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MichiganVote

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15. Neither Admin. or unions will go up against parents.

Reply to knitter4democracy (Reply #14)

Sun May 20, 2012, 09:39 PM

May 2012

So now we have a complete and total era of entitlement among student and their parents.

But in the meantime, Washington concerns itself with a Black President and gay marriage.

Go figure.

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Bullying of Teachers Pervasive in Many Schools [View all] Reader Rabbit May 2012 OP

Teaching is a wonderful job if you have the right school. Especially for working mothers. But southernyankeebelle May 2012 #1

Big public schools won't protect a person, typically. But smaller public charter schools might. NYC_SKP May 2012 #2

charters will not protect a teacher. iemitsu May 2012 #3

+1 proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #13

Yes it is up to the teacher to stop a bully. Charter schools aren't so great either. You can find southernyankeebelle May 2012 #5

Charter Schools are not any safer Moral Compass May 2012 #6

"We teach because we love teaching ... YvonneCa May 2012 #9

Smaller schools, generally, public charter or not, tend toward individualized care. NYC_SKP May 2012 #11

Dream on. Every employee has a right to safe working environment. MichiganVote May 2012 #17

l am doing llegal prep work for my old partner roguevalley May 2012 #7

In my district, too. We are... YvonneCa May 2012 #10

yep, in my district too. iemitsu May 2012 #18

Oh how terrible. I remember when teachers were revered. I am so sorry. My brother was southernyankeebelle May 2012 #12

+1 MichiganVote May 2012 #16

Anecdotal experience, perhaps not translatable across the board, but what I have observed MADem May 2012 #4

When I taught, my second principal was a bully TrogL May 2012 #8

Of course we're bullied. knitter4democracy May 2012 #14

Neither Admin. or unions will go up against parents. MichiganVote May 2012 #15