From: BorkedBorg@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:01:57 GMT, "Dangerous"    
   wrote:   
      
      
   >   
   > Now Teachers they are a breed of their own.  They want to be classified as   
   >professionals.   
   >And yet their union never backs other unions  ever but want all  other   
   >unions and public to   
   >support them.  They use our precious kids as ransom ....(collateral damage)   
   > I personally do not know anyone who is a member of the teachers union.   
   >When my kids were young I was about to cross their lines  during one short   
   >strike, take my kids   
   >to the school library and instruct them myself.   
   >Sadly I never got the chance to demonstrate their right to an education,   
   >paid by our tax dollars.   
      
   Don't get me wound up, Dora!!   
      
   I was married (technically still am) to a very caring, dedicated teacher   
   who spent hours of her own time every day doing unpaid work.   
      
   Yes, class sizes used to be bigger with no problems.  Everyone overlooks   
   the fact that, back then when we went to school, most kids were quiet,   
   attentive and had at least a little respect for authority figures.  Now   
   classes are filled with noisy, rude, unattentive brats who have been   
   raised by parents who take no responsibility for their kids and treat   
   schools as babysitting services.  These are the same parents that let   
   their kids watch gross movies or play video games 'til all hours and let   
   their kids get too full of their own importance.  Teachers no longer   
   have any authority, can't discipline without parents coming down like a   
   ton of bricks because whatever happens just "has" to be the teacher's   
   fault--a teacher will usually get little support from supervisors who   
   are hired by school boards made up of these same parents!  Teachers are   
   discouraged from failing kids who can't or won't work (can't upset   
   little lazy, snot-nosed, rude, ignorant Johnny's self-esteem, you   
   know!).  My wife taught primary grades for nigh-on thirty years.  Every   
   single year standards have been lowered so more kids can meet them.   
   Every year, kids move on to the next grade knowing less than the   
   previous year's class.  Special-needs kids have been mainstreamed into a   
   lot of classes without enough teacher's aids--some special needs kids   
   can take up most of a teacher's class time.  Parents will take their   
   kids out of school for whatever reason and expect the teacher to make up   
   the lost time.  Parents continuously send sick kids to school, knowing   
   full well they will pass on their cold, flu or whatever to everyone   
   else.   
      
   Often, the kids who are there to learn and are prepared to work are put   
   on the back burner simply because of the fact that they are quiet and   
   not disruptive.   
      
   My wife gets so frustrated and upset sometimes, she's almost in tears.   
   She loved teaching and put her all into it for twenty years (to the cost   
   of her family!)--now she's had it and just can't wait to retire.   
      
   I am amazed at how much more my parents learned in school than our   
   generation did, and disgusted at how much less my kids know.  I am   
   afraid for my grandchildren.   
      
      
      
   --   
      
   Lee H. in beautiful Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada!   
      
   This life is a test.  It is only a test.  Had this been an actual life, you   
   would have received further instructions as to what to do and where to go.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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