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Title: ‘Million Teacher March’ Falls About 992,000 People Short
Post by: bijou on August 02, 2011, 09:46:55 AM
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Teachers unions and their supporters hoped to draw 1 million people to Washington D.C. last weekend for their “Save Our Schools” rally. They apparently fell about 992,000 people short.

The embarrassing attendance underlined one major truth – there is no mass movement to maintain the status quo in our nation’s public schools. The only people defending the current system are those who profit from it, like the leaders of the nation’s teachers unions.

The “Save Our Schools” message was honest in one respect – the union goal is to save public schools as they currently exist. Notice that there was no call to improve the quality of education for students, because that’s not what the unions are fighting for. ...
http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2011/08/02/million-teacher-march-falls-about-992000-people-short/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29&utm_content=Twitter
Title: Re: ‘Million Teacher March’ Falls About 992,000 People Short
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on August 02, 2011, 09:48:21 AM
:nelson:
Title: Re: ‘Million Teacher March’ Falls About 992,000 People Short
Post by: Karin on August 02, 2011, 10:23:11 AM
From the comments at BigGovernment:

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If the union thugs would have thrown this bash during school hours, they would have had a much larger crowd since all those in attendance would have had a fake doctor's note.
Title: Re: ‘Million Teacher March’ Falls About 992,000 People Short
Post by: FiddyBeowulf on August 02, 2011, 01:15:03 PM
Quote from: Karin on August 02, 2011, 10:23:11 AM
From the comments at BigGovernment:

If the union thugs would have thrown this bash during school hours, they would have had a much larger crowd since all those in attendance would have had a fake doctor's note.

Not far from the truth. Many of the teachers I know either have summer jobs they cannot take off from or are on vacation.
Title: Re: ‘Million Teacher March’ Falls About 992,000 People Short
Post by: Rugnuts on August 02, 2011, 01:58:36 PM
how many teachers are there in the U.S.?

Title: Re: ‘Million Teacher March’ Falls About 992,000 People Short
Post by: CG6468 on August 02, 2011, 02:16:47 PM
Quote from: Rugnuts on August 02, 2011, 01:58:36 PM
how many teachers are there in the U.S.?

Not enough. There are, however, a lot of "educators" in our schools today.
Title: Re: ‘Million Teacher March’ Falls About 992,000 People Short
Post by: Rugnuts on August 02, 2011, 02:25:46 PM
Quote from: CG6468 on August 02, 2011, 02:16:47 PM
Not enough. There are, however, a lot of "educators" in our schools today.
i hear that.
i googled it and in a 2000 census report, there were 6 million "teachers" :ashamed:
Title: Re: ‘Million Teacher March’ Falls About 992,000 People Short
Post by: CG6468 on August 02, 2011, 02:37:36 PM
Quote from: Rugnuts on August 02, 2011, 02:25:46 PM
i hear that.
i googled it and in a 2000 census report, there were 6 million "teachers" :ashamed:

Immediately after someone calls him/herself an educator, I lose all respect for him/her.