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Education Title: THOSE WONDERFUL TEACHER'S UNIONS THOSE WONDERFUL TEACHER'S UNIONS By Neal Boortz @ March 14, 2011 9:17 AM Permalink The government employee unions lost in Wisconsin. Thankfully that largely includes a loss for the teachers union in Wisconsin. Why do I say thankfully? Because the less power that these teachers unions have, the better. Now I can only partially blame them for asserting their power; you parents who send your children to these people to be educated deserve some of the blame as well. You willingly submit the most precious thing in your life - your child - to these people every day and expect your child to become a competent, well-educated, hard-working individual. But it's hard to imagine how that could be accomplished when these teachers unions care only about one thing: power. And they know they have power, and they admit they have this power. Now let's try to remember what those teachers unions were fighting for in Wisconsin, shall we? They were fighting for our children, right? Somehow our children were going to be denied a good education of that evil, Hitler-like governor of Wisconsin succeeded in taking away the teacher's collective bargaining right. Isn't that the way it worked? Now if you believe that nonsense that was being spouted by the teachers unions - if you believe that this is all about your precious children -- perhaps you might take the time to listen to something said by "Bob Chanin, General Counsel to the National Education Association. This comment was maid at his farewell address to the NEA convention last summer --- last summer, before Governor Scott Walker's move in Wisconsin. Here are the words of Mr. Chanin. If you listen to the program today you'll hear them as he spoke them. "Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas; it is not because of the merit of our positions; it is not because we care about children; More.. and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child". "The NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power. And we have power because there are more than 8/2 million people that are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year because they believe that we are the union that can most effectively represent them". There. NOW how do you feel about protecting these wonderful teachers unions? Aren't they just amazing? As if Mr. Chanin wasn't enough, please remember Albert Shanker, a past-president of the American Federation of Teachers. After an AFT convention someone asked Shanker why all the emphasis on teachers and so little emphasis on the children at the convention. He replied .... "He would start paying attention to the children when they could vote in union elections". Did you send your child off this morning to be educated in a government union school? Don't worry, I'm sure it's going to be just fine. It's the other schools that have these self-involved union teachers .... certainly not your child's government school. So .. no need to worry I'm sure. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 9. You willingly submit the most precious thing in your life - your child - to these people every day and expect your child to become a competent, well-educated, hard-working individual. But it's hard to imagine how that could be accomplished when these teachers unions care only about one thing: power. And they know they have power, and they admit they have this power. Capitalists tell us all we should crave is money. Unless you want teachers to do this out of a sense of calling like Christian monks a so called libertarian capitalist like Boortz should know that you should pay teachers to get better results. Less money means less motivation. Ah, but Boortz is just doing damage control for his GOP paymasters and nothing more......
#2. To: Godwinson (#1) Capitalists tell us all we should crave is money. Unless you want teachers to do this out of a sense of calling like Christian monks a so called libertarian capitalist like Boortz should know that you should pay teachers to get better results. Less money means less motivation. Ah, but Boortz is just doing damage control for his GOP paymasters and nothing more...... So I guess you didn't read the 2 parts where the teachers unions "stated" that "It isn't about the children, it's all about us"!!!!! So can you say what you mean without trying to baffle with BS.....
#3. To: CZ82 (#2) So I guess you didn't read the 2 parts where the teachers unions "stated" that "It isn't about the children, it's all about us"!!!!! What's wrong with that? You want teachers to teach out of a sense of communist sacrifice?
#4. To: Godwinson (#3) What's wrong with that? You want teachers to teach out of a sense of communist sacrifice? Isn't taking from one (taxpayers) and giving to someone useless (teachers) a Communist ideal!!!!! Just do their jobs and be accountable for what they are/aren't teaching the children. Since they aren't doing any teaching its time for them to go.....
#5. To: CZ82 (#4) (Edited) Just do their jobs and be accountable for what they are/aren't teaching the children. Since they aren't doing any teaching its time for them to go..... I am all for firing all teachers and opening the positions up at 200K salary - which means more taxes........
You up for that? Because your formula - fire teachers hire lower paid teachers does not seem to be viable.
#8. To: Godwinson (#5) You up for that? Because your formula - fire teachers hire lower paid teachers does not seem to be viable. Why not???? I'll bet there are a whole lot of unemployed/laid off teachers out there that just want a decent job instead of living on welfare...... They would love to have a job where they don't have to pay outrageous union dues to a bunch of political douchebags...... But then again someone in your position wouldn't know about that..... would they!!!!!
#9. To: CZ82, lucysmom (#8) Why not???? I'll bet there are a whole lot of unemployed/laid off teachers out there that just want a decent job instead of living on welfare...... They would love to have a job where they don't have to pay outrageous union dues to a bunch of political douchebags...... So paying people less money will get a better crop of teachers? Is this what the Republican agenda is all along?
Replies to Comment # 9. So paying people less money will get a better crop of .... Executives? Don't you agree that executives of companies should have their pay set to "what is fair"????? Should there be government regulation of executive pay???
#12. To: Godwinson, CZ82 (#9) So paying people less money will get a better crop of teachers? Let's see if his theory works for CEOs.
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