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| Teachers Among Reservists Being Deployed To Iraq | |
| 2004-07-09 | |
| TheHawaiiChannel.com 7-9-04 The country of Iraq may now be under Iraqi control, but that is not stopping nearly 2,000 Hawaii-based National Guard reservists from being sent there. The group ships out to Iraq in February, but the reservists will be heading to the mainland for training in September. Many of those deploying are teachers who will be leaving the stateâs classrooms. Waianae High School teacher Hank Choy is one of Hawaiiâs educators headed to Iraq with the National Guard. Choy worries the teacher who replaces him will not be as firm. "I push the kids, really push them," Choy said. Choy says the loss of deploying education officers and teachers will be felt all over the state. "If you take these good teachers out and you try to fill somebody back in No two people fit in the same shoes," Choy said.
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| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #14 My Wife a teacher and life long Republican is forced to belong to the NEA. No choice. The Union calls all the shots the local assoc has no say. It's all run from Sacremento and the national level. They could care less what local members think. They have it so they are obligated to pay their dues and could care less. Life is sweet when you are in the pocket of the National Democratic party and can count on it and it's lackeys to require membership to keep your job. I volunteered in the libary at my daughters grade school it was good for the kids and good for me. I encourage it. |
| Posted by: FlameBait93268 2004-07-09 11:28:58 PM |
| #13 Wish I was young enough to volunteer. Special Education is my area...just received an NEA flyer that made Kerry look like a saint for the teaching profession...however am not swayed. Yes, NEA protects all teachers, downside of which is the incompetent get paid the same as the competent. Another real problem nowadays is the enforced teaching of "multiculturalism" - a murky mix of globalism, socialism, gay & lesbian agendas...with nary a trace of patriotism... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-07-09 6:18:40 PM |
| #12 Speak of the Muckster...eh, Voilà ! |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-07-09 5:51:27 PM |
| #11 teachurs are can do they job beter if they are pay more. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-07-09 5:50:24 PM |
| #10 Shipman, Bravo...and you are too funny with your Mucky skillz! |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-07-09 5:49:42 PM |
| #9 jog? LOL IMA teach keybroad skillz! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-09 5:47:22 PM |
| #8 pssst.... ex-lib teaching schools in an "urban environment" is my retirement jog/hobby. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-09 5:46:15 PM |
| #7 That teachers are an inportant.... Sorry for the typos.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-09 4:09:35 PM |
| #6 ex-lib, I agree with you 100% that Teachers are un a very important (critical) profession and we should reward good, dedicated teachers with higher pay and merit-based increases. My sister is a Teacher in the Portland area. Unfortunately the Unions, who currently hold all the cards, dont want merit-based incentives but senority-based. Right now here in Washington State the Teachers Union is in a full court press against a bill before the voters for a limited form of charter schools. They say it would take money away from public schools (i.e. their pockets). In reality they are afraid of the compitition (charter schools could use non-union teachers, and base raises and promotion on merit. That big sucking sound you hear are the good, dedicated, teachers leaving public schools for charter schools....). This is the same union which engages in exortion against its own membership in order to extort funds for the democratic party through mandatory political contributions (as in 'You will contribute to the democratic party or you will not work in this state...'). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-09 4:08:31 PM |
| #5 Why then do âed majorsâ average the lowest scores on the Graduate Record Exam? Trapped in their own web. The kind of instruction that resulted in most of us being fairly competent in math, English, and science is exactly what is in disfavor with the NEA and AFT. Now education is about feelings, expression, and social skills, not about learning abstract concepts for application in real-life situations. Look at how we have been teaching people to read-instead of teaching phonemic awareness (letter/sound correspondences), we encourage students to guess at the meeanings of words-great for higher level classes, but disastrous for beginning and struggling students. And logic? Fugedaboutit. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-09 3:38:57 PM |
| #4 The war for the minds of the youth of America is no small matter. They are the future. I think someone once said something like, "The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world." Why then do âed majorsâ average the lowest scores on the Graduate Record Exam? I think the low pay tends to attract lesser minds, content to be used by administrators with a PC agenda. Conspiracy, anyone? ; ) |
| Posted by: cingold 2004-07-09 3:28:54 PM |
| #3 I can't stand to hear conservatives bash teachers, in general, when it's the bad apples that make the whole bunch seem rotten. It reminds of the Iraq Abu G prison fiasco. Good teachers are loyal to their commitment to educate, and really care about their students. No doubt they'd rather be in the classroom than in the desert. Why assume the worst? If conservatives want to make a difference in education, volunteer at a school, find out about what's going on in the field, and make sure the money gets to the teachers rather than to the administrators. If teaching is held in esteem and supported by the public financially with higher salaries, and if there is public involvement and support in the schools, better (can we say intelligent) candidates will be interested in it as a career, and then perhaps the stupid liberals in the teaching profession can (for a change) be marginalized and forced to the sidelines. The war for the minds of the youth of America is no small matter. They are the future. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2004-07-09 2:58:22 PM |
| #2 I say nothing! Nothing! Except.... Anyone who wonders what's wrong with Florida's K-12 system never dated an ed major. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-09 2:15:14 PM |
| #1 "How can we indoctrinate young minds if we have to live up to our committments and go to war?We are too valuable to send....please, I beg you!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-09 12:53:42 PM |