tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post2679404145370758088..comments2024-03-12T11:58:18.978-04:00Comments on Accountable Talk: Seniority Means Always Having to Say You're SorryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-69092724047738161082010-10-15T22:48:16.486-04:002010-10-15T22:48:16.486-04:00Teachers in my neck of the woods (eastern Long Isl...Teachers in my neck of the woods (eastern Long Island) whom work in predominantly white neighborhoods make 80,000 Per yr after 15 yrs service. There are many outstanding teachers and there are many lousy ones and the union protects the bad ones for life, via teacher tenure. If the UFT really cared, they would fire these teachers instead of allowing them to set in a detention room (rubber room) while they collect full pay. If unions really cared about kids, than unions would support charter schools and other real school reform, but they do not. Instead they fight tooth and nail to keep things just as they are so that the teachers get to keep there tenure and holidays and high wages and benefits while the children they claim to love get screwed, because they're regulated to go to a failing school. The UFT, by choice, chooses not to allow school choice for these same underprivileged minority students. Why is that I ask? Why is the UFT so against school choice for parents? Also the only reason those students are not going to be protected by a union when they grow up, is because half of them will become dropouts as a result of attending a failing school. A school that they must attend because there is no other choice. The teachers unions all support this, Why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-11453294747179668312010-09-27T23:31:18.138-04:002010-09-27T23:31:18.138-04:00Unions don't screw kids, anon 11:54. They scr...Unions don't screw kids, anon 11:54. They screw rich people by assuring that workers get fair salaries and benefits. The rich get a little less rich as a result. The only reason that teachers seem to earn a lot of money compared to other people is because we are in a major economic depression. Who caused that depression--the unions, or the banks and corporations? <br /><br />The kids you are so worried about are going to grow up without unions to protect them, if you and others don't wake up and realize who the real bad guys are.Moriah Untamedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08256637291823077134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-7746331256181407922010-07-06T23:54:25.602-04:002010-07-06T23:54:25.602-04:00Are you sorry for being part of a union that has s...Are you sorry for being part of a union that has systematically screwed the same demographic of kids over and over for generations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-49566777365571595422010-05-28T22:02:48.050-04:002010-05-28T22:02:48.050-04:00Well said! Eloquent even. I hope you convey these ...Well said! Eloquent even. I hope you convey these thoughts to our State legislators before they wipe out our seniority protecton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-23890878225473860712010-04-21T01:17:58.036-04:002010-04-21T01:17:58.036-04:00I love senior teachers. They were the best teacher...I love senior teachers. They were the best teachers in my high school until they were replaced with vastly underqualified twenty-somethings. But you are wrong to complain about the need to justify yourselves as public employees with a responsibility to the taxpayer.<br /><br />With professionals who are not public employees, there is no compulsory system which requires everyone to pay for the poor performance of these bad apples, who manage to cling to the tree of public largesse through insane tenure practices, powerful unions, and a relative monopolization of elementary, middle, and high school education.<br /><br />Most senior teachers may in fact be doing a good job, but you should understand why people want to ensure that their children are getting the best education for their buck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-20016096672454940982010-04-18T21:58:46.466-04:002010-04-18T21:58:46.466-04:00Awesome post!!Awesome post!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-78565519426131802092010-04-18T21:33:29.767-04:002010-04-18T21:33:29.767-04:00Great points. I found myself nodding the entire ti...Great points. I found myself nodding the entire time I was reading it. Well said.FidgetyTeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13062058958826674862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-55563011255454780272010-04-18T19:29:27.909-04:002010-04-18T19:29:27.909-04:00I've been seeing it as shock doctrine too. Th...I've been seeing it as shock doctrine too. That's what these folks are good at, and it's incredible this country lets them get away with it.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-33628412306013238842010-04-18T18:45:38.611-04:002010-04-18T18:45:38.611-04:00Great post. We are know that Bloomberg wants to r...Great post. We are know that Bloomberg wants to reduce costs and Klein hates teachers. It is called "education on the cheap".Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-51980616995125122482010-04-18T16:11:26.541-04:002010-04-18T16:11:26.541-04:00I once had a newbie tell me I should retire to mak...I once had a newbie tell me I should retire to make sure he had a job. I wiped the floor with him.<br /><br />I've worked long and hard for my job and I intend to keep it until I am ready and not one minute before.<br /><br />On this note, Mayor Moneybags should have given his job to someone knew, not someone with seniority in the office.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-31791674574480412322010-04-18T16:04:10.481-04:002010-04-18T16:04:10.481-04:00Well said! I wish the UFT would argue the case so...Well said! I wish the UFT would argue the case so well.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.com