Here we go again, bash the teachers. Read through this same basic tripe yesterday. Didn't read far today, just enough to see the same tripe spouted about teachers by those who don't know the whole story or don't want to listen to those who know what they're talking about when it comes to the work teachers do.
I don't think this is teacher bashing. I think good teachers should be paid MORE in exchange for scrapping of tenure system, a switch to defined contribution retirement plans, and pay for performance.
Most of us had teachers. I had some great ones, and some truly god-awful ones who just didn't care, and it was obvious. Why not pay the better teachers more than the marginal ones, and fire those who just aren't willing or able to do this difficult job?
Yes, bash the teachers, but don't take it personally. Many of us have taken on the responsibility of educating our children, rather than turning them over to the government to be babysat and brainwashed. We simply don't care for the system and those who perpetuate it.