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Thread ID: 17482 | Posts: 27 | Started: 2005-03-24
2005-03-24 00:02 | User Profile
[img]http://www.nydailynews.com/ips_rich_content/639-leitner_r.JPG[/img]
Rubin Leitner, who is developmentally disabled, sits outside his Brooklyn home, saying Bronx teacher Wayne Brightly (below) paid him to take state exam.
[img]http://www.nydailynews.com/ips_rich_content/505-brightly_w.JPG[/img]
"A Bronx teacher who repeatedly flunked his state certification exam paid a formerly homeless man with a developmental disorder $2 to take the test for him, authorities said yesterday. The illegal stand-in - who looks nothing like teacher Wayne Brightly - not only passed the high-stakes test, he scored so much better than the teacher had previously that the state knew something was wrong, officials said.
"I was pressured into it. He threatened me," the bogus test-taker Rubin Leitner told the Daily News yesterday after Special Schools Investigator Richard Condon revealed the scam.
"I gave him my all," said Leitner, 58, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a disorder similar to autism. "He gave me what he thought I was worth."
Brightly, 38, a teacher at one of the city's worst schools, Middle School 142, allegedly concocted the plot to swap identities with Leitner last summer. If he failed the state exam again, Brightly risked losing his $59,000-a-year job.
"I'm tired of taking this test and failing," Brightly told Leitner, according to Condon's probe. "I want you to help me."
Along with being much smarter than Brightly, Leitner is 20 years older. He also is white and overweight while Brightly is black and thin. Yet none of those glaring differences apparently worried Brightly.
"He said no one would ever know," Leitner said outside the Brownsville, Brooklyn, building he has called home since briefly living on the streets.
The two men met years ago at Brooklyn College where Leitner earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history in the late 1970s, and Brightly got a bachelor's degree in 1992. After meeting in the alumni office, Leitner began tutoring the teacher as he struggled to pass the state exam, officials said.
But the relationship took a bizarre turn just weeks before the test last July, authorities said.
"He got tired of flunking it," said Leitner. "That was the thing that sparked this desperate act."
Brightly allegedly helped Leitner obtain a counterfeit state identification card that showed Leitner's photo with Brightly's name. Using the bogus ID, the pair conned city educrats into issuing Leitner a school ID card to use on test day, authorities said.
On July 17, Brightly allegedly picked up Leitner at his home and drove him to Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, where the test was given. The teacher allegedly came back after the test was over and drove Leitner back home, officials said.
After the exam, the state began investigating Brightly's passing score. He sent Leitner to meet with officials, and Leitner claimed to be Brightly - but the ruse failed, authorities said.
When The News went to Brightly's Mount Vernon home yesterday, a man who strongly resembled him insisted Leitner took the test on his own. The man, who appeared to be in his late 30s, denied being Brightly - saying he was the teacher's son.
Brightly has been charged with coercion, falsifying business records and other crimes. He has been taken out of his Baychester classroom pending the outcome of the case.
About 19,000 teachers across the state take the certification exam each year and roughly 95% pass. Teachers are required to be certified - but the city has a temporary waiver from the state because the Education Department has not been able to find enough qualified instructors.'
[url]http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/292646p-250502c.html[/url]
2005-03-24 00:11 | User Profile
Gabrielle,
What about it?
2005-03-24 00:24 | User Profile
LOl. And surprise it is a nigger. So this is what is teaching kids, a guy that keeps failing the teaching exam and then pays some guy with "developmental disabilities" to take the exam for him, who then gets a MUCH higher score. That is scary. Though, it does sound like the particular school he teaches at is probably majority non-white so many of the students probably don't have many capabilities beyond what he can provide them with anyway.
It is also just as scary to think about how retarded the people that allowed this guy to take the exam for this so-called teacher were also.
BTW: what exactly is aspergers syndrome and don't some people who have this actually have a very high IQ? This guy certainly doesn't sound like he has any common sense, however. Not to even mention the fact that he looks like a tard.
2005-03-24 00:54 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Gabrielle]Along with being much smarter than Brightly, Leitner is 20 years older. He also is white and overweight while Brightly is black and thin. Yet none of those glaring differences apparently worried Brightly.[/QUOTE]
Wayne Brightly. Not very bright.
The New York City public school system is a joke for one reason and one reason only: it's peopled almost exclusively with stone-age hominids like him. There's a near-daily horror story to come from these schools, which waste millions of taxpayer dollars. "Students" attack each other (and teachers), rape each other, wander the halls, fail to show up, do practically zero school work, and generally make a mess. Non-students wander in and hang out. Gangs recruit. Liberal white teachers stay away, leaving the Ward Brightlys of the world to "teach." Principals go shopping on school hours. Administrators barely speak English. Squalor prevails. Just pop your head in one of these places, and your nostrils are filled with the stench of a lower form of life. Trust me on this.
And it doesn't have a thing to do with lack of funding. It has everything to do with a lack of evolution. I busted a gut over this story, but on a serious note, it's a cruel joke to pretend that blacks are fit for any of this. It's unfair to whites, who are 1) forced to pay for it and 2) bashed and made to feel guilty for 'not doing enough' when the blacks inevitably fail. And it's unfair to blacks, because it forces them onto a white stretcher which only causes pain when they try to adjust and are then made to feel like failures in comparison to whites.
All that gets us is 1) guilty and confused whites and 2) angry and confused blacks.
2005-03-24 03:04 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Gabrielle,
What about it?[/QUOTE]
I thought it was a very revealing article, grumpy. :shocking:
2005-03-24 03:36 | User Profile
Gabrielle,
This sort of thing is par for the course, particularly over the last 12 years of Clinton-Bush.
2005-03-24 03:39 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Gabrielle,
This sort of thing is par for the course, particularly over the last 12 years of Clinton-Bush.[/QUOTE]
Are you saying that you rather I didn't post it at all?
2005-03-24 03:45 | User Profile
Nah, not at all. I found it funny how you titled it though.
2005-03-24 04:03 | User Profile
Over the course of the past several months, it's become apparent that Gabrielle is a Republican partisan who's insinuating herself here as an ally in hopes of either proselytizing regular patrons, moderating criticism of the Republican Party, or both at once.
Why has no one else said so?
2005-03-24 06:20 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Knekkeben]Over the course of the past several months, it's become apparent that Gabrielle is a Republican partisan who's insinuating herself here as an ally in hopes of either proselytizing regular patrons, moderating criticism of the Republican Party, or both at once.
Why has no one else said so?[/QUOTE] So what if she is? It is always more interesting for debate purposes for people with different opinions to be posting on message boards such as this. It is quite boring if everyone has the same opinion. you say she is "proselytizing" to the regular patrons. what are you concerned about? That she is going to "convert" people to the Republican(neo-con) party and turn everyone into Bush lovers. LOL. It is not quite that easy, with most people on here, or at least I would hope not.
2005-03-24 12:55 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Knekkeben]Over the course of the past several months, it's become apparent that Gabrielle is a Republican partisan who's insinuating herself here as an ally in hopes of either proselytizing regular patrons, moderating criticism of the Republican Party, or both at once.
Why has no one else said so?[/QUOTE]
In what way does this article represent the Republican Party? Get a hold of yourself, girl.
P.S. I really don’t care if you want to waste your vote on some obscure third party or some baby killer like Kerry. :wink:
2005-03-24 13:07 | User Profile
I already posted this [URL=http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17488]HERE[/URL].
Please check before posting, to avoid double posts.
It also helps to use the original title.
2005-03-24 13:27 | User Profile
Sorry, Walter. She has you beat by a day. You are correct about using the original titles. It makes it easier on the moderators to ferret out double posts.
2005-03-24 13:33 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Sorry, Walter. She has you beat by a day. You are correct about using the original titles. It makes it easier on the moderators to ferret out double posts.[/QUOTE]
I stand corrected, sorry Gabby.
However, please use original titles to help avoid the wasted effort of making duplicate posts.
2005-03-24 22:17 | User Profile
[QUOTE]...Asperger's syndrome, a disorder similar to autism. [/QUOTE] That's not quite right. It's mild autism, or a condition lying somewhere between normal and autistic.
See Simon Baron-Cohen's work:
[URL=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738208442/104-2770551-9462349]The Essential Difference: The Truth about the Male and Female Brain [/URL]
2005-03-25 03:26 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Gabrielle][img]http://www.nydailynews.com/ips_rich_content/639-leitner_r.JPG[/img]
Rubin Leitner, who is developmentally disabled, sits outside his Brooklyn home, saying Bronx teacher Wayne Brightly (below) paid him to take state exam.
[img]http://www.nydailynews.com/ips_rich_content/505-brightly_w.JPG[/img]
[/QUOTE] I hope the teachers here in L.A. don't see this article... they'll be molesting the homeless here in Los Angeles to take THEIR tests for them also. :tongue:
2005-03-25 03:33 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Knekkeben]Over the course of the past several months, it's become apparent that Gabrielle is a Republican partisan who's insinuating herself here as an ally in hopes of either proselytizing regular patrons, moderating criticism of the Republican Party, or both at once.
Why has no one else said so?[/QUOTE] Gabrielle, a Republican plant?
Insinuating, proselytizing and moderating criticism?
I suspected as much... :biggrin:
And I noticed that starr was defending her.
She must be involved also!
:lol:
2005-03-25 04:23 | User Profile
[QUOTE]P.S. I really donââ¬â¢t care if you want to waste your vote on some obscure third party or some baby killer like Kerry[/QUOTE]
And you are proud as a crowing rooster, voting for a mass murderer, anti-christ worshiping, traitor.
2005-03-25 05:51 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Phantasm]Gabrielle, a Republican plant?
Insinuating, proselytizing and moderating criticism?
I suspected as much... :biggrin:
And I noticed that starr was defending her.
She must be involved also!
:lol:[/QUOTE] The truth is now known.:clown:
2005-03-25 12:11 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Blond Knight]And you are proud as a crowing rooster, voting for a mass murderer, anti-christ worshiping, traitor.[/QUOTE]
How is he an anti-christ? How is he a mass murderer? How is he a tratior?
You are starting to sound like a leftist college student.
2005-03-25 13:50 | User Profile
[QUOTE]The two men met years ago at Brooklyn College where Leitner earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history in the late 1970s, and Brightly got a bachelor's degree in 1992. After meeting in the alumni office, Leitner began tutoring the teacher as he struggled to pass the state exam, officials said.[/QUOTE]
I don't see what the big deal is here. Sure the guy looks retarded, but unless they've introduced quotas for the mentally disabled at universities, Leitner is obviously not stupid.
If the story was just "black guy gets white guy to cheat in test for him", would you have bothered posting it? Or is it because the white guy is disabled that you are trying to say "even retards are smarter than blacks"?
I don't get it.
2005-03-25 14:49 | User Profile
The developmental disorder the white guy has is Asperger's Syndrome. I've heard of it somewhere before. My understanding is that it's more of a social handicap than anything else. If memory serves, people with Asperger's can actually be very bright.
2005-03-25 18:46 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Or is it because the white guy is disabled that you are trying to say "even retards are smarter than blacks"? [/QUOTE] I think that idea is what made the story particularily funny. Though, I would agree that the guy was probably not a retard. The thing I am wondering is, with the nigger teacher paying the guy $2.00 and saying that is what he is worth, that would indicate that he thought the guy was retarded or at least had some mental issues, and he still thought this guy could do better then him on the teaching exam. This teacher is not only a complete moron, but it would appear that he is well aware of just how dumb he is, himself. LOL
2005-03-26 15:06 | User Profile
Yes, Asperger's Syndrome is an unusual disorder in that people who have it are almost always intelligent, they simply have a great deal of difficulty in social situations, are very literal in the way they process information and don't know how to interpet things like body language. Its like a very, very, mild case of autism.
2005-03-27 03:39 | User Profile
Gabrielle Quote:
[QUOTE]How is he an anti-christ? How is he a mass murderer? How is he a tratior?[/QUOTE]
1) Mass Murderer. Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11, hence all the deaths from said war are mass murder.
2) Anti-Christ [U]worshiping[/U] . See 1 John 2:18, 2:22, 4:3 & 2John 7. Since the modern zionists are working 24/7, 365 days per year to stamp out Christianity in western nations, they fit the description of anti-Christ in the above verses. Bush worships these vermin, hence problem # 1
3) Traitor. By aiding and abetting the invasion of our nation via the Mexican border Bush is a traitor. Worse than Bennedict Arnold or Vidkun Quisling in my book. This thread says it all: [url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17504[/url]
2005-03-28 03:03 | User Profile
[QUOTE]3) Traitor. By aiding and abetting the invasion of our nation via the Mexican border Bush is a traitor. Worse than Bennedict Arnold or Vidkun Quisling in my book.[/QUOTE]This is a joke, right? Quisling witnessed first hand the advent of the worker's paradise as an aid worker during the genocide in the Ukraine. He tried to make sure that the same thing would not happen to his people. Like Hitler, the man was a true patriot.
There are few things more grotesque than the exection of a patriot by traitors for the crime of treason.
2005-03-28 06:51 | User Profile
Quoted by John Graziano:
[QUOTE]This is a joke, right? Quisling witnessed first hand the advent of the worker's paradise as an aid worker during the genocide in the Ukraine. He tried to make sure that the same thing would not happen to his people. Like Hitler, the man was a true patriot.
There are few things more grotesque than the exection of a patriot by traitors for the crime of treason[/QUOTE]
Yes, I wrote that hoping that someone would notice.
The main reason that Quisling is used as an example of a traitor is that his side lost the war, and after all, the winners write the history books.
If Quisling had aided the British, and been successfull in helping [U]them[/U] to occupy Norway, he would no doubt, be hailed as the greatest Scandinavian patriot since Lief Erickson.