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Originally Posted by Fishpart
In my town the elected seven person School Comittee is has only one member who ISN"T an educator or related to an educator, the taxpayer doesn't stand a chance. Now when it comes to arbitration, the people doing the arbitration are people who are staff members of other unions, the taxpayer doesn't stand a chance again....
I mentioned to a union staff member that we have plenty of money for teaching but never any for eduacation and he shut up instantly.....
I'm not saying teaching isn't difficult, I am saying teachers should try competing with the Chinese for marketshare and have to keep stockholders happy.
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Good point. Teaching is difficult, draining, stressful, and pretty important.
That being said...teaching is a public service, menaing teachers are public servants. Here in CT, those public servants get insane benefits that dwarf anything available to the public whom teachers serve. It's simply not sustainable.
I have a 3 bedroom raised ranch on a half acre in an average town. My property taxes are $7,800 a year. It's not yet insane, but it's getting damn close.