tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post5925058091315605330..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Providence School Board Approves Plan To Send Layoff Notices To All TeachersWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-55338026513106554572011-02-28T22:51:54.792-05:002011-02-28T22:51:54.792-05:00n said, "Teachers are the new scapegoat. They...n said, "Teachers are the new scapegoat. They are all lazy, greedy, and don't do their job. Parents have no influence in a child's education...only teachers. So if kids aren't learning it it only the teacher's fault."<br /><br />Especially the really evil ones who smoke or the moderately evil ones who just share a household with an evil smoker to kill our children with third hand smoke. <br /><br />http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/01/author-of-thirdhand-smoke-study-warns.html <br /><br />(FYI, Dr Michael Siegel was and very much still is an avowed "tobacco control" advocate. He's just sick and tired of the greed and lies corrupting his movement and started speaking out against it.) <br /><br />Don't worry about the miniscule levels of lead "contamination" though. The EPA is taking care of that with their new lead emissions standard from 1.5 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3), to 0.15 μg/m3<br /><br />http://www.epa.gov/oaqps001/lead/actions.html<br /><br />Perhaps that's the new Obama job creating agenda. Drive out business and replace with government run monitoring facilities. We'll be 'greener' but we won't make a damn thing.<br /><br />http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_54400025-2940-5b3f-b753-6e931e596cac.htmlFrank Kozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642206308922657591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-88284940338279007962011-02-27T13:00:02.219-05:002011-02-27T13:00:02.219-05:00CG-they fired all the teachers so they can hire ba...CG-they fired all the teachers so they can hire back the CHEAPEST teachers. I will bet they do not hire back the most experienced and most expensive teachers, EVEN WHEN they are the best. It's all about money, my friend. NOT the children.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581100729379897021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-54972500025985842812011-02-27T12:58:19.290-05:002011-02-27T12:58:19.290-05:00Teachers are the new scapegoat. They are all lazy,...Teachers are the new scapegoat. They are all lazy, greedy, and don't do their job. Parents have no influence in a child's education...only teachers. So if kids aren't learning it it only the teacher's fault.<br /><br />I would encourage NO ONE to go into teaching these days....absolutely no respect for teachers anymore.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581100729379897021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-1303617621611814632011-02-26T21:08:38.896-05:002011-02-26T21:08:38.896-05:00Did they have to fire everyone so they can selecti...<i>Did they have to fire everyone so they can selectively hire back only the good teachers?</i>-CG<br /><br />Nobody got fired. Prof. Jacobson was unclear, that's all. He explains it better in his earlier article on this topic (linked near the beginning of this article).<br /><br /><i>Because state law requires notice by March 1 to teachers who face layoffs for the following school year, if the school district misses the deadline, it will lose the ability to reduce staff.</i>-Prof. Jacobson, Insurrectionist<br /><br />All that happened is that a notice that there <i>might</i> be a layoff next school year was sent to teachers. You may now stop panicking.<br /><br />Laughably, this super-advanced notice requirement was passed by the usual felonious do-gooder goo-goos with the (claimed) intention of helping people. There's no record kept of how many who've been helped had heart attacks upon misreading the notice!<br /><br />Frankly, since the passage of such a silly law I've wondered why every employer doesn't issue such a notice to every employee on, oh, at least a quarterly basis.Micha Elyihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342792492539185940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-55589691303606697052011-02-25T05:17:09.914-05:002011-02-25T05:17:09.914-05:00@CG: Those of us in the private sector don't ...@CG: Those of us in the private sector don't have to worry about our jobs annually like teachers do. We have to worry about them daily. Especially now.Beer, Bicycles and the VRWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-13860040317441148852011-02-25T02:59:59.695-05:002011-02-25T02:59:59.695-05:00If, of course, their hearts are all that broken, t...If, of course, their hearts are all that broken, then perhaps they should do all and sundry a favor... and quit right now.<br /><br />I'm fairly sure other, cheaper teaching staff will be along behind them, directly.K.J. Hintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04071279261669117974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-1203979039711217112011-02-24T23:30:56.257-05:002011-02-24T23:30:56.257-05:00@CG, if I was trying to do something about a 40M b...@CG, if I was trying to do something about a 40M budget deficit, I certainly wouldn't want to be tied to bringing back very senior [and expensive] teachers who were lousy just because a union contract said I had to.<br /><br />That might help the budget, marginally, but damage the school even further. <br /><br />I did have to love the dimwittedness of the teacher comments in the Journal story.<br /><br />A "quasi-legal power grab"? Looks totally legal to me.JorgXMcKiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509568525555189690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-49406002875075881432011-02-24T23:16:42.215-05:002011-02-24T23:16:42.215-05:00Stay tuned for California's budget "proce...Stay tuned for California's budget "process."<br /><br />Previously on "Forward," teachers lie about their health but shout loud and long. Doctors lie to cover the teacher sick leave lie. Democrat legislators collude and conspire to flee the state and their constituents' trust. <br /><br />In the mean time, voters nee taxpayers, is home schooling looking any better? <br /><br />No Marx, Freud or Darwin. No climate change or deviant sex propaganda. If the teachers aren't there, then there should be no bureacracy to support them. No exposure to the statistically undeniable presence of abusers who may be arrested yet access to tort remedy due to sovereign immunity is out of reach?<br /><br />Pass the popcorn and wait for the new twist in the Golden State where the Democrat Party is holding the party and the bag.<br /><br />Thank you, Professor.dmurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701970257321622149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-84904111931883231562011-02-24T22:53:47.896-05:002011-02-24T22:53:47.896-05:00It's both sad and disturbing to see unionized ...It's both sad and disturbing to see unionized teachers so bitterly clinging to their corrupt work rules and bloated benefits.BoboFromTexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347712779680613595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-87060568567333880622011-02-24T22:30:59.333-05:002011-02-24T22:30:59.333-05:00Did they have to fire everyone so they can selecti...Did they have to fire everyone so they can selectively hire back only the good teachers?<br /><br />If I was a teacher I'd be looking to teach someplace else where the budget crisis wasn't as bad. It does suck to be fired, and to worry every year if you'll be booted out the next.<br /><br />I'm afraid that what is going to be left in Providence are just the really bad teachers who CAN'T work anywhere else.CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527967612530571890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-53713770757817448742011-02-24T21:59:00.216-05:002011-02-24T21:59:00.216-05:00With the way things look at the Front Door, the Ba...With the way things look at the Front Door, the Back Door may be a little easier.<br /><br />I'm half-surprised the crowd of teachers did not fall upon them and beat them to death. They are nearly that crazed these days.Beer, Bicycles and the VRWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.com