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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 886464" data-attributes="member: 12952">Tale of Hub teacher’s job struggle stretches truth&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Uh-O! Prez fudges facts“I had a chance to meet a young man named Robert Baroz,” the&nbsp; president said at a midday news conference. “He’s got two decades of&nbsp; teaching experience. He’s got a master’s degree. He’s got an outstanding&nbsp; track record of helping his students make huge gains in reading and&nbsp; writing. In the last few years, he’s received three pink slips because&nbsp; of budget cuts. Why wouldn’t we want to pass a bill that puts somebody&nbsp; like Robert back in the classroom teaching our kids?”Two problems: Obama never met Baroz. And Baroz remains happily employed.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; It is technically true that Obama had a chance to meet Baroz.&nbsp; But the closest Baroz actually got to Obama was the front row of a Rose&nbsp; Garden press conference on the jobs bill in September, with a handful of&nbsp; other teachers. He later met with White House aides and Obama’s&nbsp; education chief, but never met the president.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 886464, member: 12952"] Tale of Hub teacher’s job struggle stretches truth Uh-O! Prez fudges facts “I had a chance to meet a young man named Robert Baroz,” the president said at a midday news conference. “He’s got two decades of teaching experience. He’s got a master’s degree. He’s got an outstanding track record of helping his students make huge gains in reading and writing. In the last few years, he’s received three pink slips because of budget cuts. Why wouldn’t we want to pass a bill that puts somebody like Robert back in the classroom teaching our kids?” Two problems: Obama never met Baroz. And Baroz remains happily employed. It is technically true that Obama had a [I]chance[/I] to meet Baroz. But the closest Baroz actually got to Obama was the front row of a Rose Garden press conference on the jobs bill in September, with a handful of other teachers. He later met with White House aides and Obama’s education chief, but never met the president. [/QUOTE]

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