06/06/2002 8:50:03 PM PDT
· 26 of 29 jfa1
to toddst
challenged to produce - more resources. I have another plan: Clean out the dead wood and use the savings for new-hires. Why don't they ever go that route?
If the government could get rid of "dead wood," there'd be about 61 employees left on the payroll. Plus, we'd suddenly be paying early pensions + benefits for the 20 to 30 million who were no longer employed.
01/27/2002 11:12:39 PM PST
· 36 of 47 jfa1
to afbrat
no teacher can afford the legal costs to defend themselves
The unions have lawyers who defend the teachers with with employment issues, etc. When parents sue a teacher, it's the school district's lawyers who handle the defense (or settle the case).
The teachers unions protect incompetent teachers, argue against teacher and student testing, etc. Basically, they're anti-education.
I am not against all unions. I don't really care if a union worker stacking cans in a supermarket doesn't do his job. I do care if entire generations of kids are unable to read when they graduate high school.