Rubber Room Song - Jason Trachtenburg & Catherine Dudley

NYC Teachers are sent to Draconian Gulags awaiting Kafaka esque Trials. Jason takes up their plight.

RUBBER ROOM
by P. Dejean & Jason Trachtenburg

Rubber Room, we have padded walls to keep you here.
The beaurocracy it is crazy here.
An atrocity, no individuality is glorified
To conform in order to survive
There are those that call this dignified
But what comes from dignity is lack of creativity
In words to educate instead of miscommunicate
To a higher insubordinate
Teachers reassigned and misaligned
With punishment for commitments
To file claims
Legal action is our middle name
When you try to go against the grain
Leads to postulation, arbitration, education
The power points, a semesters tenure
Retention rights
Failing grades increase hostility
While receiving disability
Leaving teachers all alone
Dont disturb them with that calculated drone
Please be unique to who we are
And everybody escapes thus far.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Rubber
• Room
• NYC
• Education
• Teacher
• Reassignment
• Center
• DOE
• UFT
• jason
• trachtenburg
• checkerphil
• mnn
• Catherine
• Dudley

[AlrightBub]

this is what happens when nerds learn a few chords on guitar and invite their neighbor, who happens to be a violin major, over to jam.

[gamoonbat]

Jason Trachtenburg is the one in the green shirt, so the guy in the white shirt must be Jason squared. He certainly looks square.

[PoloColon1]

This song and performance is the Chupacabra of underground and grassroots uprisings! May the farce be with you! Excellent job of musically articulating the morose rubber room spirit!

[riolove58]

CPhil-- this is a masterpiece!!!!

See you in Aug of '09

[wordwench]

Haunting melody, well played. Great song

[zosochick43]

i love it X] catherine is amazing =*

deffinately something i would listen to on a daily basis

[mjodry]

Fantastic! Great violin playing!

[darkkribentertainmen]

This made me smile.

[jusipo]

power trio. good job. sounds really great and suprisingly fun to watch. i checked it out 3x and saw something new every time.

[kimberleepaige]

clever ..engaging..entertaining and brimming with talent!!! xoxoxox