tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post6118984674828957565..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Dear Campbell Brown:Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-40095848358390122712014-08-13T15:06:40.543-04:002014-08-13T15:06:40.543-04:00Because the people hailing it can use every win th...Because the people hailing it can use every win they can claimPeter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-81854074705875960642014-08-13T14:53:44.679-04:002014-08-13T14:53:44.679-04:00Teachers are akin to waiters in a restaurant. We s...Teachers are akin to waiters in a restaurant. We serve what we are given. We don't choose the menu, the chefs, or the owner. <br /><br />We have the stupid curriculum to push, we have to deal with the lack of funds and supplies. We have to deal with the inert school boards. Why then do we get the blame?<br /><br />One more thing. This Vergara case is quite weak. Why, is it being hailed as a victory when the case is on appeal? Pete Zuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708676684946013529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-71430236678165020892014-08-13T13:36:45.638-04:002014-08-13T13:36:45.638-04:00Teachers don't hire themselves, the unions don...Teachers don't hire themselves, the unions don't hire the teachers. That's all the job of administrators and principals. Teachers and their unions don't do the observations and evaluations of teachers, that's the job of the principals. If there are supposedly ineffective teachers in the schools, shouldn't we be asking the principals and administrators some probing questions rather than going directly after tenure, seniority and LIFO? Oh, of course not, because the point of all this reform crap is to privatize the schools and destroy the unions and any bargaining rights that teachers may have. Are the states that don't have teacher tenure doing that much better than states like NJ, CT and Mass with strong teacher tenure laws?Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.com