unions killing jobs...

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Riot

It seems quite inappropriate to demonize 80% of the hundreds of thousands of teachers in this country as incompetent hanger's-on based upon the opinion of two people about their own personal situations.

Since there are no mathematical or scientific methods for measuring a teachers success or ability, the word of co-workers is really all we have. Perhaps the lack of this method is the reason the union proliferation is so grand in that profession.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Since there are no mathematical or scientific methods for measuring a teachers success or ability, the word of co-workers is really all we have. Perhaps the lack of this method is the reason the union proliferation is so grand in that profession.

In other words, you're going to keep making assertions as factual that you have simply pulled out of thin air about hundreds of thousands of teachers in the US.

Well, okay: then I say 80% of the teachers in this country are terribly dedicated and yet grossly abused and underpaid.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Riot

In other words, you're going to keep making assertions as factual that you have simply pulled out of thin air about hundreds of thousands of teachers in the US.

Well, okay: then I say 80% of the teachers in this country are terribly dedicated and yet grossly abused and underpaid.

You are entitled to believe that if you choose.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

You are entitled to believe that if you choose.

No, sorry. I prefer reality-based opinions.