Quote:1.  Why get rid of the department of education?  Why not work to make it run better?  We're a big country, you can't have uniform education administered to the nation without a centralized hierarchy.  Your a  military man, you should understand that.

 

2.  Union dues are like 14 bucks a pay check, at least in NM...  Unions aren't the problem, the Secretary of Education here in NM has done more to harm teachers and the educational environment with her push to standardize test and hold teachers accountable to that then the unions have.

 

Matter of fact, without the Unions existence, the Secretary of Education in NM would be doing alot more harm.  Having the ability to organize in order to provide a single solid voice of disagreement is helpful.  Especially in a democratic system.

 

1. What percentage of the actual curriculum being taught at the local level is under the control of this dreamy federal centralized hierarchy you're talking about? 
   
2. How many teachers are there in this country.  Multiply that piddly $14 per teacher by all of them and it's a war chest that helps fund all sorts of political agendas, most of which I'm pretty sure you'd be giddy to support. 
   

One thing you got right in that last statement.  Your governor is trying to hold teachers accountable to a test which is ridiculous in its own right, but that's what happens when you cede control to a higher authority.  The last thing unions push for on any front is accountability.  It's all about political power and influence.

 

 

Quote:Okay, I read the article, and it was more than one child. The fired worker in my opinion seems to have set herself up as some sort of Robin Hood. While we might admire stealing to feed the poor, it is still stealing.

 

Why does the number of kids matter?  At the end of the day, the food she was giving away would have more than likely been thrown out.

 

My sister in law teaches here in Duval County in a public elementary school.  They started a new policy recently where the school breakfasts that were previously distributed through the school cafeteria were now to be handed out in the classrooms before the start of the school day.  Each classroom was allotted breakfasts for every kid in the classroom whether they wanted it, needed it, or not.  My sister in law was required to put a breakfast on each desk that included milk or juice, fruit, and some other breakfast item.  For the kids who didn't want their government mandated breakfast, she was required to take it and throw the leftovers away.  There was no plan to store food beyond the day it was to be distributed, so everything that wasn't eaten went in the trash, and continues to do so. 

 

I saw this woman interviewed, and she said that the food would have been thrown out if it wasn't eaten by the kids, so she didn't feel this was an issue.  While technically she was in the wrong, is it better that she should have let these kids go hungry and simply toss the food in the trash?

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