Education's Dissipation

Teachers quitting at record rates
     Why face daily violence and hate
  Public schools face colossal debt
     Yet teachers' pensions fatter get

  Unions clamor for more and more
     Though few are left to mind the store
  Education as the province of a privileged few
     ~ may again be the prospect we look forward to
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Baker Avatar
June 9, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Education in the U.S. is broken. When I was teaching (in Texas) we didn't have unions. I don't think there should be unions in education. IMHO Your couplets tell the story well, my friend. Have a nice weekend! Bill
Lawless Avatar
June 9, 2023 at 1:34 PM
...lesson 1...don't touch the light socket...lesson 2...don't touch the HOT stove....lesson3...TBD
George Avatar
June 8, 2023 at 8:50 PM
Education has now stooped into a business. Good education has become the privilege of the affluent. In our country too, a lot of money is disbursed as pension to teachers. To be frank I get more pension than my last salary. I seriously object to the unions in our area clamoring for more and more. Great thoughts dear Gershon.
Wolf Avatar
June 8, 2023 at 8:53 PM
I hear, dear Valsa. In Chicago too, many teachers get a higher annual pension salary than what they last made as a teacher! Insanity! But impossible to stop in a one-party dictatorship in Chicago and ALL of our big cities, unfortunately... Looks like we're coming full circle now: From the 18th century where only the rich could afford tutors to the rise of public education for the masses --- and now toward its dizzying, sickening fall. THUD!
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