Or the dumbass voters that voted in the dumbass bureaucrats that accepted these dumbass union contracts.
"and a double dumb-ass on you"
: )
Posted on 06/23/2009 3:29:47 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that's what they want to do.
Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its "rubber rooms" — off-campus office space where they wait months, even years, for their disciplinary hearings.
The 700 or so teachers can practice yoga, work on their novels, paint portraits of their colleagues — pretty much anything but school work.
"You just basically sit there for eight hours," said Orlando Ramos, who spent seven months in a rubber room, officially known as a temporary reassignment center, in 2004-05.
Because the teachers collect their full salaries of $70,000 or more, the city Department of Education estimates the practice costs the taxpayers $65 million a year. The department blames union rules.
Judith Cohen, an art teacher who has been in a rubber room near Madison Square Garden for three years, said she passes the time by painting watercolors of her fellow detainees.
Some sell real estate, earn graduate degrees or teach each other yoga and tai chi.
David Suker, who has been in a Brooklyn reassignment center for three months, said he has used the time to plan summer trips to Alaska, Cape Cod and Costa Rica. Suker said he was falsely accused of throwing a girl's test sign-up form in the garbage during an argument.
"It's sort of peaceful knowing that you're going to work to do nothing," he said.
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Hey, let’s put these guys in charge of health care too! Imagine the savings we could achieve with a single-payer system!
The teachers assigned to the classrooms do almost as little, until Cucumber Day
What differentiates them from most other school employees?
This sounds exactly what happens with the auto workers who would sit around in rooms playing cards. Typical union thugs...the whole lot of them.
Playing Scrabble. Most NY teachers can’t spelling good enough.
Well, at least they’re not in class telling the kids how great gay sex is.
How about they blame the dumbass bureaucrats that accepted these dumbass union contracts.
Or the dumbass voters that voted in the dumbass bureaucrats that accepted these dumbass union contracts.
The news is not that the teachers in question continue to draw full paychecks while under suspension or while acting as “ghost employees”, the news is that only 700 are being reported.
The real number is almost certainly much higher. There is no oversight on these things, as this is largely a Democrat suzerainty, and this is purely internal to the City of New York.
Or the dumbass voters that voted in the dumbass bureaucrats that accepted these dumbass union contracts.
"and a double dumb-ass on you"
: )
Well, following the dictate of “First, do no harm.”, they are arguably some on New York City’s most productive municipal “workers”. I say this as someone who has cashed hundreds of paychecks issued by my native burg, Noo Yawk.
Exactly.
I’d like to neck pinch some politicians and CEO’s that have caved to some of these Unions over the years.
Stupidity has consequences.
More like 78,000 paid to do nothing, IMHO.
Likely the best education $$ we spend.
Pray for America
There is no politician or political party that can save us from this kind of idiocy. Something this stupid is going to require divine intervention.
Based on the results they get, a lot more the 700 are being paid to not teach.
Only 700?
That photo is much more meaningful uncropped.
if i could pay one president to do nothing, i’d be thrilled
There are 80,000 teachers in the NYC system. 700 teachers are being paid to do nothing? Successful graduation, with lower standards, is 60.7 percent. That means a lot more than 700 teachers in the NYC are being paid for zippo.
I believe it is too late. The US is ovah.
We should get Congress to adopt this wise policy. We'd be much better off if Congress did nothing.
I have heard of the hypocrite oath.
No matter how many times the government messes up, no matter how much they waste, no matter what they destroy they never lose the thought that they are smarter than everyone else and should be running everything.
So am I.
Originally Unions were formed to set safety standards and protect minors. Between OSHA, EEO, Unemployment and Workers Compensation enough laws and regulations are now in place that the Unions truly serve little benefit to employees or employers. I am not sure why members choose to pay these dues.
So only 700 are removed from full-time “Destroy Their Little Minds” duty on full pay. Can we get the rest to stay home too?
We’d all be better off if nearly all federal employees were paid to stay away from their offices. It would be a bargain.
Here in WNY, there are TWO - count them - TWO (I wish I had a picture!) crossing guards at the HIGH SCHOOLS! If highschoolers haven’t learned to cross the street yet... GEESH!
All government at every level these days wants to step in and run things. You didn't miss the mess most states have made of medicare did you? So don't assume that health care is simply an issue of federal regulation and lobbying they're all involved and they're all as dumb as the next and nearly as charming as you.
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