tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post6651814668278225133..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Don't They Understand...?Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-34801678907355828452017-04-04T13:59:24.773-04:002017-04-04T13:59:24.773-04:00I love your details on this issue but feel you may...I love your details on this issue but feel you may have missed the larger issue: Jefferson told us an educated/informed citizenry was necessary for democracy. As media conglomerates have gobbled up the free press to eliminate an "informed" citizenry, so are, as you so eloquently state, qualified, dedicated teachers being denigrated and marginalized in order to eliminate real public education. I leave it to you to elaborate on this, however, I might point out that since one of the first groups to be "eliminated" by the USSR was the intelligentsia, might it not be a stretch to imagine what awaits the U.S.?Barbara R. Paciottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409797561810764993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-64751888288176689832017-04-02T20:47:17.317-04:002017-04-02T20:47:17.317-04:00Lowering qualifications.
Attracting the least qua...Lowering qualifications.<br /><br />Attracting the least qualified and most desperate to a job.<br /><br />Hiring people least likely to fight for better and safer working conditions --- safer not just for the workers, but for all concerned.<br /><br />Yeah, all of that worked out great for actor/comedian Tracy Morgan. WalMart, to save money, simultaneously lowered their qualifications for drivers, attracting the most desperate and least qualified, and less likely to challenged horrific working conditions.<br /><br />Then the inevitable happened:<br /><br />"The driver of the Walmart transport-truck, Kevin Roper of Jonesboro, Georgia, pleaded not guilty to one count of death by auto and four counts of assault by auto. The complaint alleges (the driver) Roper dozed off and hit Morgan's limousine after swerving to avoid slowed traffic ahead of him.[29] It also argues that Roper had been awake for more than 24 hours before the crash.[30] A preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that Roper had been on the clock since 11:20 Friday morning and was very close to the federal limits of 14 hours per day and 11 hours behind the wheel.[31]<br /><br />"On July 10, 2014, Morgan sued Walmart for negligence. The suit alleged that Walmart either knew or should have known that Roper hadn't slept for more than 24 hours. The complaint alleged that before his shift, Walmart forced Roper to drive from his home in Jonesboro to a Walmart distribution center in Smyrna, Delaware—a distance of some 750 miles (1,210 km) over 11 hours—even though there were several other distribution centers within a much more reasonable driving distance."<br />-------------<br /><br />Check out what "Miracle-on-the-Hudson" pilot "Sully" Sullenberger --- sounding like a teacher in today's world --- said about his profession while testifying to Congress: <br /><br />“Flying has been my lifelong passion, but while I love my profession, I do not like what has happened to it. My decision to remain in the profession I love has come at tremendous cost to me and my family. <br /><br />"My pay was cut by 40 percent and my contractual entitlement to a retirement pension was stripped away ... Airline pilots do not live in a vacuum, and we understand fully and are sympathetic to the fact that many Americans have recently experienced economic difficulties. <br /><br />"But, airline employees have been hit by an economic tsunami ... I attempt to speak accurately and plainly, so please do not think I exaggerate when I say that I do not know a single professional airline pilot who wants his or her children to follow in their footsteps.”<br /><br />http://www.culturewars.com/2011/Pilots.htm<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911854468188214107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-83726992492851601842017-04-02T15:54:49.077-04:002017-04-02T15:54:49.077-04:00Wow, as one of those teachers who has stuck it out...Wow, as one of those teachers who has stuck it out for more than 30 years in the same district I find this article a little scary. Why, because I have seen much of what you write about happen before my eyes. I am an active union member and I speak up and question administrative decisions often. I guess I am a dinosaur. But I will continue down this path until I retire, which won't be for at least 3 more years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-89905690911329244782017-04-02T15:26:13.974-04:002017-04-02T15:26:13.974-04:00AmenAmenRuss Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999234982751919638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-54341169558853911942017-04-02T12:20:37.687-04:002017-04-02T12:20:37.687-04:00Exactly.Exactly.wizard lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646651793517883138noreply@blogger.com