"The teacher's union says you can't fire them." There is no contract anywhere that makes that statement. What a bunch of horse poo. If you have tenure it means the administration has to work to fire you.
Do you think a POLICE OFFICER working in Oakland, Compton, Watts, or East L.A. has the SAME LEVEL of STRESS and PRESSURE, as cop in Beverly Hills?
Do you think WALKING along RODEO DRIVE is EQUAL to WALKING ALONG 54TH AND CRENSHAW?
A policeman friend of mine went to his wife's Back-to-School-Night. Imagine his surprise when he realized he had PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED half of the parents in attendance!
Stop blaming the teachers! Blame the loud, rude, disruptive students & their parents!
@namseer YES! Exactly! Another example of this, although it is realistically trivial by comparison, can also be seen in the sports industry too. The really crappy athletes are just recycled into different sports teams. :(
The point I was trying to make was lost in cyber space. There are multiple factors which cause some schools to be great and others to be less than stellar - (lack of) parental involvement, transient populations, students who don't speak English, poverty, illness, single parents who are struggling, etc.
Are there bad schools in this country? Yes. Are there good schools? Yes. Why don't we ever hear about the good schools? Oh yeah - that would mean that we would have to actually look at other factors, such as (lack of) parental involvement, transient populations, students who don't speak English, poverty, illness, single parents who are struggling, etc. Let's just keep blaming the schools. It's easier that way.
@laughandsmile411 we shouldn't blame the schools? Aren't they supposed to educate our kids? I thought that's what we pay all that money in taxes for. Don't get me wrong, those other factors are important but there are still good schools and bad schools, good teachers and bad teachers , and good administrators and bad administrators.
The guy who made this video is a liberal who thought he would be making a documentary about how we should spend more on education but then he found out that spending more money has not resulted in better schools(in fact there is an almost perfect INVERSE relationship between public school spending and educational results in American school districts.)
@whitepaladin1959 The problem is not this man's party affliation weak school system.We need the ablity to change our education system. Which we can't because the teachers's union contract ties our hands. We can't get a longer school day or year, fire abusive or failing teacher reward good teachers or punish bad ones. Tenure , paid hoildays medical plans while education stagnates. These people think they are owed a job . I think you will agree there is no free lunch except for teachers.
Respond to this video... and that the real problem is that it's nearly impossible to fire the bad teachers. Yes, there are bad teachers, and I know because I'm a teacher.
"The teacher's union says you can't fire them." There is no contract anywhere that makes that statement. What a bunch of horse poo. If you have tenure it means the administration has to work to fire you.
JagerMikesterX 1 month ago
Do you think a POLICE OFFICER working in Oakland, Compton, Watts, or East L.A. has the SAME LEVEL of STRESS and PRESSURE, as cop in Beverly Hills?
Do you think WALKING along RODEO DRIVE is EQUAL to WALKING ALONG 54TH AND CRENSHAW?
A policeman friend of mine went to his wife's Back-to-School-Night. Imagine his surprise when he realized he had PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED half of the parents in attendance!
Stop blaming the teachers! Blame the loud, rude, disruptive students & their parents!
MsJanetWood 3 months ago
i seen plenty of lemons in my school but they can be laid now since the economy is bad
TheHardrock000 5 months ago in playlist Liked
The "lemon dance" happens in ALL industries. Not just teaching.
namseer 10 months ago
@namseer but it makes the worst impact in schools, because the kids in school now are going to be the ones running and working in other industries
fearthevelociraptors 9 months ago
@namseer YES! Exactly! Another example of this, although it is realistically trivial by comparison, can also be seen in the sports industry too. The really crappy athletes are just recycled into different sports teams. :(
actingpractice 7 months ago
lets do the lemon dance
u be the lemon
TheHardrock000 10 months ago
The point I was trying to make was lost in cyber space. There are multiple factors which cause some schools to be great and others to be less than stellar - (lack of) parental involvement, transient populations, students who don't speak English, poverty, illness, single parents who are struggling, etc.
laughandsmile411 11 months ago
Are there bad schools in this country? Yes. Are there good schools? Yes. Why don't we ever hear about the good schools? Oh yeah - that would mean that we would have to actually look at other factors, such as (lack of) parental involvement, transient populations, students who don't speak English, poverty, illness, single parents who are struggling, etc. Let's just keep blaming the schools. It's easier that way.
laughandsmile411 11 months ago
@laughandsmile411 we shouldn't blame the schools? Aren't they supposed to educate our kids? I thought that's what we pay all that money in taxes for. Don't get me wrong, those other factors are important but there are still good schools and bad schools, good teachers and bad teachers , and good administrators and bad administrators.
whitepaladin1959 11 months ago
The guy who made this video is a liberal who thought he would be making a documentary about how we should spend more on education but then he found out that spending more money has not resulted in better schools(in fact there is an almost perfect INVERSE relationship between public school spending and educational results in American school districts.)
whitepaladin1959 11 months ago
@whitepaladin1959 The problem is not this man's party affliation weak school system.We need the ablity to change our education system. Which we can't because the teachers's union contract ties our hands. We can't get a longer school day or year, fire abusive or failing teacher reward good teachers or punish bad ones. Tenure , paid hoildays medical plans while education stagnates. These people think they are owed a job . I think you will agree there is no free lunch except for teachers.
97karenlacey 10 months ago 2
Respond to this video... and that the real problem is that it's nearly impossible to fire the bad teachers. Yes, there are bad teachers, and I know because I'm a teacher.
whitepaladin1959 11 months ago
@laughandsmile411 watch the entire documentary, he talks about good schools a great deal
fearthevelociraptors 9 months ago