thumbsdown THE HEADLINE: Saying goodbye

THE STORY: Middle school science teacher Janise Anderson looks back with emotion on a teaching career that ended too soon when she became one of the 338 teachers, counselors and social workers laid off by the Long Beach Unified School District.

PRESS-TELEGRAM COMMENTERS RESPOND:

 Another white teacher layed off to eventually be replaced by a spanglish speaking Hispanic teacher. / CASUAL MALE

 Those kids hugging that teacher–are they legal? / CURIOUS

 To the little girl [in the photo] on the teacher’s right: There’s really just no excuse to be that fat at your age, dear. You need to drop 15 pounds to stop looking like an ape from “george of the jungle.” Tell mommy to start shopping at Whole Foods. / ADVICE

 Yes, an old white teacher being replaced by a Latina who will teach in Spanish…get use to it America…we are within a generation, becoming a third world country. And for this teacher in sales, I hope she was not a Realtor…but, there is alway porn as a career she “mature”, it is about the only thing left for this country as a growth industry. / FRANK THE PLUMBER