Bevin is suggesting that Teachers be made to sign a contract requiring them to commit to working regardless of the situation and in perpetuity. Suggesting that breaking your word on this kind of agreement is somehow wrong and should be punished.
Of course the irony being that this is EXACTLY what the legislature did when they broke their word on the inviolable contract the state established with Teachers; Firemen; Policemen and other public workers. They broke their word.
āTeachers want to teach their children,ā Bevin said. āIt would be irresponsible (to strike). I donāt think they want to do the irresponsible thing.ā
This is what a lot of people in charge have been able to exploit for years - teachers take their responsibilities more seriously than the various state and federal governments do. State governments have been able to avoid paying teachers a proper salary since they know they can count on the teachersā loyalty to their students.
Xactly. This is what makes this strike (and all the other teacher strikes) so remarkable. They have had to be able to see their action as a kind of teaching (which it is) and ultimately more āresponsibleā to the students and parents than continuing in poverty-wage jobs would be.
Thereās an instructive parallel with university adjuncts, be interesting to see if thereās a domino effect there as well.
I think and hope things are different this time. I hear that there is deep seated anger out in all the small towns and counties. In many small communities and towns the school system is the major employer. The teachers are fed up. Their families and neighbors are listening to them.
With 2 corrupt political parties in power, it will take real people power to get things done. At every step of the way, those in positions of authority, who got authority by playing a corrupt game in the first place, will have to be forced to do the right thing. This will require people in the streets shutting the system down.
In the days of the Roman Republic, the citizens of Rome also found themselves without political representation. The entire Roman work force left the city and formed a camp outside the city walls and all work in the city stopped. The patricians, or Oligarchy if you will, were forced by their actions to create new political entitites to address the needs of non patricians.
And pass the expenses for supplies, repairs to buildings, etc. on to parents as fees. Families would buy all the paper, staples, plaster and new toilets directly to keep the schools running. Schools should send notes home explaining it is because the Republicans didnāt see fit to fund the schools through normal processes, that the all pain lands directly on parents.
Also explain that:
The higher the family income, the less they pay and inversely the lower the income the more the family pays because of ā¦ Republicans.
Corporations who want to hire workers who can read but donāt have to pony up for schools because . . Republicans.
Wealthy families can send the kids to private school and get public money to pay for it, shorting the public schools some more because . . . Republicans.
Also explain specifically that this is true for more potholes, higher internet fees and bad service, and crappy health insurance.
Maybe if some of the Fux News watchers actually see what it takes to run a school and a town they will pay attention to the fact that Republicans are the ones destroying them.
Tough call. But given that they have already voted against their economic interests in voting for Bevin (and McConnell, and Rand, andā¦), Iām thinking that they choose door #2 again.
