'Give Up the Bucks!' - Episode 2 - "Kids Aren't Cars"

[mrktjobs]

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Garbage video.

One Big Lie.

An Attack On All Working People.

Right-Wing Propaganda.

Funded by the 1%.

You can eat it after my dog leaves it on the ground...oh wait, you're down there eating it already...

[biggerturtle]

@mrktjobs The real propaganda is the garbage spewed by corrupt teachers unions that care only about squeezing as much money out of the system as possible. The quickest way to solve our educational problems would be to eliminate unions

Morons like you are the reason this country is in such a mess. Too many so called " working people " are largely ignorant , useless lazy scum who serve no real purpose other than to suck as much as they can from the rest of us and give nothing back.

[mrktjobs]

Vile, mendacious propaganda. Look how slick and obviously well-funded this garbage is.

The real goal of this billionaire funded Soviet-style, Big Lie video is to demonize unions---as they did in Nazi Germany, Stalin's USSR, and Mao's China.

Then, the interests behind this film, with the "pesky unions" out of the way, can go in for the kill, hire "teachers" that make no more than Walmart workers, and use the education dollars to enrich their Wall Street buddies.

This is a sick vile lie.

[EconCat88]

Teachers will always whine about not being paid enough.

[EconCat88]

A must watch video series for all the fools that still support teachers' unions.

[mrktjobs]

@EconCat88 I own a small business. I support the teachers in my young son's school. I love the fact that his teachers are well paid and showed respect for the hard work they do.

I STAND BEHIND THESE GOOD PEOPLE WHO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.

Get used to it, "EconCat88"; teachers unions are here to stay. We the public support them, and we're going to Kick Your Ass and make you eat it.

[EconCat88]

@mrktjobs

As each day passes, I'm seeing more charter schools, and that's great news.

[mrktjobs]

@EconCat88 Wake up and smell the coffee, bud. You obviously haven't been watching the shift in the public dialogue. Right now, Michelle "Cheating Girl" Rhee is under investigation for her corruption when she was hired to destroy public education in DC.

Arne Duncan is a disaster, and parents, including me, what him out of office. The most prominent speakers are the ones like Stan Karp and Diane Ravitch, who understand what's really happening in education. The tide has turned.

[EconCat88]

@mrktjobs

I'm seeing enrollment falling at public schools where I live and increasing enrollment at charter schools.

[qwertyui90qwertyui90]

I believe i could 'home school' my children better than the United States schools could educate them. B.E "Mechanical and Electronic"

[swu880]

And this accountability encourages competition which drives down prices while increasing the quality & VARIETY of education available

[121mlb1976]

I hate to break this to those of you who DON'T TEACH for a living...but the problem is NOT the teachers or their union...its the LAZY parents who are a child's FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT teacher. Parents need educated on how to be parents! Where's the video series for that??? I see your son/daughter for 47 minutes a day 9 months out of the year...seriously...who's at fault??? Get off the teachers case and start holding MOM and DAD accountable...then watch test scores go UP UP UP!!

[nickjw88]

@121mlb1976 It's time for you to change jobs. Obviously you are not capable of doing the job and are incapable of using the 1100+ hours per year that these students are in school effectivly. Save the students and yourself the misery of having you in a job that you can't handle.

[121mlb1976]

@nickjw88 I would say you probably should educate yourself on the facts of REALITY. Where did you get your 1100 mark for hours worked by me? I have worked in private schools for 5 years and public schools for 5 years, which makes me qualified to tell you that the biggest difference between the two sectors is NOT the union of teachers, but instead the quality of parent. Parents who read to and work with their children before they attend school are the reason kids have a desire to learn.

[121mlb1976]

Respond to this video... I am also a parent of 3 boys ages 8, 6, and 4. I guarantee you that my kids will be top 5% of their class in high school and their test scores will be excellent. The reason I can guarantee this is because I as a PARENT have instilled the value of a quality education in my kids. I as a PARENT support the job that my kids' teachers perform every day. I COMPLAIN about how much their teacher works or how much money they make...INSTEAD I am a supplemental piece to my

[121mlb1976]

Respond to this video... my kids education. As far as pay goes, I can't complain about my compensation. There aren't any teachers suffering because of their salary (with the exception of parochial school teachers). You want teachers to be accountable, MOST OF US ARE. The good ones go home day after day and agonize about what they're going to do the next day to get through to the group of kids who just don't give a crap. So your 1100+ hours number is a bunch of BS!

[121mlb1976]

@nickjw88 I also know for a fact that you wouldn't last 20 minutes in a middle school classroom. If you think it is really that simple...I offer you a challenge. Trade me jobs for ONE DAY! If you are half the man you pretend to be while typing....you'll grow a set of nuts and reply to this so we can exchange contact info and I will invite you to my classroom for a day...a week....or however long you think you can last. I'll even let you stay at my home and I'll show you what solid parents are.

[LughTube1]

@121mlb1976

I'll grant you that parents are increasingly crappy, but this picture of teachers as an embattled class of altruistic sufferers is at best, sentimentality and at worst a self-serving lie. The only thing which drives prices down and quality up is competition. Political privilege always leads to an inner ring who enjoy ease and leisure and an 'all-the-rest' who pay the tab.

[swu880]

@121mlb1976

solution is very simple- get rid of all public schools & outlaw public sector unions!

The unions hold a monopoly on the education & are highly unaccountable. Instead, only have private schools&charter schools. its far more cost effective & it brings about competition. There is accountability in private schools cuz parents&teachers actually have an intimate relationship with one another- teachers must satisfy the parents & work with parents or else they get no money!

[mrktjobs]

@swu880 Solution is very simple: isolate and ignore obtuse, anti-education voices like those of swu880. People like that need to be excluded from the discussion as they don't belong in a civilized society. They believe in a dog-eat-dog world. Let swu880 go to Somalia, where they live exactly as he advocates.

[biggerturtle]

@121mlb1976 You are correct about parents but INCORRECT about teachers. Both are to blame . The fact of the matter is that the teacher's unions have screwed up American public education to the point they need to be eliminated. A substantial percentage of so called "teachers" are at best inept and should be fired. Teaching should be based on merit (like other professions) and not tenure or longevity. Michelle Rhee had it right.

[Hellpig]

another reason to send all union heads rolling ....get out you commie fucks

[FreeAgain2]

And don't forget teachers work about 1300-1400 hours per year - but get full year salaries. Why not teach summer school to all those failing kids - those that read at a much lower grade level. We are paying for it already.

How many weeks of vacation do YOU GET? 2-3? Teachers get about 15 weeks off.

[uggen18]

@FreeAgain2 Teachers are paid for 9 months of work spread over 12 months. Many also work second jobs in the summer to survive. I'm not saying I was underpaid as a teacher but I put in a lot of extra hours grading papers and finding ways to get kids who don't care involved and constantly learning and evaluating how I can keep discipline in my classroom so I could teach those who wanted to learn. I also had to take 6 hours of graduate work every 5 years paying out of pocket. Teaching is tough.

[biggerturtle]

@uggen18 teacchers are the reason this country is a mess Ignorant freeloading scum

[jonigross44]

@biggerturtle Teachers are 1/2 to blame...the parents are the other half. Most parents are either ignorant or too busy to participate in their child's education. The ones who do want to participate are facing apathy and rigidity among school administrators. All are failing our kids

[biggerturtle]

@jonigross44 I agree completely

[mrktjobs]

@biggerturtle Actually, the truth is, people like you are the parasites and the lazy. You live off of us. You're human garbage, "bigger turtle".

Do you know that?

[missnicky20]

Look at most of them! They're FAT! Not only do they not contribute anything. But clearly, they don't care about their own bodies. Why should they? They have a huge safety net!