[KMCC]

Too often of late, I find that it's necessary to "talk down" to teachers in order to be understood.

[Principled]

Sounds like you need to send your kids elsewhere.

[Conservateacher]

It truley is geting diffikult to admit that I are a teecher.

Embarrassing! There really are some very good people in the profession. However, the good teachers are too busy doing their job or raising their families to get involved in the union bs. I also find most teachers to be politically oblivious.
As an agency fee payer I don't offically belong to the union. It is very difficult to recruit others to take my stance, even staunchly, conservative teachers. They want to be "team players".