Posted on 09/22/2012 6:40:08 AM PDT by Kaslin
its not enough they have the cream of the crop health care, insane summer vacations, every weekend off, every holiday off, along with Christmas break and an extra day with Thanksgiving, and spring break....
this is why people are turned off by teachers.....they don't teach...
Nothing to do with test scores. It’s about redistribution of wealth. The idea was first fostered about 35-40 years ago with the concept of Megalopolis, then defined as the unbroken urban/suburban areas from D.C. to Boston. The 60s saw white flight and the growth of the burbs and urban problems too great for the financial resources of cities. Regionalization, starting with school systems, done through federal judicial fiat (see Yonkers and Judge Sand) would be a starting point, followed by the creation of area school districts and the dissolution of local suburban districts. Other areas of govt would follow in this expansion of power over local communities.
Two things brought it to a halt. One was the potential for violent opposition(see Boston busing)because of a variety of reasons, racism, fear of crime,desire to control your kids’ education, desire not to return to the control of the machine you left by moving out and two, was the Black power movement which sought to give black neighborhoods and communities control over their schools and other operations of city govt due to a belief that such govt being white controlled was either racist or unconcerned with problems in black communities. .( see Altschuler Community Control, 1970)
But if you read the goals of the Progressive Chicago machine Obama springs from you will see that regionalization and redistribution are promine In the late 60s and early 70s it was hoped local/state Progressive politics could persuade voters to accept this readjustment of govt boundaries, but now they see the control of the federal courts and bureaucracy as an opportunity to return to these goals.
a guy called into Dave Ramsey the other day...his teacher wife is going to be getting $3800 a month...and he wanted to know the best way to gouge the system even more....
“...how they’re going to pay for the new contract.”
Darn the taxpayers!!! More taxes ahead!!! (For the children you know.)
IMHO
There are a lot of them, so I am sure some went to private schools. Not all are in the Chicago area. Also, my contacts are now grandparents and I am no longer friends with them, due to politics. Things were different in the 60s/70s and even in the 80s, especially in more affluent areas.
You’re right. It is just very frustrating to see perfectly healthy 55 year olds retired, having two homes, tennis membership, new SUVs, and complaining about contributing more to their healthcare!
The fellow citizens will pay these extortionist goons.
“Chicago School Leaders Don’t Know How They’re Going to Pay for the New Contract!”
Here’s my two cents: Cut everything that is not mandated by law. All sports, music, clubs, extracurricular activites, everything but the core subjects. Lock the doors after the last bell. That’ll make a few teachers redundant who can then be let go. Then start on the admin staff.
Two words.
Reelect Obama.
Maybe for Senator, since the Jesse Jackson tribe is being run out of DC
Re: “One of the foundations of a civilized society is the respect for contracts.”
Another foundation is common sense.
If it’s too good to be true, it probably isn’t true.
If one views Chicago government as an ongoing criminal conspiracy - as I do - then one must draw the obvious conclusions and accept personal responsibility for being duped.
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