The president of New York’s United Federation of Teachers, Mike Mulgrew, spoke out against Common Core opponents at a teacher’s convention in Los Angeles in July.  Mulgrew unleashed his rant during a heated debate on a resolution regarding the Union’s continued support of Common Core Standards which are designed to focus on developing critical thinking and problem solving skills.

If someone takes something from me, I’m going to grab it right back out of their cold twisted, sick hands and say it is mine!  You do not take what is mine!  And I’m going to punch you in the face and push you in the dirt because this the teachers’!

Some attendees at the convention were frightened by the Staten Island native’s tone.  Arthur Goldstein, the union’s chapter leader at Francis Lewis High School in Queens has seen it before.