As a teacher, I know I'm in the minority, but I agree almost completely with the governor and his discussion of teachers' unions. Today in the faculty lunchroom in one of my schools, I listened to all of the teachers in there discussing Stephen Colbert's visit to congress. They were all pleased he was there speaking and said everything he said was true, and that the Legislature needed to hear it. Public school teachers are liberal in the majority, and the teachers' unions foster liberal feelings. The governor was correct in saying that if you're so unhappy with your compensation for teaching than get out of it! We all knew how much money we would be making, when we got into it. If teachers' wages were to go up, it would be great! However, police officers, firemen, and civil servants wages would need to go up. There just isn't enough money to increase all those wages, because then we'd have to pay more taxes, and we'd be in the same boat.
I do agree with merit pay. Those teachers who work hard to excite students to love learning, those who are creative and spend the time necessary to increase student learning should be payed more than those who just put in the time.
Colleen, did any of the teachers mind that Colbert's participation was an act? Did anyone mention that his sworn testimony was a dramatization of staged incidents, complete fiction?
I would assume that this didn't bother any of them. The Left habitually dismisses perjury and fraud if the point being made helps illustrate one of their unrealistic beliefs.
For example, the Salt Lake Tribune today wrote about Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon (who is running as the Democrats' candidate for Governor) misrepresenting the facts about Utah's graduation requirements. When a reporter challenged his running mate on their stance, her response was that the actual numbers did not matter. The issue was bigger than simple numbers. Their vision for education was too progressive to be limited to numbers of credit hours required to graduate.
Catch them in their lie and they routinely dismiss your objections, professing that their points are still noble and correct.
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As a teacher, I know I'm in the minority, but I agree almost completely with the governor and his discussion of teachers' unions. Today in the faculty lunchroom in one of my schools, I listened to all of the teachers in there discussing Stephen Colbert's visit to congress. They were all pleased he was there speaking and said everything he said was true, and that the Legislature needed to hear it. Public school teachers are liberal in the majority, and the teachers' unions foster liberal feelings. The governor was correct in saying that if you're so unhappy with your compensation for teaching than get out of it! We all knew how much money we would be making, when we got into it. If teachers' wages were to go up, it would be great! However, police officers, firemen, and civil servants wages would need to go up. There just isn't enough money to increase all those wages, because then we'd have to pay more taxes, and we'd be in the same boat.
ReplyDeleteI do agree with merit pay. Those teachers who work hard to excite students to love learning, those who are creative and spend the time necessary to increase student learning should be payed more than those who just put in the time.
Colleen, did any of the teachers mind that Colbert's participation was an act? Did anyone mention that his sworn testimony was a dramatization of staged incidents, complete fiction?
ReplyDeleteI would assume that this didn't bother any of them. The Left habitually dismisses perjury and fraud if the point being made helps illustrate one of their unrealistic beliefs.
For example, the Salt Lake Tribune today wrote about Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon (who is running as the Democrats' candidate for Governor) misrepresenting the facts about Utah's graduation requirements. When a reporter challenged his running mate on their stance, her response was that the actual numbers did not matter. The issue was bigger than simple numbers. Their vision for education was too progressive to be limited to numbers of credit hours required to graduate.
Catch them in their lie and they routinely dismiss your objections, professing that their points are still noble and correct.