School Vouchers

Originally posted by hoosier
Amen.

Although if you had to work in the public schools, supervised by the jerks who often become principals, fearing a lawsuit anytime you do something, you would probably join the union too.

Many people join the teachers' union, because all members have a million dollar liability insurance coverage and the union has a staff of lawyers.

In many smaller systems, teachers/staff/bus drivers can be fired without cause, and the union protects these people.

Yea, I think teacher's unions are pretty hooterific, but being a brand new teacher this year and having the fear of God beat into me, with all the possible law suits, liability, bratty kids trying to ruin your life, etc.......the liability insurance seems like a huge plus. I talked to a rep from ATPE (association of Texas professional educators) and asked her, "if i join are you going to secretly send my dues to the john kerry campaign?" and she said that they weren't involved in politics unless it directly concerned teachers. Anyway, I'm not really decided on whether or not I'll join one. I know there are ones that are far more conservative than others, I think it's just a matter of finding the right one.