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The Teachers Unions Overplay Their Hand
Townhall.com ^ | February 6, 2021 | Jenny Beth Martin

Posted on 02/06/2021 6:42:11 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

They’re just lazy and want any excuse not to go to work.

I compiled data from an anonymous survey for a local politician about 10 years ago. About 90% of the teachers who responded about job satisfaction, and who liked their jobs, said it’s the best job if you don’t want to work too much and get OK pay.


41 posted on 02/06/2021 10:26:24 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: Kaslin

One can ultimately trace the problems of our current education system to the decision to pass its operation on to government and to public sector unions.


42 posted on 02/06/2021 10:30:39 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: Kaslin

Institute some legitimate disciplinary actions to unruly kids. No reason schools should be warehouses Mon-Frid, from 8-4am

That being said, there are plenty of folks that could take those jobs.


43 posted on 02/06/2021 10:41:42 AM PST by qaz123
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To: SMARTY

And that’s the world all these ANTIFA kids want to live in. Work about 3-4 hours a week, as you said, have rad students do most of your work, get paid 6 figures with lots of time off.


44 posted on 02/06/2021 10:50:13 AM PST by qaz123
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To: olivia3boys

Bkmk


45 posted on 02/06/2021 11:22:03 AM PST by kelly4c
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To: Kaslin

Can’t teachers just wear masks? Or is it two masks now? Don’t the masks keep us safe?


46 posted on 02/06/2021 1:41:13 PM PST by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: Kaslin

Like any other employer, announce the schools are open. When a teacher fails to show up, provide a substitute and dock the teacher a day’s pay. After a following the appropriate disciplinary process — fire the teacher for chronic absenteeism and replace them with someone willing to work and who is not a coward — afraid of a respiratory ailment with a 99.99% recovery rate — and who doesn’t need a medical “protective talisman” — a face rag — to dehumanize themselves in front of the kids while they wait for a ritual mask to drive off the covid evil spirit.


47 posted on 02/06/2021 1:59:48 PM PST by glennaro (Tyranny can only be defeated by force ... physical force. It doesn't just "go away" by itself!)
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To: cyclotic

That was pretty moronic. If they had used the right words for their acronym it would have said JEOKIS. Using a letter as a word just because it sounds like a word is ok if you want a 7-character license plate to say something that takes 10 letters. Otherwise, just spell the damn word out. It just makes the point that the kids need educating by professionals, because their parents can’t spell “our”.


48 posted on 02/07/2021 8:35:41 AM PST by webheart (COVID was not worth the economic misery that it took to keep me from getting it for 7 months..)
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To: olivia3boys

Actually, the districts can blame the unions. The collective bargaining agreements have stipulations about healthy work environments, and the exaggeration of the dangers of COVID have given them an excuse to claim danger.


49 posted on 02/07/2021 8:38:03 AM PST by webheart (COVID was not worth the economic misery that it took to keep me from getting it for 7 months..)
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To: Kaslin

Week. Wonder if this is why the delay if more WuFlu money, especially to parents.

The concern that parents will use the money to homeschool/tutor their kid/s.


50 posted on 02/07/2021 8:39:36 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: Kaslin

The teachers unions are untouchable. Only one answer, competition.


51 posted on 02/07/2021 8:39:41 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: webheart

Yeah I know—I’ve attended SEVEN “reopen schools/sports” rallies so far, to no avail. We are now attempting to recall some of our board members. They can be voted out while the unions can’t be.

What’s going to happen next is what the Washington Post reported on yesterday—kids will start returning to classrooms, but with subs watching them do their remote distance learning on their laptops or with their teachers projected to the wall. Madness!


52 posted on 02/07/2021 8:40:21 AM PST by olivia3boys
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To: webheart

Next time you’re part of a group that is going against the establishment and get called out, you can make up any acronym you want. Till then, shut your pie hole


53 posted on 02/07/2021 10:31:43 AM PST by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
Why haven’t the people most affected demanded that they quit paying teachers who don’t return to their classrooms by a certain date? I know the Unions would take such action to Court, but it should be tried

Most school districts signed MOUs with the unions back in March 2020 that said no teacher could be required to return who "felt unsafe".

I'm a COVID doctor. COVID is real, real people die from it, and it's much worse than flu.

But.

The Great Fear is another matter altogether.

There's no question it was concocted to "get Trump".

OK, now, they got him, and, like a dog who finally catches the car, they don't know what to do.

54 posted on 02/07/2021 2:56:28 PM PST by Jim Noble (He who saves his nation violates no law)
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