibilities. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ Friday, December 14, 2007, 03:17 PM) | The TEA has received a lot of criticism, especially from scientists, who note that evolution is not a relic or abstract theory, but an important plank in the study of modern sciences and in scientific research. Were you aware of the significance of evolution?
I didn’t recognize the importance of the subject in terms of it being tagged “evolution.” I know now that it has very real importance in modern science and research. I know that it is in our TEKS, and I’ve no reason to believe it won’t continue that way. What I didn’t think about was evolution in terms of a political struggle. That took me by surprise because the science is being utilized in all our schools. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ via email) | This is highly inappropriate. I believe this is an offense that calls for termination or, at the very least, reassignment of responsibilities. |
Well, now that all doubt is most assuredly removed, we could stop there. But just for fun, let's add hypocrite to the resume:
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ Friday, December 14, 2007, 03:17 PM) | Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?
I would have alerted the proper people that something was being sent on the state e-mail. I would have said, “Let’s discuss this,” instead of giving my opinion in the e-mail. … Should I have used the words “termination” or “reassignment”? I don’t know. |
Quote (Lizzette Reynolds @ via email) | This is highly inappropriate. I believe this is an offense that calls for termination or, at the very least, reassignment of responsibilities. |
So, Chris Comer, the director of the state science curriculum, sending an email about a science issue is a termination offense, but Little Lizzy Liarpants sending out email to lobby for a hatchet job is Okely Dokely.
(HT to Dr. BA) (again) (y'know for one astronomer to be consistently up on this quicker than the bunch of biologists around here... I'm just sayin'....) (FYI)
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