National Teachers' Union Can't Be Bothered with Education

[martybegan]

You know Boston is not all that big compared to cesspools like NYC and Chicago, right?

It's smaller, but has some of the same issues.

 

[Unkotare]

Agreed, but the Unions have a big say WHICH dem runs for those offices.

A more impactful influence than the money unions shower democrats with is the fact that the Republican party in MA has shit for organization. I go to my local GOP meetings each month, and it's just depressing.

 

[martybegan]

A more impactful influence than the money unions shower democrats with is the fact that the Republican party in MA has shit for organization. I go to my local GOP meetings each month, and it's just depressing.

I feel your pain. As an NYC resident we are in the same boat.

 

[SweetSue92]

Teachers union reveals true colors behind closed doors at annual convention

America's largest teachers union faces criticism for prioritizing political activism over education, accelerating the exodus to alternative schools

www.foxnews.com

This is not surprising to anyone who follows the NEA's actions over time - especially during the Pandemic - but the conclusion is unavoidable that teachers' unions are the worst thing that ever happened to public education. Their MISSION is political indoctrination (after screwing the taxpayers, of course).

A pox on every legislator who ever voted to allow teachers to form and join unions. It is incompatible with education.

This is why I don't belong to the NEA

 

[Mac-7]

Teacher's unions have little to nothing to do with what is taught in classrooms.

Right

All they care about is demanding cushy retirement pensions for bad teachers

 

[Unkotare]

Right

All they care about is demanding cushy retirement pensions for bad teachers

Have you worked closely with the unions?

 

[Mac-7]

No closer than I absolutely hav

Have you worked closely with the unions?

No closer than I absolutely have to

But I often run across victims of the public education system who cant make change in their head

 

[initforme]

No closer than I absolutely hav

No closer than I absolutely have to

Do I often run across victims of the public education system who cant make change in their head

Unions built this nation, single handedly.

 

[Mac-7]

Unions built this nation, single handedly.

So they say

And blindfolded with one hand tied behind their back

 

[initforme]

So they say

And blindfolded with one hand tied behind their back

So you know good teachers from bad ones. Why not go in and teach? Show the world how its done.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

No closer than I absolutely hav

No closer than I absolutely have to

But I often run across victims of the public education system who cant make change in their head

No, you haven't. That is a lie told by people before electronic cash registers were invented. Besides, nobody uses cash anymore unless they are so poor they don't have a bank account. Check your receipt! It shows exactly how much change you are to receive.

Someone near us paid in cash at lunch this week and I nearly fell out of the booth! That's the first time I have seen that in about a decade.

 

[Mac-7]

No, you haven't. That is a lie told by people before electronic cash registers were invented. Besides, nobody uses cash anymore unless they are so poor they don't have a bank account. Check your receipt! It shows exactly how much change you are to receive.

Someone near us paid in cash at lunch this week and I nearly fell out of the booth! That's the first time I have seen that in about a decade.

God help the children if the chinese hack the computer system and everyone has to depend on what they actually know

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

God help the children if the chinese hack the computer system and everyone has to depend on what they actually know

Well, everybody pissed on Common Core and that was one of the math skills that it tried to enhance.

 

[Mac-7]

Well, everybody pissed on Common Core and that was one of the math skills that it tried to enhance.

Who is everybody?

It seems the reaction was mixed and bipartisan

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Who is everybody?

It seems the reaction was mixed and bipartisan

Why do you think Common Core no longer exists in almost every state?

 

[Mac-7]

Why do you think Common Core no longer exists in almost every state?

Did I say that?

 

[Concerned American]

nobody uses cash anymore unless they are so poor they don't have a bank account.

I use cash on all purchases except fuel and I don't think I would be considered poor and I have a bank account.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Did I say that?

You said:
"It seems the reaction was mixed and bipartisan'.

It was not. It was partisan and solidly conservative in the opposition. That's why it basically disappeared in short order.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I use cash on all purchases except fuel and I don't think I would be considered poor and I have a bank account.

You are one of the very few. You are a living anachronism.

 

[Concerned American]

You are one of the very few. You are a living anachronism.

I don't trust the digital world.