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I'm not a fan of the NEA and hate them getting an Obamacare exemption but my aunt and uncle were educators and worked for the NEA. My uncle said the biggest problem in education today is the parents. My aunt taught math and saw the situation in the home getting worse and worse and she was getting tired of getting blamed for a student not doing their homework and not learning. The Republicans use the NEA as a scape goat but even if we did away with the NEA, education would still suck because too many parents aren't involved in the process which includes making their kid do their homework and pushing them to excel and not just be mediocre. It's a social problem more than a government problem and government isn't going to fix shit.
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It's incredibly unusual and difficult to sack a teacher.
On January 10, 2011, the Mount Vernon City Schools Board of Education voted 4-1 to terminate the employment of John Freshwater. A middle school science teacher in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Freshwater was accused of inappropriate religious activity in the classroom — including displaying posters with the Ten Commandments and Bible verses, branding crosses on the arms of his students with a high-voltage electrical device, and teaching creationism. After a local family sued Freshwater and the district in 2008, the board voted to begin proceedings to terminate his employment in the district. Finally, after administrative hearings that proceeded sporadically over two years, the referee presiding over the hearings issued his recommendation that the board terminate his employment with the district.
Margie Bennett, the president of the board, told the Mount Vernon News (January 11, 2011), "The decision has been made to accept the referee’s recommendation to terminate the employment of Mr. Freshwater ... It was not an easy decision. We don’t believe there are any winners or losers in this situation. It is a very difficult situation for everyone. We are glad it has been resolved. Hopefully we can put this behind us, the community can begin to come together again and relationships can heal and we can move forward." The News added, "Freshwater, by law, may file an appeal with the Knox County Court of Common Pleas." The Associated Press (January 11, 2011) reports Freshwater as expressing disappointment in the board's decision but not indicating whether he would appeal.
In its report on the board's decision, the Columbus Dispatch (January 11, 2011) emphasized the remarkable length and cost of the hearings — "among the most costly and lengthy that education experts can recall." Allowing teachers on the verge of termination to have a hearing "protects teachers," the Dispatch explained, "and also discourages districts from keeping rogue teachers in less-sensitive positions." With regard to the Freshwater case, however, Rick Lewis, the executive director of the Ohio School Boards Association, commented, "It's sad that they had to spend all that money to do what they thought was right all along." (The cost to the board of conducting the hearings was reportedly $902,765, the bulk of which — at least $813,628 — was for the board's legal counsel.)
If it takes a million dollars and two years to sack a retarded teacher who brands a cross onto pupils...Comment
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That's exactly what KKKarl Rove said on FAUX yesterday.
Shittyzens United arguably took the restrictions off of union contributions to politics just as it did corporate contributions. Of course the reality of that is that no union on earth has the financial resources of a mega corporation. But that's not good enough for KKKarl and the KKKoch Brothers. They want the unions busted completely, and that is exactly what is behind these stunts from teabagging governors like Walker and that other piece of shit in New Jersey.
Unions are NOT the problem, they are part of the solution, and the decline of the unions over the last 30 years, due to predatory capitalism and outsourcing is no coincidence.
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"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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LMAO! Literally...That's exactly what KKKarl Rove said on FAUX yesterday.
Shittyzens United arguably took the restrictions off of union contributions to politics just as it did corporate contributions. Of course the reality of that is that no union on earth has the financial resources of a mega corporation. But that's not good enough for KKKarl and the KKKoch Brothers. They want the unions busted completely, and that is exactly what is behind these stunts from teabagging governors like Walker and that other piece of shit in New Jersey.
Unions are NOT the problem, they are part of the solution, and the decline of the unions over the last 30 years, due to predatory capitalism and outsourcing is no coincidence.
That's the largest pile of steaming shit i've read in quite a long time...
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What union can compete with Exxon, BP, the KKKoch Brothers or United Health Care?Eat Us And Smile
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"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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The Unions have just become another corporation that's in bed with the government. It's another tool to control people in a herd and steal their money. Notice how the government is giving all these unions exemptions on taxes. That should raise a red flag of alarm right there.
The US Government is just repeating what Mussolini did in Italy. It's just consolidating the unions into it's fascist scheme.No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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Eat Us And Smile
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"If the American people had ever known the truth about what we (the BCE) have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched." - Poppy Bush, 1992Comment
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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Originally posted by EAT MY ASSHOLE
Sharky sometimes needs things spelled out for him in explicit, specific detail. I used to think it was a lawyer thing, but over time it became more and more evident that he's merely someone's idiot twin.Comment
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen HawkingComment
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You certainly can't say the MLB players union are worse than George Steinbrenner (B.I.H.)
And while professional athletes are probably the best paid union employees on the planet, they still make less than their corporate employers (with the possible exception of the Packers)Eat Us And Smile
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Copy and paste from www.glennbeckkkluncacy.com maybe?Eat Us And Smile
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