FOX poll on teachers: Lazy bastards or no?

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http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/poll/poll-about-teachers-make-sure-you-vote-in-this-poll

"What better describes your view of elementary school teachers?

very tough job with lots of responsibility with low pay 71.12% (362 votes)

not so tough job - short day and have summer off 28.88% (147 votes)

Total Votes: 509"


So far this is going as well for them as their OWS poll, but I thought some DUers would also enjoy further ruining their day.

[Lint Head]

1. 78% after I voted.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Back down to 72% a mere six minutes after you posted

Anti-intellectualism runs deep among FAUX viewers.

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6. Anti-unionism too.

Reading the comments, confirming that is what this poll is really about.

[Fire Walk With Me]

20. Someone must have posted the poll to a website with "competing interests".

Remember people, rust never sleeps.

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23. Whatever they did isn't working.

78%! :woohoo:

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. 71.9%, 541 votes.

:hi:

[monmouth]

3. I never met a teacher who had the summer off. Summer job, taking

a course somewhere and hopefully mixing in some travel at the same time.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

19. That's likely the rule for K-12, especially in the first half or so of the career.

(I'm in higher ed-- definitely a lot less taxing than K-12 and yet requires less qualification.)

[Laf.La.Dem.]

4. 400 to 155

:evilgrin:

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Some scary ignoramuses on that thread

One numbnut even suggests teachers negotiate their own salaries so they don't need a union to do that for them. LOL Gotcha. I'll run right down to the school board building during my 30 minute lunch tomorrow to put in a bid for my salary.

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8. I'm trying to look away, but it's like a bad road accident.

One brain-trust just tried to claim that Sallie Mae tried to ruin him when he got a loan to tutor his elementary age child. :crazy: If you're going to lie, at least Google what you are lying about, lol.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. I just posted the link to the SOS Facebook page

That should take care of Gretta's silly little poll. :rofl:

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10. Yay!!!

Beautiful!

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Have you noticed what a great networking site that page is?

SOS people ROCK.

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16. Yes, it is excellent!

:thumbsup:

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. And it's up

3 shares so far. :woohoo:

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Did you see the guy who claims that teachers can't possibly be in class in the summer

because the school buildings are CLOSED?

Geez. I pity the district that educated HIM. I'm sure he was a real treat. LOL

And the nurse who says teachers don't work hard because they get weekends and holidays off, unlike nurses. She also claims teachers in her town are paid $27K and that's too much. :scared:

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17. Really, we should be paying for the privilege of working.

If we really cared that is. :crazy: I hope she's not really a nurse.

[underpants]

12. My child spends more time with her teacher (and daycare) than I do

I wake her up in bed at 6:10 - two snoozes and we are up at 6:20

I have probably been up since 4:00 and been for a run.

We got downstairs to (sorry) TV - SpongeBob or Phineas and breakfast - poptarts are the new treat my often peanut butter "Hoobs" or eggs and sausage or eggs and potatoes...everything with tomatoes and/or fruit.

Then we either go to daycare (bus to school) or straight to school (later start even though it is within walking distance).

My wife picks her up around 6 PM. She does get 2or 3 recesses everyday. And we eat by 7.

Bed at 8:30ish - with reading that lasts at least 20 minutes.


I get 4-5 hours with her a day. School is 6 hours, daycare 4.


PAY THESE PEOPLE.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. It's an honor

I'm not saying teachers shouldn't be paid more. But seriously, with all the negative crap we teachers have been deflecting lately, we fail to share what an honor it is to teach your children.

The rewards are many.

I just want the bashing to stop.

[underpants]

52. The reasons for the venom against teachers is two fold

according to rightwing lore the Dept. of Education is the result of liberal leaders teaming up with BLACK TEACHERS years ago. That could be true but I have run across that meme more and more the last few months.

Talking down schools and education conditions people to expect less pay.

[Frustratedlady]

14. The teachers in my family are working their butts off...taking on extra

loads because of the cuts to education.

They'd better not criticize them...teachers and their families will rise up, big time!

[Scuba]

21. Greta's a whore. n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Her fans are disgusting

and very very stupid.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Of course an easy job! And overpaid too!!!!!!

:sarcasm: for those that need it.

[Motown_Johnny]

25. 79-21 now

[spanone]

26. a typical faux insulting poll. pointless.

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27. Now they're trying to figure out where all the votes came from.

This is probably all over FB by now. :evilgrin:

[proud2BlibKansan]

30. My son just came in the room and asked me what I am laughing at

There's one lady there who is now calling me a pig and a snake. And she keeps saying she's leaving to go fix dinner. You can tell she's clearly freaked out by the teacher invasion. LOL

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32. I love it.

They seemed to think that their little world was private for some reason and that Greta should protect them. I'm sure she's just happy to get hits, lol.

[LooseWilly]

28. 75 & change for "very tough" after my vote...

see sawing a bit, but still overwhelming...

[OhioChick]

29. Tough job/76.18% n/t

[Matariki]

31. Assholes for even asking

It reminds me of Reagan's assault on waitresses when he blathered on about them cheating the rest of us with their buckets and buckets of untaxed tip income :eyes:

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. Oh darn. I HAD forgotten that.

Reagan said so many nasty things. It's hard to remember them ALL.

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. It's Share the Comments time!!

Kids would do betting in school if their parents weren't so lazy and dependent on the government.

Why aren't you teachers preparing for tomorrow's lessons? You are here whining and claim you are always grading papers or preparing lessons. Are you one of the lazy teachers who only want to complain.

They probably already called for substitutes, and the state will pay for both. What a deal when the taxpayers pay for it.

Take a hike moron, you're not worth a argument. Nice teacher!!

Just don't reply to this group, just troublemakers is all they are.

AND STILL THE FLOW OF FAKE TEACHERS CONTINUES, MAN THIS IS A HOOT.
I HAD TO WALK TO SCHOOL IN THE DARK IN THE SNOW WITH NO SHOES AND CARRING ALL OF MY STUDENTS ON MY BACK.

Now we at Gretawire know what a flash mob is like.

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35. I feel like we turned over an anthill.

Here's another good one: "Go sell it some place else we are all full up here. good bye
Those of us who are highly educated fine you tedious and disingenuous"

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. She thinks she found comments I made on other sites and she's posting them

Only they aren't mine.

:rofl:

I feel sorry for the teachers who have her kids. Dang. They must have to print REALLY big on notes they send home.

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38. Hahahaha!!!

*wheeze* This isn't just shooting fish in a barrel, it's shooting the already dead fish in a beer cooler full of ice. *snort*

REALLY big print, with pictures.

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. Now she's trying to claim she's dyslexic.

She also is printing out YOUR comments and taking them to some teacher tomorrow. Oooh boy, I know you're quaking in your boots.

Next she's going to tell you they're going on your permanent record. :rofl:

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42. I'm thrilled my work will be getting a wider audience!

:D Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up! I feel pity for any teacher who works with this strange oddball. I hope she's not involved in something that relates to literacy!

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. Ok Murican is like my fifth language

But I am getting a hunkering for the red pencil!!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

41. Bring that red pencil on over

I haven't had this much fun on the internet in years.

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. Shoud I include standard editor markings?

Or that be too complex for these guys and gals?

If you got an I-thingy, yes there is an app for that...very useful too.

:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

46. Way too complex.

[chade]

47. Man,

Republicans really really REALLY hate 'whining.' I have seen it a whole bunch with them complaining about OWS as well. But then they also do it a lot, themselves, too. So it's weird.

But yeah, they really hate it. Maybe they even hate whining as much as they hate…everyone non-hetero-white-male.

No, that's just silly.

But for sure it's like a distant second or something.

[Initech]

40. Fox News viewers and Limbaugh listeners are the real lazy bastards of this world.

[Unrepentant Fenian]

44. 78/22%, we're winning !!! n/t

[Bennyboy]

45. Man that felt good!

FUCK FOX.

[MFrohike]

48. That poll kills me

I've subbed when other jobs weren't available. Maintaining order by itself can be tough enough, much less trying to actually teach. Honestly, I'm amazed when people with no clue decide to bash on teachers. Trying to teach with inadequate supplies, trying to maintain discipline with no support from the administration, what exactly do these people think is happening?

I'm a pretty cynical guy. This poll is unbelievably cynical to me. The whole idea is to compound the misery for some of the most important people in the country solely to benefit politically. It's just disgusting.

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49. "What exactly do these people think is happening?"

We're not providing profits to the private sector, that is our main sin. RW think tanks have perpetuated the Big Lie that teachers are just useless government parasites, and let people who are chained to the cheapskate private sector wallow in fear and hate that someone might be getting a better deal. Really though, the private sector is busily trying to find their way to burrow into all of that lovely public money going to schools. The rest is the fascist process of manufactured consent.

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51. My one wish

I'd like them to teach a group of 30 kindergartners one day. Then, I want to hear about how little teachers do.

[sabrina 1]

50. 78.26% - 21.74%

very tough job with lots of responsibility with low pay 78.26% (1,793 votes)


not so tough job - short day and have summer off 21.74% (498 votes)

Things are bad for them when they can't even win on a Fox Poll.

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53. kick

[madokie]

54. Now I need a shower

Thank you, we have already counted your vote.
very tough job with lots of responsibility with low pay 78.26% (1,904 votes)
not so tough job - short day and have summer off 21.74% (529 votes)

Total Votes: 2,433

[proud2BlibKansan]

55. It's a very worthy cause

:hi:

[blindpig]

56. k&r

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57. kick