Chicago Teachers Strike
This is not going to make me any liberal friends. Chicago teachers should go back to work, now and they should have not even taken even a symbolic day off. The symbolism of teachers on strike takes away much of the sympathy people have for teachers.
Things are already difficult. Public employees are under attack everywhere and striking in the face of the difficulties makes them about as popular as some of the rich folks they want to pay for stuff. Unfortunately rich folks can send their kids to private schools and this further weakens public sympathy for a hard working, educated, and necessary group of folks.
I'm not Sam Gompers, but this kind of behavior is similar to the behavior of congress where it is always my way or the highway.
Parents and the kids who need public schools are not well served by teacher's unions and the leadership of these groups need to understand this.
Incidentally, the teacher's union leadership in South Florida, has been as likely to spend time in jail as they have helping teachers do their jobs. Pat Tornillo of Miami Dade County, and the last leader of the Broward County teacher, Pat Santeramo, have been as likely to steal from their members and this is just as big a problem as some bad teachers that need to be culled from the ranks of education.
Things are already difficult. Public employees are under attack everywhere and striking in the face of the difficulties makes them about as popular as some of the rich folks they want to pay for stuff. Unfortunately rich folks can send their kids to private schools and this further weakens public sympathy for a hard working, educated, and necessary group of folks.
I'm not Sam Gompers, but this kind of behavior is similar to the behavior of congress where it is always my way or the highway.
Parents and the kids who need public schools are not well served by teacher's unions and the leadership of these groups need to understand this.
Incidentally, the teacher's union leadership in South Florida, has been as likely to spend time in jail as they have helping teachers do their jobs. Pat Tornillo of Miami Dade County, and the last leader of the Broward County teacher, Pat Santeramo, have been as likely to steal from their members and this is just as big a problem as some bad teachers that need to be culled from the ranks of education.
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