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NYC_SKP

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1. Not going to do it, nope, not going to sign onto these.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:45 AM
Sep 2012

Most admins are former teachers, and you wrote:

There are, of course, a small number of good administrators, but it is a VERY small number. The vast majority interfere with education, in multiple ways, and, for most teachers, are simply highly-paid, human obstacles to our effectively doing our jobs. If the NEA truly values education, then administrators are the last people who should be allowed to join. They teach no one, they disrupt education, and, for the few good ones who do exist, they have their own professional organizations to which they can belong.


Were you to write that about teachers, DU would have you for lunch.

These petitions smack of "teachers good, admins bad" OTT stereotyping.

Pitting one group against the other isn't going to help one bit.

And if admins are overpaid in a district, let the citizens and parents of that district address the problem at the local level.

No sir, I'm not going to sign either of these petitions.

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