Tag: teachers’ unions

Teachers’ Union Prez Pops Her Cork

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Speaking on Thursday in Philadelphia, Pringle gave an impassioned monologue that many compared to a speech given by Dwight Schrute in The Office

If Mussolini had ever joined the NEA…

[Thanks to Susan for the nooze tip.]

At the annual meeting of the National Education Assn. last week, NEA President Becky Pringle went on a roll–waving her fists in the air and shouting repeatedly, “All the things! All the things! All the things!” (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13610501/National-Education-Association-president-Becky-Pringle-mocked-totally-unhinged-rant-draws-hilarious-comparison-Office.html)

All what things?

(Shut up! Don’t ask smart-ass questions!)

Pringle’s performance has been described as “totally unhinged.” You won’t get any argument here. It seems she was inspired by a passionate speech performed in a comedy movie, The Office… Itself based, in turn, on some rhetoric by Mussolini. I would be surprised if she knew who Mussolini was.

The high spot of the rant: “We are the ones who hold steadfast to the belief in the plausibility of the possible.” Please feel free to say what you think she’s talking about. I mean, where’s Kamala-la-la when we need her to interpret?

Oh–and it’s all Donald Trump’s fault, everything that’s bad.  But unionized teachers already know that.

My Newswithviews Column, Nov. 17 (‘Teachers Caught Making Dirty Movies in Their Classroom’)

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Samantha Peer

I don’t remember anything like this happening when I was in school.

Teachers Caught Making Dirty Movies In Their Classroom

Our country is in deep, deep trouble. Every day we send millions of our children to public schools to be “educated” by characters like these. It was only with the Ol’ Pandemic and the lockdowns, and the kids having to get by with “remote learning” at home, that parents got a whiff of what the unionized public school teachers were…uh, “teaching.”

Could we please stop doing all this crazy schiff before the teachers’ unions turn our country into the world’s biggest mental hospital?

My Newswithviews Column, Oct. 13 (‘Stirring Up Racial Strife’)

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You’d think we wouldn’t tolerate people who purposely stir up strife, who want us at each other’s throats. But we do… We do.

Stirring Up Racial Strife

No one does more harm to America than our teachers’ unions. And yet we don’t remove our kids from union-dominated schools. We really hate Critical Race Theory, we demand they stop “teaching” it… and all they do is change the label, and all we do is let them get away with it.

If it’s left up to the teachers’ unions, America is finished.

Teacher’ Union Boss Takes Junket to Ukraine

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Parents on Randi Weingarten saying conservatives 'undermine' teachers: 'She blocked the schoolhouse door' | Fox News

As if everything here at home were tickety-boo with our public schools, American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten has visited Ukraine “to offer solidarity and support” to the teachers’ union there (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/wth-teachers-union-boss-randi-weingarten-enters-ukraine-assess-situation/).

Why? Because she was “invited” by the Ukrainian teachers’ union, she says.

What the deuce is going on here? What does an American teachers’ union president have to do with the war in Ukraine? Is she being groomed as a potential U.S. secretary of state?

What has she to offer her counterparts in Ukraine? Critical Race Theory? Helpful hints on how to herd Ukrainian children into Transgender? For that matter, what has she to offer America? Well, we already know that, don’t we? And we don’t like it.

If there’s any set of villains who’ve done more damage to our country than the teachers’ unions, I don’t know whom that could be. There is something very fishy about Weingarten’s junket to Ukraine.

Too bad they didn’t keep her.

‘Lawyer-Up’ Your Kid for Back-to-School? Really?

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We all know public school has degenerated into a Woke factory–right?

How far should we go to get a public education?

Megan Fox, of PJ Media, answers, “Here’s Why You Should Lawyer-Up Before Sending Your Kids Back to School” (https://pjmedia.com/columns/megan-fox/2022/09/06/the-most-important-back-to-school-tool-you-need-is-a-lawyer-n1627000).

The idea is, before school gets rolling, you hire a lawyer to represent your child and the lawyer will inform the School Officials accordingly–reminding them that the kid has Fifth Amendment rights and they’ve got to go through her before any government agent, police officer, social worker, or what-have-you can talk to the child. Let the School Officials know you and your child have rights that they had better respect–or else wind up in court.

Sounds like it would probably work–but sheesh! Has it really come to this? If you have to go that far to protect your child from “the flood of LBGTQ cult programming” (an apt phrase–well-said!) in the public school, why not just not go to the public school in the first place? Is that really, truly, the ONLY place where your child can be…um, “educated,” if that’s the word for what they do there?

Many parents believe they’re simply not qualified to teach their own children at home.

But how much worse can they do than some “Red For Ed” commie in the teachers’ union who spend the day telling his first-grade class about his amatory experiences?

Columbus Teachers Strike (Mo’ Money!)

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Columbus Prepares for What Could Be First Teachers' Strike ...

School’s just about to start, and the Columbus, Ohio, teachers are on strike (https://www.10tv.com/article/news/education/columbus-teachers-union-votes-strike/530-476d35f6-d623-486f-8cf8-5e3037f7e031). The union, Columbus Education [sic] Assn., has rejected the school board’s latest offer.

They want smaller class sizes (more teachers = more money), a cap on the number of class periods during the day (less work), air conditioning (already promised by the board), and more specialized teachers (more money) for art, music, etc.

And it’s all for the kiddies, of course! As one union spokesbiped said, “Not striking hurts the children…” Honk if you believe that for one nanosecond.

No one seems to be mentioning the curriculum. Is it the same ol’ mix of racial paranoia, Critical Race Theory, transgender, and “gay studies”?

My wife has it figured out. “Happy teachers are good teachers, and more money makes the teachers happy. Presto! Education happens!”

Let’s see how many parents finally wake up and opt for homeschooling. Let the union “teach” to empty classrooms.

Is ‘Education’ Really Going Crazy?

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Is it us, finally seeing what was there all along? Or has “education” really and truly run right off the rails in just the past few years?

I pose that as a question to my readers. What do you think? ‘Cause I can’t quite decide what I think. Sometimes one way, sometimes the other, and sometimes both.

They are pushing “transgender” like they’ve gotta get it done or die tomorrow. They are fomenting racial animosities. They are grooming children, some of them as young as kindergarten, for sex. Crikey! What kind of people have they got coming out of the teachers’ colleges? And who’s teaching them?

It has begun to spill over into religious schools. But the public schools are lost, broken beyond repair. As long as teachers’ unions stand in the way, the schools will never be fixed–not even a band-aid. Our only practical alternative is homeschooling. Pull the kids out and watch the public schools go bust. Convert the buildings to some other use. Let the former teachers’ union wackos pump gas or sweep the floor at the 7-11.

Yes. I’m afraid “education” really is as bad as it looks.

Teacher… Uh… Bites Students

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New alma mater for this high school–theme from Jaws

Somehow nothing like this ever happened when I was in high school.

A teacher at a Florida high school–see? even in a Red state, your kids are not safe from public “educators”–has been placed on paid administrative leave (they never get fired) for… oh, boy… biting two students (https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/central-florida-teacher-charged-for-allegedly-biting-students-over-jar-of-pickles/2708239/).

Seems the Educator took a jar of pickles from the school store without paying for it, and when the two kids minding the store tried to take it back… she bit them.

(“Well, I heard they hadn’t had a bite in three days–so I bit them.”)

She admits to having “licked” the students. Oh, well, schiff, that makes a big difference, doesn’t it?

What does a public school teacher have to do, to be fired outright? Commit suicide?

Hey, out there! How many of you were ever bitten by one of your high school teachers? Honk if you’ve been licked. (Silence…)

Complete the sentence without having conniptions and win a tin foil hat! “I send my children to public school to be ‘educated’ by out-to-lunch kid-biting wackos from the teachers’ union because __________.”

Come on, there’s got to be a reason for it.

Colorado Teachers Stage Sickout

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More than 1,000 teachers in Douglas County called in sick last week to protest relatively conservative policies of new school board members elected in November (https://www.cpr.org/2022/02/02/douglas-county-schools-closed-teacher-sick-out-proteest/).

The “teachers” were upset that the new school board intended to end mask mandates, fire the superintendent (which they did two days ago), and change the old board’s Far Left Stupid “equity” policies. Did they expect their “protest” to annul the school board elections? Or was this just to show the taxpayers who’s boss?

A point to remember: Public education is owned by Far Left teachers’ unions, who are determined to indoctrinate children into asinine, insane, and evil beliefs. They will not stop. They will not compromise.

And another point to remember: Kill public education, and Far Left Crazy dies.

Chicago Teachers Back on Strike

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Thousands of Chicago teachers go on strike after failing to reach contract deal - ABC News

Honk if you think teachers’ unions have been good for America. The aides in the white coats will by with you as soon as possible.

Say! Is that the same Chicago Teachers’ Union that sent a delegation to Venezuela several years ago… to “learn more” about socialism? And pay homage to Hugo Chavez? Why, I believe it is.

The union has just voted, by 73%, to go back on strike all throughout the city. All the kiddies will have to go back on “remote learning.”

They’re pretty serious about this strike: a delegate has threatened to “report” any “dissenters” who showed up for work. He has not gotten around to saying what will happen to dissenters.

Yo, people of Chicago! They keep opening the door of escape for you, and you don’t go through! This is your chance to free yourselves from the Far Left Crazy toxic foolery that we call “public education.” Come on! Do you really want your kids “educated” by these wackos? Those “teachers” hate you, hate your country, hate your way of life–you should be encouraging them to strike all year. These commies belong in front of empty classrooms, teaching empty seats and collecting empty paychecks.

We have never before been shown the heights and the depths of wicked ignorance as our teachers’ unions–and school boards!–have demonstrated in just the last two years. We had no idea how bad it was!

But that excuse ain’t workin’ anymore.