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Teacher: Hurricane Sandy a Result of 'Massive Theft of Atmospheric Commons'

C. R.4 Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 11:58 PM

It amazes me how many nut cases get teaching certifications when they know from nothing. 6 years to get a job teaching? That is stupid. I did in 3 years with a double major and top 3% of my class and I was and am a good teacher. Objective, informed, knowledgeable, keep my mouth shut on me and what I believe or don't, and get the students to use their brains. Educare means to draw out not dump in garbage or gigo. We stopped vetting applicants to teach many years ago, so now we have pedophiles, sexual deviates, brainless and knowledgeless people in front of the classroom. We didn't vet Obama either and see where that has gotten us. Teacher unions need to go along with other private and public unions because they have lowered standards

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Teacher: Hurricane Sandy a Result of 'Massive Theft of Atmospheric Commons'

Social justice activist teachers see natural disasters like the recent Hurricane Sandy as opportunities to bring their political agendas into the classroom.

And they rarely miss an opportunity.

Writing for the far-left Zinn Education Project (named for the late communist professor Howard Zinn), Portland, Oregon high school teacher Tim Swinehart opined:

“Hurricane Sandy, and the superstorms that will follow, are not just acts of nature—they are products of a massive theft of the atmospheric commons shared by all life on the planet. Every dollar of profit made by fossil fuel companies relies on polluting our shared atmosphere...