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To: Leaning Right

“But teachers no longer have any input on what’s being taught. That all comes from central administration.”

And yet, those same teachers overwhelmingly support left-wing teachers unions and politicians who perpetuate the current environment. My sister is a retired school teacher. She’s also a Democrat. We don’t talk about politics.


22 posted on 06/17/2020 9:50:23 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

> And yet, those same teachers overwhelmingly support left-wing teachers unions and politicians who perpetuate the current environment. <

There is some truth there, but only some. I taught in an urban school district. Every last city official was a Democrat. But we teachers pretty much mirrored society as a whole. There were conservatives, liberals, and everything in between.

As for the union leadership, oh yes they were one-sided. Every one of them was either left or far left.

So how could the rank-and-file be so balanced, and the union leadership be so leftist? Well, at election time the leadership would pull stunts that would make Stalin blush. A group of us even once saw a lawyer about that. We wanted to sue the union. The lawyer looked into it, and told us nothing could be done.


26 posted on 06/17/2020 10:02:33 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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