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Originally Posted by 260 Rem
I don't defend everything teachers do, and I don't take the time to respond every time a "has been" teacher who couldn't make the grade, or former student that didn't "pass" runs down the occupation.
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Nice stereotypes, better to diminish all the good ideas put forward here with insult to a persons character, then explain why our education system seems to perform worse and worse each year and gets more expensive - in comparision to other countries.
I'm a university grad and I'd argue better educated then yourself.
Biggest complaint I have with the ED system in Canada, it's being ruined by your union. Less work for more PAY get's obvious in any system sooner or later (socialism failed bud) and I think it's becoming apparent in your world now !
TBD
P.S. Do you understand how the 3 simple rules above can help stop the slide ....
If you've become unflexible in your views over the years - I'll EXPLAIN them for ya .... it's really quite simple.
1) Let the AB gov't Give parents CHOICE to chose their school (incl private & chartered) and divert their portion of TAX dollars to support it. ( THIS WILL HELP IDENTIFY SCHOOLS THAT ARE POORLY RUN SO THAT THEY CAN BE REVIEWED & IMPROVED OR CLOSED)
2) Performance based PAY (I know this is a foreign concept to a teachers union guy - but it will actually help keep your talent and again IDENTIFY employees who need to be addressed.)
3) Testing - here's the accountability thing, give the PUBLIC a metric so that they can be informed on how the education system is performing, after all WE'RE PAYING FOR IT .... AND ABOLISH THIS NO ZERO POLICY CRAP !!
MAKE SENSE ?