On May 5, 11:49=A0pm, Bob LeChevalier <loj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Werner <whetz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >...
>
> >surely you don't maintain schools are equal.
>
> Yes.
>
You must live in a special universe.
> >Paying for the system is also not equal.
>
> That's life.
>
exactly.
> >Teachers have tenure. Most people don't.
>
> They call them "contracts". =A0Those people who negotiate contracts have
> whatever protections are built into them.
>
I know. Some contracts are more equal than others.
> Public school "tenure" is pretty minimal protection.
>
I keep reading that it is very expensive to sack a tenured teacher.
> >Teachers have lots of things that many other people don't get.
>
> Yeah. =A0The chance to pay for the supplies needed to do their job out
> of their own pocket when the school district doesn't budget enough.
> The op****tunity to get among the lowest starting salary of any
> profession that requires a 5 year degree program in order to get in
> the front door.
>
Are you one of them? Give us a break! Last time I checked teachers in
my district were averaging about $65K plus generous benefits for a 5
or 6 hour day and lots of vacation.
> >Why not have a law permitting vouchers that is equally available to
> >all?
>
> Because "we the people" don't want one. =A0
It would be more correct to assert that teachers don't want them.
> Vouchers on the ballot have
> been voted down dozens of times in numerous jurisdictions.
>
> Why should we? =A0It gets us nothing that we don't already have.
>
We have expensive and lousy schools. Why does that not bother you?
> I have no interest in paying for someone to go to religious school. =A0I
> got a good public school education and so did my kids. =A0Those who want
> something else can find the money themselves.
>
I have no interest in paying for expensive lousy schools.
> lojbab
> Bob LeChevalier - artificial linguist; genealogist
> loj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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