Re: Obama XIV: President VISTA with SP2
I enjoy your rants as much as the next poster, but this has just about every unproven stereotype and right wing talking point all contained in one post. Well done!
I'm going to pick out a few doozies...
" 'Course the countries that are beating our azz in education don't have nearly the number of teachers per student that we do. Hmmm. What accounts for that?." They don't? Proof, please.
"the slugs running for public office cater to these union thugs" - Yup, don't want to cross those 80 year old woman English teacher thugs. More dangerous than the Mafia.
"Don't even suggest that maybe bad teachers should be fired" - Forget about suggesting it, teachers are laid off and fired left and right during this recession. Are you saying this hasn't happened?
"In the meantime, teacher's unions fight like h**l to make sure inner city kids are required to go to these failing schools. " - The problem is that you can't move every kid out of these schools. There isn't enough room in surrounding private schools to take them. That means even if a few lucky kids get to go elsewhere, the vast majority are still stuck. Vouchers in of themselves aren't a bad concept. The problem is you still have to improve the existing school for the remaining students, and not say "Oh, we gave them vouchers to they're all set". Most students due to capacity constraints won't get to benefit.
"He referred to teachers "groups," which the unions certainly are. But the use of the word "groups" obfuscated the true nature of these organizations and failed to fully inform our listeners." - What is the point of this one? People can't figure out a teachers union from a teachers group? Yikes.
"Could it be that many Americans are still laboring under the delusion that teachers care first about the kids and themselves second?" - Not sure what your teachers did to you to cause all this bitterness, but teaching is like any other profession. Generally you have to like it to do a good job. In this particular job, it can't be the salary that motivates people because the salaries are relatively low. My take on my teachers is that most of them cared at least as much about educating us as they naturally would about taking care of their families financially. I had some idiots and some exceptional ones too.
All in all, you really need to start looking at issues from a perspective other than "I hate the world and want to get even". Its really clouding your opinion on basically every issue you post about.
I enjoy your rants as much as the next poster, but this has just about every unproven stereotype and right wing talking point all contained in one post. Well done!
I'm going to pick out a few doozies..." 'Course the countries that are beating our azz in education don't have nearly the number of teachers per student that we do. Hmmm. What accounts for that?." They don't? Proof, please.
"the slugs running for public office cater to these union thugs" - Yup, don't want to cross those 80 year old woman English teacher thugs. More dangerous than the Mafia.
"Don't even suggest that maybe bad teachers should be fired" - Forget about suggesting it, teachers are laid off and fired left and right during this recession. Are you saying this hasn't happened?
"In the meantime, teacher's unions fight like h**l to make sure inner city kids are required to go to these failing schools. " - The problem is that you can't move every kid out of these schools. There isn't enough room in surrounding private schools to take them. That means even if a few lucky kids get to go elsewhere, the vast majority are still stuck. Vouchers in of themselves aren't a bad concept. The problem is you still have to improve the existing school for the remaining students, and not say "Oh, we gave them vouchers to they're all set". Most students due to capacity constraints won't get to benefit.
"He referred to teachers "groups," which the unions certainly are. But the use of the word "groups" obfuscated the true nature of these organizations and failed to fully inform our listeners." - What is the point of this one? People can't figure out a teachers union from a teachers group? Yikes.
"Could it be that many Americans are still laboring under the delusion that teachers care first about the kids and themselves second?" - Not sure what your teachers did to you to cause all this bitterness, but teaching is like any other profession. Generally you have to like it to do a good job. In this particular job, it can't be the salary that motivates people because the salaries are relatively low. My take on my teachers is that most of them cared at least as much about educating us as they naturally would about taking care of their families financially. I had some idiots and some exceptional ones too.
All in all, you really need to start looking at issues from a perspective other than "I hate the world and want to get even". Its really clouding your opinion on basically every issue you post about.
