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by wrsh07
1979 days ago
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I'm honestly kind of surprised to see the teacher union hate in this thread. The teachers that I know work tirelessly, don't make very much money, and do literally everything they can to help students. This is doubly true during the past year when they've had to re work plans so that they work over zoom or in person. I think perhaps the point of friction is that all of this is true and the city can't afford to pay them more, so they get other concessions. I fundamentally disagree with your claim about lack of innovation - in a public high school 15 years ago your story doesn't ring true, much less seeing my friends who are teachers talking about lesson plans today. |
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I mean, have you seen the American Education system? Millions of people thought Betsy Davos was a good idea. MILLIONS. The DOE under her tenure was basically a full on assault against public education in favor of charters/private schools. I've had hours-long, in-person arguments with people who are CONVINCED teachers have the easiest jobs on the planet and we pay them too much.
Not to mention many HN commenters in general tend to strong pro-management stance which pushes them anti-union in general.