Striking is always horrible to somebody. But they aren't missionaries. They are employees trying to earn a living, and they have a right to negotiate their wages.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They weren't worked out which is why they had to strike. Have you ever taught a class of 44 8 year olds? I didn't think so. . .

Not quite...

Student/teacher ratio
20.0 pupils per teacher in elementary schools
24.6 pupils per teacher in high school

http://www.cps.edu/about_cps/at-a-glance/pages/stats_and_facts.aspx

and?

How many are illiterate? How many can't speak English? How many NEVER come to school, and when they do, who's there to catch them up from A to Z b/c they've missed so much?

Such morons on this site! There are no intelligent posters, as most are talking out of their asses. You're an ass, btw.

Why are you so emotional in your standpoint? I'm not talking out of my ass, I have read up extensively on this issue. I have analyzed data and spoken with CPS teachers.

Considering Chicago is near bankrupt and they just offered a sweetheart deal of 16% over 4 years in raises, I think the teachers should STFU. However, their leader, Karen Lewis is using money as a ruse to strike on other issues that perpetuate the issues in the school. The current teacher evaluation and review systems in place, while protective of the teacher, make it difficult to weed out the bad apples. Newsflash, not all teachers are good. If we are so worried about low-performing schools, we should make it easier to remove bad teachers and put good teachers in the classroom. I'm not saying punish teachers for the shortcomings of the system by holding teachers to impossible growth standards, either. There is a happy medium somewhere.

Striking is horrible for the students.

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Anonymous wrote:I attended a lower middle class, almost ghetto school, and while we had teachers who were rood to students and treated us like dirt, I never actually came across a bad teacher.

Except perhaps your English teacher?

It seems like this same pattern has been coming up in nearly every thread. When a poster is incapable of a substantive reply, he/she comments on spelling or grammar.

We need to come up with a term to describe this type of response. Maybe something like "gramflection" -- deflecting with grammar.

Anonymous wrote:I attended a lower middle class, almost ghetto school, and while we had teachers who were rood to students and treated us like dirt, I never actually came across a bad teacher.

Except perhaps your English teacher?

Anonymous wrote:They weren't worked out which is why they had to strike. Have you ever taught a class of 44 8 year olds? I didn't think so. . .

Quit. In this economy see if you find another job. Useless.