Teacher Union out to destroy America

Recently I have been reading about the abuses and complaints of the infamous Teachers Union and their members. I never realized just how corrupt and self centered this group of individuals apparently are. If they belong to the union and support the union's views, then I guess I can safely assume they are in bed with this self-centered political force.

Oh, yes, they are a political force. The Democratic Party has nurtured and pampered this group of citizens and the union and it's members reward the party with their blind faith. As long as the Democratic Party continues to honor, praise, reward and protect the Teachers Union, the teachers will support the Democrats no matter who or what policies they run under. This is a sizable voting block that must be protected at all cost ... your cost.

Lets examine how mistreated and unfortunate our teachers are. In 1999 the average of $43,100.00 a year. Now keep in mind, this is for a total of one hundred and eighty days of work. A teachers salary is higher than our police (who happen to protect us), firemen (who also happen to protect us) About the only people that make more than teachers are doctors, lawyers, engineers and politicians. Of that group, the only people who may work less than teachers would be the politician. And that is obvious when you watch congress on the television, they are never present. According to a survey compiled by Vedder: "Teachers earned more per hour than architects, civil engineers, mechanical engineers, statisticians, biological and life scientists, atmospheric and space scientists, registered nurses, physical therapists, university-level foreign-language teachers, librarians, technical writers, musicians, artists, and editors and reporters."

But the perks don't stop here. Teachers are the only profession that has "special" recognition days. The Federal Government has a recognize the teacher day, the states and some cities have a recognition day and a number of private industries chimed in. With each award, money and gifts are given for a teacher do to their job, teach. When was the last time the federal government acknowledged for doing your job? When is the last time you saw "Fireman of the Year Award"? "Plumber of the Year Award." "Housewife of the Year Award." Yet, teachers are given every recognition possible and afforded gifts of money, vacations and discounts. How would you like to go the Busch Gardens for free? Before I leave compensation matters I would like to bring up their real benefits, like free health care for life and a very good retirement system, which actually punishes you if you delay your retirement. Where else can you get a job with such great potential.

You, my fellow American, are paying these teachers to do nothing but slander America and demean God and country. When teachers can, without mandate, yell to the students that "Bush is like Hitler!" something is dreadfully wrong in our educational system. Recently I heard about a teacher that forced the students in his class to bow down and worship Allah, so they may have an understanding of Islam. When a school in Pennsylvania had the children chant "celebrate Kwanzaa" but refused any acknowledgement of Christmas carols, we have a problem.

Our teachers have embraced the mantra of socialism and the ideal of Marxist principles and are spreading the news to our children. That is why the Democratic Party MUST maintain control of the public schools. According to John Dewey, the founder of public education in America, said, "You can't make Socialists out of individualists-children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society which is coming, where everyone is interdependent." Even the socialist founder Lenin proclaimed "Give me your four-year-olds, and in a generation I will build a Socialist state." Hitler even stated, "Let me control the textbooks and I will control the state." Why do the Democrats want to make sure they control the schools?

What about the great job teachers are doing? Lets see. Using the International comparisons, our fourth graders score he 92% in science, 70% in reading, 58% in math. Beating countries such as Germany, France and Italy. By the time these students get to 12th grade, the scores are dreadfully different. Science scores alone plummeted us to the 29% range. We went from 92 to 29 in only a matter of a few years in our public schools. Too many children are graduating from high school who cannot read or write. They cannot pass a simple literacy test and get a reasonable job. In 2003, the New York State courts officially found that graduates of the New Your City's public schools are not competent to sit on a jury.

Some funnier stats come from teacher applicants. In Massachusetts in 1998, fifty-nine percent of the candidates for teaching positions failed a basic skills test geared for eighth graders. In response, the commission suggested the passing score be lowered from 77 percent to 66 percent. There was a teacher in New York City who could not pass his exam and he hired a homeless man on the street to take the test for him.

These are just a few examples of the injustice the Teachers Union places on the taxpayer. This is the same union that is fighting to stop home schooling, they are making the "real" teachers look bad. Socialism, Fascist and Islam all rely upon one thing, ignorant subjects. That is what our schools are producing each and every day, and we reward our teachers for their vigor in destroying our great country. It our fault that America will fall, because we do NOT take a stand and force our schools to teach and not brainwash. If our teachers cannot teach they should be fired and retired citizens with practical experience should be hired, they would do a much better job than submitting our kids to brainwashed teachers in a government supported school system.