Posted on 07/19/2008 9:04:18 PM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Randi Weingarten has delusions of grandeur. She thinks she should be given the power of a dictator instead of those of a teachers union president. Instead of just teaching kids, Weingarten imagines that she should become doctor, nanny, nutritionist, psychologist, and mother to every kid in America. She imagines that she should be given the care and feeding of all the nation's kids.
Parents? Who need 'em when we've got Mother Weingarten to trot them off to re-education camps where they will be fed and cared for on a daily basis?
Catch the arrogance, see this nanny-state despot lining up her dream state in her tiny, anti-family mind.
“Can you imagine a federal law that promoted community schools — schools that serve the neediest children by bringing together under one roof all the services and activities they and their families need?” Ms. Weingarten is expected to ask in the speech, a copy of which was provided by the union to The New York Times.
“Imagine schools that are open all day and offer after-school and evening recreational activities, child care and preschool, tutoring and homework assistance,” the speech reads. “Schools that include dental, medical and counseling clinics.”
Yes, imagine it. Imagine the billions of dollars needed to bring all these services from government to kids. Imagine the further destruction of the family as it happens, too....
Read the rest at Publius' Forum...
It takes a village.
Thanks for the link. She’s got a really big agenda, mostly teaching the gay agenda.
Well, seeing she admits she’s a lesbian, not really much of a surprise...
Apparently it takes a village of subsidized perverts...
Ugggh, Hillary on steroids.
Seeing she’s a lesbian, what does she know about raising kids?
"President RANDI WEINGARTEN is president of the United Federation of Teachers, the nation's largest union local representing 201,486 men and women. She is also a vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers and of the New York City Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO) and heads the city’s Municipal Labor Committee (MLC), an umbrella organization for 100-plus city unions. From 1986 to 1998 Weingarten served as counsel to UFT President Sandra Feldman, taking a lead role in contract negotiations and enforcement and in lawsuits in which the union fought for adequate school funding and building conditions. A teacher of history at Clara Barton HS in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, from 1991 to 1997, Weingarten helped her students win several state and national awards debating constitutional issues. Elected as the union’s assistant secretary in 1995 and treasurer two years later, she assumed the UFT presidency in 1998 after Feldman became president of the AFT. She was elected to her first full term the following year and re-elected three times since. Under Weingarten’s leadership, salaries of UFT-represented public school employees have increased by 43 percent. Weingarten and the UFT have fought to make sure teachers are treated with respect and dignity, have a voice in the education of their students and are given the resources they need to succeed in the classroom. Weingarten has promoted the professional growth of teachers and other educators through more than 350 school-based UFT Teacher Center sites. Weingarten sees her role as an advocate for students as well as for union members. Her passion as leader of America’s largest union local is to make every school a place where parents want to send their children and educators want to work. The UFT, under Weingarten, has expanded its outreach to parents and students. Each year the union awards more than $1 million in scholarships to needy high school seniors, and Dial-A-Teacher, its after-school homework help program helps tens of thousands of students and their parents each year. The union has worked tirelessly with parents and community allies to make sure schools are safe and adequately funded. After a 13-year battle, during which Weingarten was arrested for leading a protest in Albany, the state’s highest court ordered the state to expand aid to New York City’s public schools. In January 2007, Gov. Spitzer proposed, and the Legislature approved, education finance and accountability reforms that are slated to boost statewide school funding by $7 billion a year, including $5.4 billion for New York City. Among them is a requirement, championed by the UFT, to significantly reduce class sizes in all grades. Weingarten has led UFT members into areas of reform rarely embraced by more traditional teacher unions. Eager to return the charter school movement to its original purpose of enabling educators to create schools based on classroom-tested best practices, she spearheaded the opening of two union-operated public charter schools in East Brooklyn, N.Y., and has partnered with Green Dot schools to start another in the South Bronx. As MLC chair since 1998, Weingarten coordinates labor negotiations and bargains benefits on behalf of the unions’ 365,000 members. Weingarten holds degrees from Cornell University and the Cardozo School of Law. She worked as a lawyer for the Wall Street firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from 1983 to 1986. She is an active member of the Democratic National Committee and numerous professional, civic and philanthropic organizations. Born in 1957, Weingarten is a resident of Manhattan. " That is one NASTY cow.
Don't need to....disgusted by the teaser.OK, that got a laugh!
Elliot does not look sober.
People that work for the government (including teachers) should never be allowed to unionize.
No One should be allowed to unionize. Unions should be Outlawed in America. They destroy our ability to compete.
They should simply blame their parents and go into therapy. Every shrink has boat payments.
I don't like unions either. But if you outlaw them, you'll end up outlawing religion, groups like us FReepers and the Boy Scouts (although they are already under attack.)
The First Amendment protects unions, and I can live with that.
They do SO WELL educating our children, that of course they should be given even more responsibilities over our children.
/sarc
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On October 11, 2007, Weingarten publicly announced she was a lesbian. Weingarten introduced Liz Margolies, 54, a psychotherapist and health care activist, as her partner during the presentation of the Empire State Pride Agenda’s 2007 Community Service Award by Christine Quinn. Liz Margolies has a 15-year-old son in the New York City public school system.
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A friend of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, Weingarten has been named as a possible candidate to succeed Edward McElroy as the president of the American Federation of Teachers.
A former practicing attorney and teacher, Weingarten has tackled numerous gay rights issues while leading the UFT, including the establishment of domestic-partner benefits for municipal workers and adding anti-discrimination language to the teachers’ contracts.
Lesbian health activist Liz Margolies
Coordinator of the Lesbian Cancer Initiative, Liz Margolies
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Liz Margolies is a psychotherapist who lives and works in Greenwich Village. She and her partner, Nancy Shaffran, a veterinarian, have a son, Wolfe.
Liz Margolies, LCSW, founder and executive director, has served the LGBT community for 25 years as a psychotherapist, political activist and volunteer before becoming the executive director of The LGBT Cancer Project.
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