Educating the Education System
Kudos to the writer for this feature: This article is so amazingly comprehensive and historically accurate ["Mission Improbable," Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, feature, 12/10]. Rodriguez's deep knowledge of CCSF and its contribution to our education and enrichment as citizens and students is unlike anything I've ever read in a newspaper.
His grasp from years of reporting on CCSF yields incredible insights: especially useful are the historical facts about the California Master Plan for Education, which has been pivotal for the success of California as an educated, cultured community. The fight to ration education is so disturbing, especially given that we know it is the best investment we can make as a society to our well-being.
Thank you for publishing such a comprehensive article.
Native Californian/CCSF Student
Rules aren't made to be broken: Excellent report, but CCSF has to close. A rule is a rule. A rule is to be followed. CCSF has diverged in its mission over the years. Now is the time to change it back to be in line with other community colleges.
Guest
Hoping for a prosperous future for CCSF: CCSF has been invaluable as a stepping stone for higher education for low income students (as a cost effective solution for those that are returning back into the work force), a second chance for the late bloomer high school students, and most of all the opportunity to test the waters for a vocation before commitment of exorbitant tuition or fees for professional training. Losing CCSF would be a clear signal to our community that it is losing the spirit of what is San Francisco. If mismanagement is the issue, restructure. At the end, defining which niche CCSF is intended for is obvious: It is for the community of San Francisco, and that community happily is composed of a broad-base population.
Guy M.
Protesting Vs. Looting
Protest peacefully, and without breaking the law: The moment a protest turns into destruction of private and public property and the blocking of public access, it loses its credibility — it stops being about the cause and becomes about the protesting ["Ordered Mayhem," Rachel Swan, News, 12/10]. People have the right to protest, but they don't have the right to destroy businesses or block highways, freeways, and streets.
SFNative
Blog Comments 0x000Aof the Week
The CHP officer should have identified himself: Police must provide a badge and identification, especially while brandishing a firearm in plain clothes at the general public ["Undercover CHP Officer Points Gun at Oakland Protesters," Rachel Swan, The Snitch, 12/11]. Without that who is to say that this wasn't a random protester with an illegal weapon committing major felonies?
Anonymous
Another reader points to the danger this situation caused: It doesn't seem like a very smart idea on behalf of the CHP. Armed plain clothes officers in a crowd of hundreds? How could OPD distinguish them between cops and civilians? Or how would the general public have basis for knowing they are real, on-duty cops? Anyone can brandish a gun, anyone can claim to be a cop. Not only did CHP endanger the lives of the public with this stunt, but it seems it also endangered the lives of its own officers and the lives of the OPD.
Jose B.
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