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Teachers’ Union Expelled from School District

lara3 Wrote: Jul 06, 2012 10:55 AM
Get rid of the unions AND the Education "degrees" which are nothing more than a waste of paper and ink.
Rochesternative Wrote: Jul 07, 2012 10:26 PM
I agree. I can count on one hand the education classes I took that I have used information from in the classroom. And I don't even need to count to five.
The Liberal Mind vs Facts Wrote: Jul 06, 2012 11:47 AM
One of the easiest degrees to attain. Relies on OJT once graduated from what is basically college taught at the 9th grade level.
shubi_ Wrote: Jul 06, 2012 11:03 AM
Teacher certification and licensing is a joke. It should be left to the local people who elect school boards to choose teachers.

The trouble with education in this country starts and ends with unions. They are out-of- touch museum relics, fitting for a day that used rotary presses to distribute the news, but wildly inappropriate for an age that‘s both wired and wireless.

Unions have prevented, and continue to prevent, much-needed reforms in education, public finance and government. They cultivate a sense of entitlement wholly out of order for the times, which call for more self-reliance and entrepreneurship.

Frankly, unions suck.

Really.

They suck the money out of our wallets; they suck productivity out of workers; and suck up all the leavings from the...

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