LOL, I’ll pull this quote from the prior thread on this topic.
[quote=CA renter][quote=AN][quote=CA renter]I’ve known a couple of teachers who were anti-union, but they are few and far between because the union is the only thing protecting teachers from some very dangerous, power-hungry, and domineering administrators and parents.[/quote]It’s called life.[/quote]
Not in schools, it’s not. Nor should it be. Some administrators come in with a major agenda. I’ve known of principals who were totally opposed to the teaching of phonics in any way. In one case, if the principal happened to walk past a classroom and the teacher was working on letter sounds, the teacher would be written up. Enough write-ups, and the teacher could lose his/her job. This was at an elementary school…with over 90% ESL students, no less!
Needless to say, the union had its work cut out with that one.
Teachers need to have protection from administrators and parents who want to push their own agendas. I can’t think of any other job (other than politics) where a person has more wannabe bosses and where everyone from the POTUS to the local mom who never graduated from high school (and everyone in between) wants to dictate exactly how they need to do their job.[/quote]
Basically your comment exemplifies why this ruling is needed.
You see, no one is actually in charge. The administration is, but only as long as the union and teahers agree.
That’s dysfunctional. Sure, some insane heavy handed administrators will make a mess in places, but just like most teachers are good, most administrators are good.
The problem is the dysfunctional relationship between the two and with union protections insures there is no accountability.
Meanwhile, LAUSD is moving a couple hundred ‘teachers’ to their own homes because having them show up to ‘teaching jail’ is too costly.
Res ipsa loquitur, it’s is broken.
And yes, I will say thank you for the years of service you have done in the schools. But honestly CAR, you come across as extremely burned out by your years of teaching.
