tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13374913.post112439955607264157..comments2024-03-11T06:40:05.456-05:00Comments on School of Blog: Teachers vs. Kidsjuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17948010246097186377noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13374913.post-1124549593811786472005-08-20T09:53:00.000-05:002005-08-20T09:53:00.000-05:00First of all, teacher unions ARE teachers. Effort...First of all, teacher unions ARE teachers. Efforts to make a distinction are disingenuous and preposterous.<BR/><BR/>Second, unions do not select teachers. That's simply not what they do. They can suggest higher standards, and the UFT has for years. And their suggestions can be ignored, as NYC has done for years, opting to maximize recruitment at the expense of quality.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13374913.post-1124466703907307722005-08-19T10:51:00.000-05:002005-08-19T10:51:00.000-05:00(reposted to fix glaring typo)The union doesn't ca...(reposted to fix glaring typo)<BR/><BR/>The union doesn't care about educating kids, anymore than than the UAW cares about quality at Ford Motor Co. Unions exist to protect jobs and maximize pay and benefits. Unions are not required to educate children or make cars. Teachers, of course, do care about kids, just like the guy on the auto line likely cares about making quality vehicles. However,teachers or any other union members, have very little say about what goes on at the executive levels of their unions.<BR/><BR/>Unions should care about the big picture more, as ultimately the jobs depend on a healthy industry. However, the teachers unions doesn't really have that issue as public education is a government monopoly.CODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207776957256101693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13374913.post-1124466491645122142005-08-19T10:48:00.000-05:002005-08-19T10:48:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.CODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207776957256101693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13374913.post-1124406874961836212005-08-18T18:14:00.000-05:002005-08-18T18:14:00.000-05:00I agree with you, mostly. I think there's a dange...I agree with you, mostly. I think there's a dangerous misconception floating out there--that teachers have too many benefits and they should be curtailed, for sake of fairness.<BR/><BR/>The truth is just the opposite--all American workers should have good benefits, particularly health insurance. They do it in Canada, they do it in Europe, and we could do it here if we only stopped watching Fox News. <BR/><BR/>Walmart is a disgrace. Dick Cheney, with heart problems both literal and figurative, calls it one of America's best businesses. He should thank God he doesn't work there.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.com