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Matt Damon spoke out this week in support of public school teachers at a “Save Our Schools” rally in Washington D.C.. I love your acting Matt but when it comes to education you are so naive. Are you not aware of the 50% drop-out rates and the difficulty of firing bad teachers due to the unions. If you’ve seen “Waiting for Superman,” you know that while one of every 57 doctors loses his license and one out of 97 lawyers gets disbarred, just one out of 1,000 teachers gets fired from big-city school systems for performance issues. I will bet you right now Matt’s kids like Obama’s kids will never attend a public school. It is all talk and nothing more. Is Matt even aware that only 12% of D.C. pupils in grade eight are reading at grade level? Would he accept that failure if his kids did attend a public school? I think he would then demand standards and testing and teachers be fired. C’mon Matt face the facts. I am speaking from many years of experience within the educational system not as an actor answering a question outside of his area of expertise.
