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Teachers’ Union Expelled from School District

Michael's Mind Wrote: Jul 07, 2012 1:50 PM

Those who chose to pass on their knowledge in hopes of improving the intellect of others are teachers. Calhoun211, you choose to impart your wisdom to those of us who visit TH. Therefore you are attempting to teach. Does this apply to you then, "Those who choose teaching are more than likely in the bottom 30% of the class. Its still true now that those who can, do. Those who can't teach."?

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hwaet2 Wrote: Jul 09, 2012 10:48 AM

He's not making that up. It was a fact back in the Eighties, and remains so today. I wish I had a dollar for every teacher I've run into who didn't understand her own subject well enough to pass on the knowledge to a student. Others know the subject but can't figure out how to teach it.

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Teachers’ Union Expelled from School District

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...