"They Can't Do It. It's Disgraceful and Disgusting"

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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — The full force of organized labor showed up in Central Falls Tuesday, with several hundred union members rallying in support of the citys teachers and bringing plenty of harsh words for the education officials who were about to fire the entire teaching staff at Central Falls High School.

This is immoral, illegal, unjust, irresponsible, disgraceful and disrespectful, said George Nee, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, to shouts and cheers from a crowd of more than 500 at Jenks Park. What is happening here tonight is the wrong thing and were not going to put up with it.

Signaling the national significance of the situation in Central Falls, the American Federation of Teachers sent representative Mark Bostic with a message of support from the unions 1.4 million members.

We are behind Central Falls teachers, and we will be here as long as it takes to get justice, said Bostic.

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[Gantzer1]

america is in its final years, I wouldnt be surpised in ten years if its refered to a the former united states of america, just like the former soviet union, good luck people your going to need it so am I.

[FattKidd]

i do deal with people like that on a daily basis. incompetent 'yes men' rule the world whether that is in private industry or gov't. it makes no difference. and, that said, i think it's human nature to question the competence of your 'higher-ups'. but, there is definately enough incompetence to go around. no, privatizing gov't functions has never worked out for the better no matter where it's been tried. it only introduces the cancer of greed into the equation and profit as the main motive.

[funnyhomeboy1]

Stop complaining. Do something. Thank you.

[CaJeffO]

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[Gantzer1]

@soda1yes i dont hate people in america but the country god damn it is it rolling down the toilet i dont hate dying things i just call it as i c it

[soda1yes]

@Gantzer1 You lie! America hater. Why do you hate America?

[aSheeple]

kerrielynn,

I think the problem is even deeper than that. arts arent the only creative persuits taking a beting, every advance in science and engineering has required enormous creativity as well. our system is standardizing the creativity out of all our kids, artists, scientists, and engineers alike. we need to inspire creativity first instead of focusing on standardized test scores and wrote memorization. a creative mind will find something interesting to do.

[globe255]

The meaning of life- whats that?

[BadBunnyRides]

@aSheeple You know, I have to agree on this. What's a teen got to look forward to? Enlisting and going to some war? (Note I CAN say this as I've been there 3 times, Iraq, and going back again but lets NOT turn this into another "why are we there")

No, more I think on it the more pissed I become. There's just nothing to "reach" for anymore. Where are the good examples to follow? The Heros? Cripes, the last Batman movie everyone identifyed with the JOKER for crying out loud, THE BAD GUY!?!?

[kerrielynn80]

Blame the test. The government is spending so much money on other things that they are cutting the schools budget and when they do that classes like choir and band and drama and art are always the first to go. When they do there is no more creative outlet for our children. Children do better when they are allowed to be creative. . Support our teachers. They wouldn't be teaching if they didn't love children and didn't want to change someone's life for the better...

[kerrielynn80]

Teachers are expected to be so focused on the standardized testing that they are missing out on teaching our children that reading can actually be fun. That history is not just some boring drivel but quite interesting. They expect children to learn something that even I don't understand and I went to college and yet they blame the teachers.

[kerrielynn80]

Our teachers today already only make about what an assistant manager/managers makes at some retail stores. The real problem is that the testing does not work.