[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 81, Issue 5

[Kerry Thompson]

Judith, I don't want to get into the merits and demerits of teachers' 
unions. It seems to me there must be a way to safeguard teachers while 
at the same time putting children and their learning needs first. But, 
I'm not a negotiator, and don't know how to accomplish both goals.

Kerry

On 1/5/2011 4:43 PM, Judith Bron wrote:
> Carry, Since the unions are taking so much of our hard earned money 
> away every week, I only ask that they do their job as people endowed 
> with a sacred trust, our children.  If they can't perform their duties 
> to the highest standards, let the union boss, the head of the Board of 
> Education or the school principal fire them and try again with a 
> person more committed to creating a literate and thinking society.  
> Judith
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Thompson" 
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> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 81, Issue 5
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>
> Hi Friends,
>
> Congratulations, Bridgit. Good luck in your new endeavor!
>
> Judith, while not wanting to demonize the unions, I agree that
> concentrating on educating children and preparing them to be productive,
> well-informed citizens needs to be the goal.
>
> I also agree with something Donna said earlier, something that has been
> bothering me for some time in fact. That is the lessening or diluting of
> literacy in the general public. I myself have spent most of my life
> reading by listening, and the method has served me well. Still, I’d be
> the first to point out that a great deal is missed when the reader
> doesn’t have direct contact, interaction with the words on the page. But
> even among sighted children the trend seems to be to switch to
> listening. Maybe this is the SF writer in me taking over, but,
> extrapolating the trend, I can foresee a time when there will again be
> literate classes, in this case writers and actors, and unlettered
> classes, everybody else. That’s certainly not a world I want to live in.
>
> Brad, LOL
>
> Solidarity and Peace,
> Kerry
>
>
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