Posted in This is bullshit! on Feb 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
A teachers strike that started last Thursday continues in the island. Many Puerto Ricans and students worry that teachers decision to strike, which is is illegal under law, may affect on-time graduation for many high school seniors.
An AP story reports, that 40 percent of high school seniors don’t graduate.
I find it fascinating that the teachers [...]
Posted in Lame! on Feb 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
What did I tell you, the guy is not sincere and will never support school vouchers.
From the NY Sun:
“No sooner had we issued Elizabeth Green’s dispatch under the headline “Obama Open to Private School Vouchers” than his campaign was scrambling to undo the potential damage with the Democratic primary electorate. On February 20, his [...]
Posted in Shut the eff up on Feb 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
Background:
Yesterday, 40,000 teachers (all union card holding members) went on strike, 11 of the 14 arrested protesters were teachers. El Dia, the Spanish paper in Puerto Rico, reports only 161,688 students of 523,399 enrolled students attended school yesterday.
Over the past several months, the teachers union has being negotiating with the state officials collective bargaining, cap [...]
Posted in This is bullshit!, Why Timmy can't read on Feb 11th, 2008 No Comments »
By nature, I dislike unions for their coercive behavior and abusive power that inhibits average day people from prospering and creating positive change.
Anyways get this…
“In Ohio a parent was fined $10,000 after the Cleveland Bar Association filed a complaint that he didn’t hire a lawyer and instead represented his autistic son when he sued the [...]
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