Chicago Teachers Walkout (Photo)

The Atlantic Wire ^ | September 10, 2012 | Chicago Union Tribune

[tom h]

Talks broke down between the Chicago Teachers Union and the public school board on Sunday night, heralding in the city's first strike in 25 years.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Thanks for the information. I have a developing professional interest in the issue.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

So the system is kind of rotten from the source. I have a friend who looked into going back to school at a university in Chicago and found the curriculum ridiculously easy. Plus there were time-wasting courses like a physical education requirement. One of the PE classes was fishing. And you never actually went fishing, but just studied about it.

I have had good teachers (back in ancient times) and my kids have had good teachers. My wife’s family has a lot of teachers and, from knowing them, I figure they are some of the good ones. But I also know about the deadwood ones. I’ll grant that teaching is or at least can be hard work. Since there is so much talk these days about education reform, maybe there should be more of a focus on college education programs and certification requirements, so they would be challenging enough to purge out the slackers right at the source, and maybe assure better-quality people entering the profession.

[miserare]

“More fudge! More burgers! More donuts!!!”