Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
They fight for what is good for them, not what is good for children. That is why it takes years in some areas with strong unions to fire bad teachers; in NYC some schools station teachers in a building away from kids and have them do nothing all day, because the administrators don't want them near children. Those poor teachers eat up money that could be used for better teachers and resources for the children.

Making it easier to fire people also makes it easier to hire them; you don't have to worry about how you're going to fire a teacher if they turn out to be horrible.

And unions fight for higher wages based on seniority, not merit. So good young teachers can't be rewarded properly.

CR
Uh huh.

I'd also agree teaching creationism in school is a bunch of bs. Evolution is based on science, while creationism is based on religion (mythology if I dare say). Science belongs in school, while religion belongs in it's appropriate place. Teaching creationism as part of a history class on Christianity (like I had last semester), or as mythology wouldn't be bad.