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In reply to the discussion: The nerve to ask [View all]

AtheistCrusader

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3. Doesn't get much clearer than that.
Thu May 30, 2013, 11:30 AM
May 2013

There are some education reforms I'd like to see, but none of them involve shafting hard working teachers.

This is a job I couldn't do. I'd love to TEACH, but in that environment, with those requirements, I couldn't keep up. I'd fail.

The nerve to ask [View all] ashling May 2013 OP
well said! liberal_at_heart May 2013 #1
I said pretty much the same thing sharp_stick May 2013 #2
Doesn't get much clearer than that. AtheistCrusader May 2013 #3
Thanks for knowing yourself and the difficulty of teaching well enough to say that. LuckyLib May 2013 #10
And, chervilant May 2013 #25
Exactly. Remember the old adage BlueToTheBone May 2013 #41
I did try to become a teacher... chervilant May 2013 #24
Same for me ashling May 2013 #39
Okay, I'm thinking about that option. chervilant May 2013 #43
I like it - don't make much ashling May 2013 #44
How about a link to that letter? eom chervilant Jun 2013 #47
Here ashling Jun 2013 #48
Thanks! chervilant Jun 2013 #49
Awwe shucks ashling Jun 2013 #53
They dare to think. This is not good in a GOP mindset. RedCloud May 2013 #4
Oh yes. Yes, yes, yes. Kurovski May 2013 #5
Truer words have not been said... rbilick May 2013 #6
Teachers used to be considered underpaid,... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #7
Reagan started the trend to dismantling of unions. Kurovski May 2013 #13
Yup. And now we and our pay and pensions are resented. Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #14
These days most workers never HEARD the word "pension".... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #19
Amen to that! nt caledesi May 2013 #8
Brilliant!!! nt tblue May 2013 #9
well said. blackspade May 2013 #11
Truth. colorado_ufo May 2013 #12
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!! calimary May 2013 #15
Because we allow the GOP to control the narrative siligut May 2013 #16
Well said! hrmjustin May 2013 #17
Add to that last line: lastlib May 2013 #18
A society is broken when you attack its teachers kimbutgar May 2013 #20
If they don't go down in flames in November 2014 . . . Brigid May 2013 #30
Unfortunately, some Dems have piled on against teachers and for Ed "Reform" We People May 2013 #33
I'm surprised that you haven't been sent to a re-education camp yet. Major Hogwash May 2013 #37
Even in the old days teachers went to college to learn how to teach kimbutgar May 2013 #42
Teacher an public school hatred is also ashling May 2013 #40
We need lots more crazy union thugs. tclambert May 2013 #21
OH HELL YES! BrotherIvan May 2013 #22
100% Correct. MichiganVote May 2013 #23
On that note... Blue Owl May 2013 #26
+1 Not Sure May 2013 #27
Gosh, not a single DU Teacher Hater© recc'd this. Starry Messenger May 2013 #28
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT May 2013 #29
K & R. Teachers are what build community. An attack on them, is an attack on all of us! freshwest May 2013 #31
That's it in a nutshell. Auntie Bush May 2013 #32
Hear, hear! We People May 2013 #34
You hit a nerve on this one, Ashling! ReRe May 2013 #35
kr HiPointDem May 2013 #36
K&R n/t myrna minx May 2013 #38
kick Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #45
I love a teacher when they're telling kids to not use a jpeg when plain text would do just fine. harmonicon Jun 2013 #46
Does trying that hard to miss the point in favor of asinine pedantry hurt? (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2013 #50
Does the irony... harmonicon Jun 2013 #51
k&r for educators. Laelth Jun 2013 #52
thank you trueblue2007 Jun 2013 #54
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