Are those striking teachers in Chicago and their ridiculous groupies actually for real?? What?? Demands for no national testing, no charter schools, no teacher evaluations, no closing of failing schools, no laying off of teachers, more subsidiary employees, more pay, more job security, and, funniest of all, more respect. And, we have no right to doubt their collective efforts despite the horrendous statistics of their students' achievements.
I've spent three glorious days reading comments and posts on various news sites debating the teacher strike. And I'm actually, not Biden-literally, disgusted by the morons who support the strike.
Moron positions:
1) Public schools are underfunded. Ah huh. A classic, for sure. Only stupid women and weepy, hippy men could possibly believe this. The rest just want more money, or want you to have less for various lefty ideological reasons.
2) Charter schools are destroying public education. Enemies of charter schools are filled with hate at the idea of any child escaping the grasp of the collective, borg-like public schools. They have an overwhelming fear of anyone anywhere having educational objectives not in lock step with the ones that were imprinted on their souls during college.
3) Parents are to blame. It's not the public education system, it's the parents. You know, the parents with little choice on which school their children attend; the parents with no say on curriculum; the parents with no way to avoid bad teachers; the parents who already have full time jobs so they can pay property taxes to pay teachers' salaries which are often higher than their own. It's the parents' job to shut up and make it work.
4) Teaching is the hardest job in the world. We're lucky anyone wants to spend time with our horrible children, much less try to impart the wisdom of the ages to them. Besides having to associate with our children, they have to put in long hours, bring work home, and pay for continuing education. Wait a minute...so do the rest of us! Next.
5) Teaching as a profession is not given any respect. Become a profession, earn respect. They look like angry bus drivers rather than college educated professionals. Hints: Stop chomping on gum, tuck in your matchy matchy t-shirts, brush your hair, and leave the drums in the music rooms. I know tax dollars paid for those drums. And it hurts.
Scarpe più leggere, suola in gomma grip stressata, meglio cogliere lo skateboard.
Posted by: Sandali MBT | 09/14/2012 at 02:31 AM
Hey, Esperanto! Yes, a one world government is a great idea! Good Luck with bringing us all under your benevolent totalitarian embrace.
MTh
Posted by: MTheads | 09/14/2012 at 08:35 AM