My Mom and Dad met as high school teacher , before the, ww2, war. Mom taught Home Ec. and at 97 is still an amazing talented fast cook. Dad taught the shop classes. So Mom, an L.A. short dancin' social hottie would break a toaster over and over to have footballer big rugged handsome , hunt and fish in NorCal before and after classes, "please fix my toaster again" date. Pretty sly, eh?
They both served as officers, Army and Navy, in the war. Kept writing and married right after the war. New custom ranch house for $18,000.
So I am on the teachers side. Two of three sisters taught public school. I, briefly, sold 403b's for pittance "straight com." The public does not care to see the lousy mgmt of public schools. Nor the terrible captive nature of the selfish teacher unions. Our "public" schools are so hidden and abused!!
Shame on both the CTA and CFA for not getting at least $50k/yr starting salaries for every public school teacher in California that has a dammit "4 year degree" and bloody "1-2 yr Masters teaching credential" by torture hell.
Teaching is a talent and a passion; you either have it or you read the text to the class.
Does the squalor public masses know or care that golden handshakes and golden parachutes to principals and superintendents are not proven to be cost effective, but are just a huge waste of tax money? Do people know that the #1 public school admin. mantra in the usa is "spend it, so we get the same or more next year"!!?? Good teachers do not autmatically make better public school administrators and the reverse. And there are sooo many bad teachers and bad administrators in public education.
Yes, even the Teamsters won't help you with 3 lincoln penny too thin tread tires in winter rain on a "faster faster!!" UPS delivery truck. So why expect anything of benefit from the public school teachers unions? They "take" $400-650/yr for horrible lazy traitorous "representation". Yes, I have had my 4xs a Teamster rep tell me "We don't represent you. Sit down. Shut up. We are going for cocktails in company mgmt office now. And you will be lucky to keep what you already have! So forget about your fair dispatch rules." These American unions, public especially, are no better than parasites. And yes, I have been in one of the most famous public elementary school districts, public union office many times. Almost as scary selfish, anti-dues paying members, union shop office as any Teamsters office, like the ones in SF.
So bring it, public school teachers!!
The state, the feds and testing crazy "no chold left behind", and the admins, and the public unions are all not your friends. Public education in the usa must must be saved. Rich parents and expensive "insider"private schools be damned. The usa must be improved and defended, progressively.
Not nearly enough has been done. If I see/hear one more lazy irresponsible sellout American politician,,,
