Bloomberg: If I Had It My Way I’d Dump Half Of NYC’s Teachers

Mayor Stuns Many At MIT Speech, Says He'd Greatly Enlarge Class Size, Too

December 1, 2011 11:59 PM

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s a jaw-dropping prescription for fixing city schools.

“Professor” Michael Bloomberg said Thursday he would accomplish more with less by slashing the teaching staff in half — and that’s just the beginning, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer.

He looked like he was from another planet when he dressed as a hippie for a political show, but the mayor’s blueprint for fixing city schools have some asking “what was he smoking?”

WCBS 880′s Rich Lamb With Reaction From NYC Public Advocate Bill De Blasio

“Education is very much, I’ve always thought, just like the real estate business. Real estate business, there are three things that matter: location, location, location is the old joke,” Bloomberg said. “Well in education, it is: quality of teacher, quality of teacher, quality of teacher. And I would, if I had the ability - which nobody does really – to just design a system and say, ‘ex cathedra, this is what we’re going to do,’ you would cut the number of teachers in half, but you would double the compensation of them and you would weed out all the bad ones and just have good teachers. And double the class size with a better teacher is a good deal for the students.”

That’s right. The mayor told people at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology conference it would be far better to run city schools with way fewer people. And, by the way, on the billionaire’s perfect planet that would mean cramming more kids into each classroom.

Andrea Spencer is dean of the School of Education at Pace University.

“When I heard the statement I was really shocked,” Spencer said. “There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that half of the teachers in any system are ineffective. What there is evidence to support is the fact that larger classes really place detriments in the way of learning.”

But “Professor” Bloomberg is sticking to his views.

“The best thing you can do is put the best teacher you can possibly find and afford in front of the classroom and if you have to have fewer because there’s only a certain number of dollars to go around, I’m in favor of that,” Bloomberg said.

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said he put the mayor’s latest views on teaching in the same category of his decision to appoint a former magazine editor with no teaching experience to be schools chancellor.

“So the mayor thinks this is a good idea, in high schools to have class size in high schools of 70 kids. Clearly the mayor has never taught,” said United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew.

“And probably the mayor’s having another Cathie Black moment.”

The mayor also said he’s given teachers a 105 percent raise since he took office. Mulgrew said maybe the mayor should have stopped in at a math class while he was at MIT.

In lamenting the quality of teachers, the mayor claimed they come from the bottom 20 percent of their class and not the best schools.

Do you agree with the mayor? Please offer your thoughts in the comments section below.

Bloomberg: If I Had It My Way Id Dump Half Of NYCs Teachers

Dr. Sheridan Martin

I have been with the Dept of Education for over 21 years. I am now serving as an Assistant Principal of Social Studies. I have a BA in English from Hollins University (which has produced several modern authors) and a Master and PhD in History from Emory University, one of the top southern universities. I was granted a fellowship for my studies. My doctorate is in Medieval History, with minors in Renaissance, Reformation and 17th Century European History. In addition to my 21 years at the DOE, I taught as an adjunct professor at Emory, Spelman College (alma mater of Coretta Scott King) and Seton Hall University. I then worked as an assistant editor of college textbooks. So much for “poor schools” and “bottom of the class.” The mayor is listening to that famous college dropout, who thinks he knows everything about education — Bill Gates. Unfortunately, our nation’s education czar, Arne Duncan, listens as well.

Mike

Your PhD is in Medieval History? So what? You being an academic, only means you have formally acquired more tools. But true intelligence is knowing how to use the tools you have to perform a task in the best way possible. Bill Gates is much more successful than you at this. You are in a very niche profession, which in my opinion is a great thing. If everyone got their degree in such irrelevant jabber, this country would be sitting on on its hands pontificating about academic dribble instead of getting stuff done.
There is a huge disconnect between academics and others who study and hypothesize about social issues and those who are out in the world every day dealing with them. Get a Police Officer or Firefighter in a room with a sociologist any day, and they will agree on very little.

Jamie

Excuse me, Mike – what evidence do you have that the person above is much less successful at knowing how to use the tools they have than Bill Gates? I assume it’s because Bill Gates is incredibly rich, and because Windows is everywhere, which is great if those are your goal in life. In what way does that apply to knowledge about teaching, being good at your chosen profession if it *isn’t* software design, or enriching your community? This person may or may not be rich, I don’t know – but they may be a fantastic historian, and they may be passing that information on to their students extraordinarily well. Neither you nor I know.

Also, the comment, “If everyone got their degree in such irrelevant jabber…” was rude and ignorant. It may be irrelevant jabber to you, but no one has any hope of fully understanding the present if they don’t understand the past. History is not pointless. Neither, for that matter, is firefighting or police work. They are ALL important. Suggesting that someone who went far in school, apparently did extremely well, and attempts to pass that knowledge on to others is nothing more than a source of “irrelevant jabber” is just as bad as suggesting that firefighters are nothing more than a drain on public revenue.

Mike

[what evidence do you have that the person above is much less successful at knowing how to use the tools they have than Bill Gates? I assume it’s because Bill Gates is incredibly rich, and because Windows is everywhere, which is great if those are your goal in life.]

Yes, money and his creations are an indicator. Additionally, he does not have the benefit of a PhD and therefore metaphorically has a smaller toolbox.

[In what way does that apply to knowledge about teaching, being good at your chosen profession if it *isn’t* software design, or enriching your community?]

What I am saying is that, though I don’t know Bill Gates, on face value alone between him and Dr. S. I’d value his opinion just as much as any professional educator. Just because you have credentials, does not make your opinion more valid in my opinion, success does, and Mr. Gates has proven that he can be successful. The point I was addressing was { The mayor is listening to that famous college dropout, who thinks he knows everything about education — Bill Gates.}

[Also, the comment, “If everyone got their degree in such irrelevant jabber…” was rude and ignorant. It may be irrelevant jabber to you, but no one has any hope of fully understanding the present if they don’t understand the past. History is not pointless]

Perhaps it was rude, but not ignorant. I am not a scholar of History, I do however understand the value of histories lessons, but such a specific niche component of history likely provides some insight and value, but not as much as real world 21st century experience provides. So irrelevant jabber may have been an overstatement, but I just find that that type of degree adds to ones own personal enrichment, but does little to contribute to society on the whole

FJRodriguez

I hate it when the whole teacher thing comes up people are always quick to criticize and focus on those teachers who they deem ‘bad’ or not deserving of the jobs they have. Some of us, including you Mayor Bloomberg, need to take a step back and first realize what teachers have to deal with w/ on a daily basis. Teachers get tremendous flack because of the job perks they get, but did you ever stop to think why someone becomes a teacher? Let me tell you that it certainly isn’t the money that attracts an individual to this career. I mean call me crazy but some people actually teach because they have a passion for it and enjoy it even more when their students succeed. I’m a teacher who’s proud of the choice that I made to become one. I have good days and I certainly have trying ones but again I think that you Mayor Bloomberg should spend some time in a classroom for a couple of days with 25+ students, see what really goes on, and then see if it’s all the teachers fault. Maybe then will you re-think your idea of “dumping half the NYC teachers” and sticking students in classroom with far too many students. Like someone said in the video, you clearly have NEVER taught and haven’t stepped inside of a real classroom on a regular day.

MARIA S

WELL SAID!

HilluryClintin

Mike Bloomberg 2012!

Bloomburg sucks

In the history of this city, there’s never been a mayor who’s more out of touch with the realities of living and working here. How a billionaire from Boston ever got elected here will remain a mystery to me for as long as I live. He put parks in the middle of the street, excessively raised traffic ticket fines, property taxes, and fees for everything NY’ers have to pay the city for. He refused to get involved in mediating the MTA’s labor disputes. When MTA workers went on strike, he suggested that NY’ers ride bicycles to work. He overthrew term limits, after the people voted to maintain them. He said the city needed him to be mayor again because he would be best able to handle the financial crisis, and then during his re-election campaign, tried to make a case that he had already gotten the city out of this crisis. He cut out parking spaces and increased traffic by reducing car lanes and adding bike lanes on most every street. During his re-election campaign, he told NY’ers that he was sending out property tax rebate checks. After he got re-elected, he tried to stop those checks from being sent. I could go on, but there’s too much to list. This is undeniably one of the worst mayors in the history of NY.” to quote what someone already said. You just are probably too stupid to read it aren’t you?

Really?

hmmm thats pretty funny on his part. He backs charter schools and the structure of charter schools. I guess he doesn’t know that charter schools have around the average of 15-20 children per class room (max probably 25), with 3 teacher in a class room in some instances. Our NYC public school teachers in some cases deal with up to 40 children in a class room. (usually around 30 – 35 though), with a single teacher in a room. I love his double standards towards education when there might be a financial profit in it for himself.
Mike

Try to find out how schools education works in the Finland — The most respectful and paying job is a Teacher. That is all.

Don Juan

You are right Mike. Unfortunately, too many Americans have very naive and underdevloped ideas about education. They rely on Fox News for the source of their wisdom on the subject.

USA Patriot Worker !

Mayor Bloomberg is 70% correct, on this View, for the USA-National-Level.
Mayor Bloomberg is 60% correct on this View, in the NY State & City Level.
Mayor Bloomberg is 100% correct on this View, in the racist-states, like those of Arizona, Alabama, Florida, etc., (where the few dishonest & bribed, USA-State-Governors, are being corrupted by the Chinese Intelligence & Chambers of Commerce, to increase the Chinese-Business-Economics-Growth-Win over the USA, through the Negative-Immigration-Economics-Education-Educators, secretly, being run under the Chinese-Ambition to destroy the USA-Production-Capacity, by the increase of the eccentric Deportation Laws, like those in Arizona/Alabama, on the USA-Economical, productive, hard-working, cheap, low-cost, USA-workers, who have no USA-Immigration-Status).

The China Produces(while USA consumes). The China produces 90%, of what the USA consumes. The Job is increasing in China(and, the USA is missing the Job & Economical-Growth, in the USA, for the USA-Citizens).

It needs now, “To change the USA-President, to change the present-2011-2012′s USA-Immigration-Deportation-Policy of Homicide & Selfish Opportunist & Dishonest misleading Politician Obama, to change the few USA-State-Education-System/Educationists, to change the few corrupted USA-Govt.-Lawmakers-Governors-Mayors”.

This Dishonest & Double-Faced cunning political-mischief Obama, is destroying Economical & Large USA-Production-Capacity, by the Deportation of the 1million+ cheap-economical-workers of the USA, (just to give a Leapfrog to his secret client, Chinese Chambers of Commerce, who is pouring tons of Money, in Obama’s Presidential Campaign Fund).

The Dishonest & Liar Obama is Greedy & Ambitious for the USA-Presidential-Power(to give the liverages & allowances, to the few USA-Rival-Countries’ System, who gives Obama Support & Money, to destroy the USA-Domestic-Production-Economical-Volume, through the High Deportations of the Cheap & Competitive USA-Economical, low-cost, productive & effective workers, to shut down the USA-Homeland-Production-Capacity).

The Obama’s Toxic & Harmful, (questionable), Deportation-Policy, in the USA-Production-Areas, (by using the excuses of the Criminal-Removals, from the USA) , is “Killing the USA, the Jobs in the USA, the Economical-Strength of the USA”, (to give Leapfrog to those in China).

To fight against “The Destruction of the USA, (at the hands of the Evil & Selfish, dishonest Obama)”, the “USA needs to change the USA-Education-System, first, to educate the USA, with the right, logical, Humane-Education-Policy”.

Thanks, regards!

Common Sense here

Thank you USPatriotWorker for being the perfect example of what happens when America fails it’s students by providing them with poor education.

Muriel

LET’S BRING OUR STUDENTS DOWN TO CITY HALL AND HAVE THIS FOOL MAYOR TEACH THEM…MAYBE IT’S TIME TO PUT IT IN HIS FACE…LET’S MARCH DOWN THERE…STUDENTS & TEACHERS
Muriel

WHAT A STUPID ASS HE IS…DAMN FOOL AND AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THIS CITY. GET HIS FOOL ASS OUT OF OFFICE
diane

I’d really like to bring my class of 30, along with another class of 30, third graders into Bloomberg’s office for 7 hours, so that he can show us how dynamic and effective he can be with a doubled class size, all by himself. I’ll even give him my lessons that I’m still up planning right now, at 11:00.
jessiej

I think he’s lost touch with reality. This guy’s comments are getting worse and worse, each day. He obviously has no clue as to what takes place inside a classroom today. Out of touch with the behaviors and attitudes of so many of the children in these classrooms. Years ago, when he went to school, when I went to school, there were over 40 kids in a class, but children sat in rows, not sections, children obeyed the rules, respected one another and respected the teacher. Children also went home for lunch and they all returned after lunch. Children knew after school they were to do their homework before they were allowed to go out to play or watch television. He thinks half the teachers are bad, what about half the people he has working at the DOE? Half the people who are the parents of these ill prepared students? He absolutely has no contact with the real world. Let’s not forget his pick for Chancellor. He has done nothing but destroy the school system, a school system that years ago was one of the best in the Country. He should not be running the system. We should go back to a Board of Education and one that is not a puppet of the Mayor’s.
J

This is an outrage! How does ONE person (rich, white, and male at that) have such a tremendous amount of power over what happens in NYC schools? The scariest thing about this is that whether he means it or he is just using it as a political ploy, what he says goes as far as NYC schools, students, and communities are concerned!

Enough is enough! We must take back our city and the first step is ousting its supreme leader. Mayoral control in NYC schools has only meant more money for the 1% and less and less opportunities for the children of the 99%.
jessica Campanelli

I am absolutely floored. If Mayor Bloomberg had even an ounce of understanding as to what city teachers deal with day to day he would literally have to eat, swallow and then throw his words back up. What an amazing idiot. My blood is boiling. One day in my classroom, Bloomberg. One day. You will feel and look like the idiot you are.
Mo Lam

Bloomberg is right. I was in a local middle school and then went to a specialize HS and has been in the top of US’s HS math students. My 8th grade math teacher cannot even get an equation of a line right. Worst of all, I pointed out the obvious mistake by giving an counter example and she still cannot believe that she is wrong. I can do that type of questions properly when I was in 4th grade.

You should just cut all those crappy teachers that forms way over 50% of the teachers in NYC. Increase class size and increase teacher’s salary by 100$ so that you can attract good teachers. Bad teachers are worse than no teachers.

If you are a teacher and you are confident that you are doing fine, then you most likely will not be cut. There is no need to worry about it.

drelo

What about the dozen other teachers who helped you shape your educational future…the Mayor and others seem to forget that without good teachers they would not be where they are today. What did you do about this teacher that was so bad?
graduate

About “…and then went to a specialize HS…”:

The adjective is spelled “specialized,” not “specialize.”

About “…and has been in…”:

You got the conjugation of the verb “to have” wrong. You should have typed “and have been in” instead of “and has been in” since you’re talking about something you have been in.

About: “…My 8th grade math teacher cannot even get an equation of a line right…

“…Worst of all, I pointed out the obvious mistake by giving an counter example and she still cannot believe that she is wrong…”:

Did you speak to her recently and confirmed that she *still* cannot even get an equation of a line right *these days*? If not, and if you were only describing what happened in the past when you were in 8th grade and she was still your teacher, then you should have used the past tense instead of the present tense. You should have typed “couldn’t even get” instead of “cannot even get” and “still could not” instead of “still cannot,” in those sentences.

About “I can do that type of questions properly when I was in 4th grade.”:

You’re not in 4th grade anymore, you already made it to a specialized high school. You should have used the past tense and typed “I could do that type” or “I did that type” instead of “I can do that type” in that sentence.

Also, “type of” always goes with the singular form of a noun. You should have typed “type of question” instead of “type of questions” in that sentence.

About “…an counter example…”:

Meanwhile, “an” is the indefinite article used before nouns that begin with vowels. You should have typed “a counter example” instead of “an counter example” in that sentence.

About “…teachers that forms way…”:

You got the conjugation of the verb “to form” wrong. The verb is “form” when a singular noun does the forming and “forms” when a plural noun does the forming. You should have typed “teachers that form” instead of “teachers that forms” in that sentence.

About “…and increase teacher’s salary by 100$ so that you can attract good teachers…”:

The dollar sign goes before the numerals when one specifies a number of dollars. You should have typed “$100″ instead of “100$” in that sentence.

When the plural form of a noun ends in an s such as “teachers” the possessive case of that plural noun has an apostrophe after, not before, the s. You should have typed “teachers’” instead of “teacher’s” in that sentence.

If you’re still in your specialized high school, then perhaps it needs to put you in an English class with a smaller class size, so that your English teacher will have time to read all of his or her student’s writing for the class carefully and then teach you how to stop making so many mistakes when you type in the lingua franca of the United States.

Camille

LOL … this person’s bad grammar is the direct result of poor teaching AT HOME and at school. Granted, I had some really bad teachers in NYC, but the majority were invested in my education and encouraged me to do well. Hence, the reason why I taught for 10 years and now a middle school principal. I give a damn – something that HRH Bloomberg does not. Very sad …

Catherine

I too am a New York City public school teacher. I currently have 32 students in my class, 10 of whom have special needs. Ironically enough, as I logged on to my computer this evening I caught a glimpse of this article. What I was actually on my way to do was write an email to a parent whose child needs serious emotional intervention. So, as far as “having it easy” is concerned, I have to disagree since I worked until 5:15 tonight, and am still thinking about work at 9:45. Another interesting tidbit people should know: the average “career life expectancy” of a new teacher in NYC public schools is 3 years. Most burn out or switch careers from lack of support from administration. In my opinion, if the mayor wants “good” teachers, he should do something to build up the people who want to be in this career instead of making us all out to be lazy gold diggers who only got into this profession for summers off.

Richard

Bloomberg WANTS teachers to leave within three years. That’s why he made the contract with Teach For America. These TFA slime leave within 3 years, not staying long enough to be vested in the pension, and the DOE gets to keep their pension contributions.

Anna Maley

i’M SPEECHLESS! I’M A TEACHER WHO WORKS DAY AND NIGHT. I NEVER STOP WORKING, THINKING OF IDEAS OF HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE LESSONS, GRADING, FILING, BUYING SUPPLIES OUT OF POCKET..ETC. I JUST LEFT WORK TONIGHT AT 7 AND I DIDN’T GET PAID ANY OVERTIME FOR THAT. FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU STAYED AT YOUR JOBS FOR FREE UNTIL 7 P.M? I DON’T THINK YOU DID. SO IF YOU DON’T HAVE RESPECT FOR US, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. WE ARE THE ONES THAT PREPARE THE SOCIETY. WE ARE THE ONES THAT TEACH ALL OTHER PROFESSIONS. I’M SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT TEACHERS. WE DESERVE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR WHAT WE DO. NOT TO BE THREATENED WITH OUR JOBS BY A BILLIONAIRE WHO HAS NEVER DONE WHAT I DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. I CHANGE LIVES AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Laura Risi Hofmann

Bloombeg has behaved like a madman all along. If he runs for any other office, DON’T VOTE FOR HIM.

Bloomburg sucks

He completely ruined our city, He changed how long you could possibly stay in office just so he could be able to longer. He’s a millionaire for who knows what reason? He probably hasn’t even been in a classroom for years. His new public schools that he backed up so much are failing. Anyone who votes for him is a complete nut job. They must be as stupid as he is.

Chris

I am a teacher in an NYC public school. I am also a Columbia University Teachers College graduate with a dual masters.

Please Mr. Bloomberg, come and talk to me about your “fact” of teachers being in the bottom 20% of their class and coming from crap schools. I wonder where you get such facts anyway…

Rachel

Why do you. . . overuse ellipses. . . and leave out question marks?

Rikki, please never become a teacher. Racists make terrible teachers.
Rachel

In fact, your whole comment is ironically rife (if I can use a big word like rife) with punctuation errors. Where did you go to school?
drelo

It is called “NoChild Left Behind”…ask the Mayor about it…it leaves our hands tied. Also, what kind of comment is “teach black kids to read, write, and speak English”…very racist of you to say that all of these kids do not speak the language…ebonics does not distinguish one group of kids…SMH
jessica campanelli

This is clearly a joke because no educated person would leave such idiocy and include grammatical errors that are simply juvenile. Oh wait…do you understand this…or do you…just understand…text…as you…understand…basic…mechanics? Math is capitalized, dude. And sentences start with a capital, genius. And when listing, you have to use what is called a comma. Go back to school asshole.
Martha Kowalczyk

I am a retired teacher. I graduated with honors., not the lowest 20 percent of my graduating class!!! Ashland College (now University) All of the teachers I worked with were very intelligent. Our school earned an Excellent rating from the Ohio State tests.

Jerry

Bloomy is right on target and should introduce internet education, it would be cheaper and more educating!

Richard

On target? What have YOU been smoking?

Linda

With a mind like that, you probably can’t even get a job cleaning BATHROOMS at TARGET!!! I always wondered what kind of idiot voted for Bloomberg. Guess you were one of them.

Vilmos

How about doing this to the loads collecting 175k a year in Washington? Go to school and then allow Corp America to send jobs overseas ? Hmm…………
Mic Siegfried

Obviously you had one of them, or you’d know that it should be “it’s”, as in it is, rather than “its”
Don

The first thing the Mayor should learn is the correct pronounciation of “Ex Cathedra.” The second thing is that it has nothing to do with what he is taling about.
simpleton

Obviously teachers commenting. There are so many inept and overpaid NYC teachers its disgusting. I think that was the POINT Mayor Bloomberg was trying to make.

Justina Emer-Soto

Overpaid NYC teachers? Okay, I’ll ignore THAT. Yes, it’s true… unfortunately there are teachers out there who took the job for the wrong reasons. There are teachers who do not put in 100%. Not all teachers deserve such a rewarding job. Many people think teachers have it easy. Short hours and plenty of vacation time. Wrong. When real teachers come home, they start working on lesson plans. They pay for materials out of pocket. They spend the summer preparing for 10 months of projects, tests, trips, meetings, and lessons. They manage to keep two eyeballs on 25 kids at the same time. Cutting the amount of teachers in half means double the work for existing teachers which means less attention on the students. Not only is it completely stupid, it is dangerous.
L

overpaid… what a joke. They are UNDERPAID. Like the mayor, you know nothing about what goes on in schools. i know many teachers who do nothing but work all day and NIGHT after they go home to make sure these kids have some success. And I know parents who do not care about their kids or what they learn/don’t learn. Many people have 9-5 jobs and they don’t think about work until they go back the next day. I can’t say that about any teacher I know.
paulo

A friend of mine spent over 10,000 on a master’s degree in education and ended up getting less than a 100 dollar raise. Overpaid I think not…..
Andy

When was the last time you stepped inside a school? When was the last time you taught inside a trailer with 32 kids? When was the last time you put out money for your supplies and someone else’s? When was the last time you had to see a child neglected or abused? When was the last time you brought your work (physical and emotional) home with you? WE ALL know the inept one’s should go but those of us that work hard take it personally especially when we do more with less. When was the last time you had to?
TI

I guess you don’t have a clue on what it takes to instruct over 25 students according to their needs. It’s not like we go in and follow some teacher manual. Instead we are collecting data and analyzing it so that it can drive instruction on what each individual student needs. Do you think that takes 20 minutes to do? Do you think every child is the same learner? You just have no clue so seriously observe a teacher’s classroom and the 25-30 students and then I’m sure you wouldn’t think that anymore.
drelo

There are overpaid people in every profession…what have you done to contribute to the well being and education of our youth Mr. Simpleton?
Linda

Simpleton……..Perfect name for you! I agree with Mic Siegfried! You might want to review punctuation rules as well.

pete

Bloomberg is neither intelligent, nor is he educated. He is just a lucky guy who hit the lottery. He was there at the right time and did the right moves. No research nor knowledge was necessary, just pure luck. Fifty years ago, without his luck and with his intelligence and education, he probably would be panhandling on the streets of Manhattan. These very rich people often forget that.
Bruce

Billionaire Bloomberg has never attended nor probably ever visited a public school. Equally obvious, he never had a child in public school. What he proposes is so wacky that originally I thought it was a satire. He has lost all credibility with the public. He should spend the remainder of his term in one of his houses in Bermuda and let someone competent run the city until we can elect a real mayor.
Don Juan

This is the garb@ge you get when you allow a politician to run the education system.

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