10-15-2009, 04:56 AM
I thank you for the comments on charter schools and I will do more research if they are right for my two kids.
I sincerely believe that teachers are not the main problem with our present dysfunctional system nor do I believe they are overpaid. A pay cut is not a good thing for any worker who pulls their load. But budgets and economic downturns are realities and we all suffer together.
I am pissed at what they did with this furlough mess and the teachers have to take responsibility. Obviously, they used this terrible schedule of furlough days as a negotiating tactic hoping for a tax increase when the outraged parents stood up. (A poor tactic, as a negative outcome would create a worse situation for the teachers).
It hasn't worked (still will have the union lobbyists' whispers to our legislators come spring, who may yet act in their interest). Now we all have to live with a mess I do not believe they really intended. Along with kids, parents, society, they will also suffer poor performance and lost time along with their lost pay.
In this internet age all our actions will trail us for life (scary isn't it). If they would only dare retrace their steps and at least move these days to the end of the school year, it would mitigate the problem somewhat.
Human nature being what it is, I do not believe this mess will be fixed. But, at least, real change becomes possible from chaos.
I sincerely believe that teachers are not the main problem with our present dysfunctional system nor do I believe they are overpaid. A pay cut is not a good thing for any worker who pulls their load. But budgets and economic downturns are realities and we all suffer together.
I am pissed at what they did with this furlough mess and the teachers have to take responsibility. Obviously, they used this terrible schedule of furlough days as a negotiating tactic hoping for a tax increase when the outraged parents stood up. (A poor tactic, as a negative outcome would create a worse situation for the teachers).
It hasn't worked (still will have the union lobbyists' whispers to our legislators come spring, who may yet act in their interest). Now we all have to live with a mess I do not believe they really intended. Along with kids, parents, society, they will also suffer poor performance and lost time along with their lost pay.
In this internet age all our actions will trail us for life (scary isn't it). If they would only dare retrace their steps and at least move these days to the end of the school year, it would mitigate the problem somewhat.
Human nature being what it is, I do not believe this mess will be fixed. But, at least, real change becomes possible from chaos.