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BronxTeacher: I wasn’t implying that the shooting outside my friends’ school was the same – it actually happened on the wrong timeframe to be the same incident. I wrote in response to your assertion that you’ve NEVER learned about such an incident from a student, that these things DO happen, often don’t get much attention in the news, and in my experience, don’t always lead to a massive mobilization of counseling, etc. within the schools (though when the same thing happens in wealthier communities the response is an outpouring of support… yet another injustice). In my second (of now 11) year teaching, a student was the one to inform me that his cousin had been shot in gang violence over the weekend. If anyone in the school knew, we the teachers weren’t informed. (And yes, I reported it to the school administration & counselors.) It happens.

I don’t know Ruben, nor am I a member of E4E or any other education/politics outfit. Ruben should have been more forthcoming about his E4E membership, for sure, but I think you guys have made that point. I do wonder what your goal is at this point… Character assassination? Convincing people of your own perspective? Would you write these accusations under your own names? Read all the comments here and imagine if your students did this to another student on the internet? To me it comes across as bullying. Love or hate Ruben, there’s no need for this.