tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178330661968922056.post393940932706949927..comments2024-03-09T03:53:10.077-05:00Comments on NYC Rubber Room Reporter and ATR CONNECT: Winning Your 3020-a Part 2: Information AdvocacyBetsy Combierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16854478415247528997noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6178330661968922056.post-30114311665900575482009-09-20T04:21:43.238-04:002009-09-20T04:21:43.238-04:00____________________________________________
REME...____________________________________________<br /><br />REMEMBER THE WATERGATE TAPES..........<br /><br />THEIR EXISTENCE CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY<br /><br />____________________________________________<br /><br />In a recent 3020a Hearing the Principal of a well known High School lied under Sworn Oath to Tell the Truth. <br /><br />When she realized by the questions she was asked under Cross Examination, that it was apparent the teacher she wanted terminated, had taped the meeting/s in question, she exclaimed with an outburst of emotionally charged outrage:<br /><br />"Why would a teacher want to tape a meeting?"<br /><br />An attorney present in the Hearing room responded with no small degree of irony:<br /><br />"We are here at a Hearing whose goal is to terminate this teacher, aren't we ?"<br /><br />Any charged Teacher who believes their word will carry more weight than the word of their school Principal is in need of a serious Reality check. Wake up and get real! <br /><br />But no DOE Witness can argue when their own words and voice are played back concerning the meeting or event/s in question.<br /><br />If you understand that no sane person neglects to carry Health Insurance, then you should understand that no DOE employee, given the present climate in New York's school system, can afford not to carry a sophisticated, quality Digital recorder.<br /><br />A forty to seventy five dollar model will more than suffice to get the job done.<br /><br />Unless of course you don't believe your Teaching career and future Pension are very important to you.<br /><br />There is a reason no member of the NYPD goes on Duty without putting on a Bullet Proof vest. For a UFT member your protective vest is what you are able to prove once you are Railroaded into a Rubber Room on ten minutes notice and eventually charged and scheduled, to present yourself at a 3020a Hearing, (several months later), where it is always an uphill fight to prove your innocence.<br /><br />If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a high quality recording is worth ten thousand words.<br /><br />Especially if you later decided to bring a Lawsuit against the NYC DOE in State or Federal Court for committing any number of crimes perpetrated against you in violation of City, State and Federal Law/s.<br /><br />The NYC Dept of Education never ceases to rely on the well known fact that very few UFT members bother to take the many precautions necessary to avoid huge financial fines and/or suspensions and even permanent Termination from their teaching careers.<br />__________________________________________DAVID PAKTERhttp://www.oldmasterportraits.comnoreply@blogger.com