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11. I think it refers to anyone who is trying to reform the current system.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 09:42 AM
Feb 2013

You probably should ask them though.

There is a lot of anger toward Bill Gates specifically. There are companies that see that there is a lot of money in the education system, and those companies are trying to go in and scoop up that money. They feel that these companies are misrepresenting the current state of education in this country to get citizens to get behind the reform efforts. Of course it isn't appropriate to claim that this is the position of all educators, but several people have told me that.

Apparently I use a lot of 'code words' that the reformers use. I've told them that I'm just a parent and former student who feels that the system has failed them, but they seem to feel that the system is good now and should not be tampered with.

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