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<blockquote data-quote="SloppyJoes7" data-source="post: 795889" data-attributes="member: 31997"><p>You covered a lot of stuff. It is clear, still, that you aren't interested in discussing ideas. Your words and attitude are far too condescending for that.</p><p></p><p>So, just for fun, I thought I'd address this little point: Teacher's Unions</p><p>The #1 problem with education is our culture. Simply, the culture, media, entertainment, families, and people as a whole don't respect education or educators like they used to.</p><p></p><p>The #2 problem is teacher's unions. The union is utterly selfish. They put teachers first. This shouldn't be surprising, as it's a <strong><u>teacher's</u> union</strong>. What they want is almost universally against the best interests of students and parents. They want more pay, better benefits, and better working conditions for teachers, and that's it. They also want utter job security.</p><p></p><p>This has created an utter monstrosity. It is practically impossible to fire bad teachers. You pretty much need to molest a student to get fired nowadays. Want new education methods? Union won't have it. Non-education majors? Union won't have it. Parental control over schools? Union won't have it. They want money.</p><p></p><p>If you think funding is the issue, you are wildly dreaming. Education funding has increased MASSIVELY over the past few decades. Many times faster than inflation. The number of teachers per student is far less than it used to be. Pay for teachers had increased steadily, much faster than the US employee in general. The benefits for most teachers are exponentially better than the average employee.</p><p></p><p>Money is not the problem.</p><p></p><p>What alternative do I propose? A full voucher system. Allowing poor students to send their kids to private schools. The parent gets the money, which can be spent on any school. This would introduce <u><strong>competition</strong></u>, the absolute best solution to the problem. Who is the biggest opponent to parental choice? Unions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SloppyJoes7, post: 795889, member: 31997"] You covered a lot of stuff. It is clear, still, that you aren't interested in discussing ideas. Your words and attitude are far too condescending for that. So, just for fun, I thought I'd address this little point: Teacher's Unions The #1 problem with education is our culture. Simply, the culture, media, entertainment, families, and people as a whole don't respect education or educators like they used to. The #2 problem is teacher's unions. The union is utterly selfish. They put teachers first. This shouldn't be surprising, as it's a [B][U]teacher's[/U] union[/B]. What they want is almost universally against the best interests of students and parents. They want more pay, better benefits, and better working conditions for teachers, and that's it. They also want utter job security. This has created an utter monstrosity. It is practically impossible to fire bad teachers. You pretty much need to molest a student to get fired nowadays. Want new education methods? Union won't have it. Non-education majors? Union won't have it. Parental control over schools? Union won't have it. They want money. If you think funding is the issue, you are wildly dreaming. Education funding has increased MASSIVELY over the past few decades. Many times faster than inflation. The number of teachers per student is far less than it used to be. Pay for teachers had increased steadily, much faster than the US employee in general. The benefits for most teachers are exponentially better than the average employee. Money is not the problem. What alternative do I propose? A full voucher system. Allowing poor students to send their kids to private schools. The parent gets the money, which can be spent on any school. This would introduce [U][B]competition[/B][/U], the absolute best solution to the problem. Who is the biggest opponent to parental choice? Unions. [/QUOTE]
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