the year who got laid off. justin, good to see you. good morning. glad to be here. now, as i understand it, you got your job back after you wrote an op-ed, but not with your fifth grade class, right? right. i got a job back working with severely and emotionally-challenged children. you obviously were incredibly popular, i think we have some video of you actually with your fifth graders. and as i understand it, you were initially let go because of your lack of seniority. several states are taking a closer look at the teacher tenure system. some are pushing to have merit play a bigger role. what s your take on what happened to you? my take is, we have a flaw in the system. we have a system that bases your value solely on seniority. and i hear the arguments for merit pay and performance pay and i think there can be marias in that. when we base it on one thing, that s where we have issues. i would argue for a system that incorporates seniority, but your value is ultimately judges
so we will know when you re telling us the truth and when you aren t. okay? i m not scared. i m a good person. sex slaves uk premieres sunday night at 9:00 on msnbc. what s wrong with this picture? a las vegas fifth grade teacher wins his second teacher of the year award and then days later he s laid off. justin brekt lost his job because school officials said they had more teachers than positions and justin joins me now live. good morning. it s good to see you. justin, you did get your job back after you wrote an op-ed piece, but it s not with your fifth grade class, right? i think we can hear that click, click, click, that means he can t hear me. we ve lost our communication with him. we ll take a quick break and be right back after this. [ male announcer ] diane was already