Farai Chideya toes the typical liberal line in her latest piece that if you somehow say anything negative about ANY public school teacher, you are “attacking” them all.
Farai Chideya: Stop attacking public schools for political gain
Please go ahead and read her article. In the meantime, this is how I responded to her on Facebook.
“And say nothing about the jacked up schools that can be found in many minority communities? And say nothing of the fact that a significant number of public school teachers send their kids to private schools? There is no doubt in my minds that there are hard working teachers that do care for our kids. But when it gets to the point that we can’t even be critical of teachers involved in cheating scandals, teachers that abuse their students, the system, and taxpayers, something is wrong. Again, one bad teacher does not reflect all of them. But don’t interpret the criticism of a few as a beat down of the whole. There are some good teachers and bad ones. Both need to be called out.”
Farai also never mentions how hard it is in most states to fire teachers who have clearly crossed the line in the classroom. Many of the teachers caught in the massive cheating scandal here in the Atlanta area still have not been fired officially. According to this article, it is going to cost taxpayers millions of dollars to do away with these bad teachers. Mind you, the millions that are being spent going through all the legal hoops could easily be spent on increasing the pay of teachers who are doing a good job in the classroom. But for people like Farai and the pro-teacher union crowd, teacher unity trumps legitimate parental concern. The very same concern her own parents had for her education, according to her own article.
So while Farai is calling for people like Santorum to stop attacking public schools for political gain, she needs to stop playing politics by generalizing every criticism meant exclusively for bad teachers.
Farai’s package deal debate
by Duane on February 21st, 2012 at 7:58 amFarai Chideya toes the typical liberal line in her latest piece that if you somehow say anything negative about ANY public school teacher, you are “attacking” them all.
Farai Chideya: Stop attacking public schools for political gain
Please go ahead and read her article. In the meantime, this is how I responded to her on Facebook.
“And say nothing about the jacked up schools that can be found in many minority communities? And say nothing of the fact that a significant number of public school teachers send their kids to private schools? There is no doubt in my minds that there are hard working teachers that do care for our kids. But when it gets to the point that we can’t even be critical of teachers involved in cheating scandals, teachers that abuse their students, the system, and taxpayers, something is wrong. Again, one bad teacher does not reflect all of them. But don’t interpret the criticism of a few as a beat down of the whole. There are some good teachers and bad ones. Both need to be called out.”
Farai also never mentions how hard it is in most states to fire teachers who have clearly crossed the line in the classroom. Many of the teachers caught in the massive cheating scandal here in the Atlanta area still have not been fired officially. According to this article, it is going to cost taxpayers millions of dollars to do away with these bad teachers. Mind you, the millions that are being spent going through all the legal hoops could easily be spent on increasing the pay of teachers who are doing a good job in the classroom. But for people like Farai and the pro-teacher union crowd, teacher unity trumps legitimate parental concern. The very same concern her own parents had for her education, according to her own article.
So while Farai is calling for people like Santorum to stop attacking public schools for political gain, she needs to stop playing politics by generalizing every criticism meant exclusively for bad teachers.