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What Presley said
If they're just asking to get a higher salary in order to line their own pockets, then for crying out loud, they're in it for the wrong reasons. They don't have the best interests of the children at heart if all they want to do is increase their salaries with no visible benefit to the children. If they strike to accomplish this end, then they really don't have the best interest of the children at heart; in fact, by striking, they're essentially depriving the kids of education (because substitutes would be unwilling to cross the picket lines). If the kids need extra supplies, and the teachers have to fund these supplies, why don't the districts set up expense accounts for this purpose, similar to those used in the non-educational business field? That way, all the teachers have to do is submit an expense request to get themselves reimbursed for what they spend on the students (even if it's just to buy extra chalk or erasers or whatever).
posted by
kidnykid
on January 27, 2007 at 4:48 PM
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It's a curse
We all want more. More, I tell you!
posted by
missjohn316
on January 26, 2007 at 1:08 PM
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Editorium
Everyone is entitled to protest their wages. I've got no problem, because I've always felt that teachers are way under paid. The part about having the child's interest at heart? The only way this statement would be pliable with me is if the teacher is referring to the concept that she must personally fund her lessons due to not enough money being received from the educational budget in her community. We have a lot teachers here who purchase school related items for poor students. If this is what she's referring to, then I believe the kids' interest is at heart.
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Presley
on January 26, 2007 at 5:29 AM
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