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Union Vigil To Protest Teacher Performance Unit

Submitted by Bud Luebkert, Nov 26, 2007 13:27

Everyone knows that there are some very awful teachers in our schools. Many do not know the subject they are responsible to teach, and many have their own agendas which they have choisen to teach instead. It is an outrage what they are doing in our schools and what they are being paid to do it. It's about time for someone to step forward to fight the teacher's all too powerful and irresponsible union and to rid our schools of these failures.

America will never again be competitive in the world if we don't get control of our schools...unless they start taking responsibility for teaching the acedemics we've hired them to do.

I am a former teacher for 1 year who took over a disruptive class and motivated them to learn.

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