Interesting information for your perusal...

[mikec]

We are in Texas. Can we PLEASE keep the strike talk to something that is actually fucking relevant? Like, Texas?

We don't have those here, so shut the fuck up on them for crying out loud.

'Cause we all know that if we bitch about it enough here, Maine will change the way they conduct business...

[sc281]

To which strikes are you referring? And what in my post are you replying to? I'm very confused.

Was all as a whole, and you have at least 3 examples posted already, including one by me.

And my post was talking about your post saying money isn't the point. So I replied that Teachers striking for more money must be doing it for the kids.

[Chili]

I see. So the strikes for better pay are for the kids, then. Makes perfect sense.

To which strikes are you referring? And what in my post are you replying to? I'm very confused.

[Ratt]

I had a history professor several years ago which was absolutely liberal as shit - it was so ridiculously it was pouring over into his lectures and the curriculum. He taught basic US foreign history through the lens of us being an empire of conquerors destroying cultures and reaping chaos. I called him out on it regularly, and busted his ass on several historical inaccuracies, but the truth was he was a previous city manager of Nacogdoches and he had a ton of interesting knowledge and he was a great professor, even with the absurd bias he presented. I wrote my thesis on the JFK assassination from the point of view of Oswald being the single shooter, and he agreed completely - wasn't expecting that.

I had an American Government teacher that was thee same way. He was from Afghanistan, and all he did was bad-mouth the American Government and tell us how they were doing everything wrong. Worst...class...ever.

[slow99]

You know anything about this guy? He was my brother's absolute favorite, and they still keep in touch. I can't recall how he made his money, but it's my understanding that is exactly what he did. My bro gets his interns from people in his classes, as well as some from SMU.

http://web3.unt.edu/news/story.cfm?story=9829

Nope. Looks like he made $ in RE and valuation. I'd bet Al knows him.

[CJ]

I had a history professor several years ago which was absolutely liberal as shit - it was so ridiculously it was pouring over into his lectures and the curriculum. He taught basic US foreign history through the lens of us being an empire of conquerors destroying cultures and reaping chaos. I called him out on it regularly, and busted his ass on several historical inaccuracies, but the truth was he was a previous city manager of Nacogdoches and he had a ton of interesting knowledge and he was a great professor, even with the absurd bias he presented. I wrote my thesis on the JFK assassination from the point of view of Oswald being the single shooter, and he agreed completely - wasn't expecting that.

[bcoop]

Fuck it, my plan is to become a professor once I hit 45 and take it easy.

You know anything about this guy? He was my brother's absolute favorite, and they still keep in touch. I can't recall how he made his money, but it's my understanding that is exactly what he did. My bro gets his interns from people in his classes, as well as some from SMU.

http://web3.unt.edu/news/story.cfm?story=9829

[sc281]

Fuck it, my plan is to become a professor once I hit 45 and take it easy.

Well you'll have to keep with the tradition of teaching in a field that you have no real world experience in, so Finance is out of the question.

How's humanities ring ya? lol

[slow99]

Fuck it, my plan is to become a professor once I hit 45 and take it easy.

[mikec]

Here is just one then. And this one isn't even on one of those right wing nut websites like Drudge or Fox News (sarcasm). I got this one of the World Socialist Website.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/se...danv-s14.shtml

Guess I should have stated that I had my "in Texas" blinders on for you and Stevo. Not sure that I'd ever even heard of teachers unions prior to this thread, to tell you the truth...

[stevo]

Here is just one then. And this one isn't even on one of those right wingnut websites like Drudge or Fox News (sarcasm). I got this one of the World Socialist Website

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/se...danv-s14.shtml

I linked a different one in post #56. It happens in northern states most often.

Stevo

[sc281]

My wife has taught for 12 years and I've never heard about even one strike. Not one.

Here is just one then. And this one isn't even on one of those right wingnut websites like Drudge or Fox News (sarcasm). I got this one of the World Socialist Website

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/sep2010/danv-s14.shtml

[sc281]

TX educators are striking?

The Teachers union as whole sir. Look up any of their strikes and that is how they position their interests, for the betterment of the children.

[CJ]

Oh, I will also say, "No Child Left Behind" and standardized testing has really crippled the teachers that are there for the right reasons. It's a complete and total failure, and should go by the wayside. That's not the fault of the teachers. Blame your politicians.

The department of education needs to be dissolved and the state/local municipalities need to have the freedom to organize their education to the demographics of the student body.

[Leah]

Not to jump on just any bandwagon here, but I will say thanks for teaching.

Thank you. :-)