It's strike season (and that's not a baseball reference to what Zack Greinke did to the Cubs in nearby Milwaukee this past week ... but is instead a reference to a battle royale that is brewing in town [as it seems to have done in every summer for the last few years]).
And let me start with this premise -- teachers are tremendously underpaid and are all too often grossly unsung heroes of our society. Between elementary schools that have to ban certain color combinations in clothing because it implies an allegiance to neighborhood gangs (ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS!) and high schools being asked to somehow save the unparented who have no conflict resolution skills beyond resorting to gunfire, it is my opinion that they should qualify for damn hazard pay!
Sadly, it's all a political game at this point -- and even more sadly, the teachers are led by the curiously coiffed Karen Lewis (whose cornrows in most photos take on the air of Medusa herself), a spokesperson who continues to get no respect for many for her tactics. In particular, she lost all of my respect when she publicly demonstrated "how to bully 101" in a speech mocking Arne Duncan's lisp [and with turnabout being fair play, I don't feel guilty mocking her "hair-don't", although I'll designate other issues, like her heft, as off limits].
For the sake of the children who are in desperate need of those who still care for them when so many have given up, can someone please stand up and demonstrate leadership and resolve this issue!
[Note -- had I not attempted to throw away my cash yesterday, this would have been my random soapbox comment yesterday, it you didn't notice.]
SO THERE's THIS KIND OF STRIKE:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/story/2012-06-06/greinke-brewers-beat-cubs/55434156/1
AND THEN THERE's THIS KIND OF STRIKE:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/13047161-418/teachers-union-accuses-cps-of-trying-to-sabotage-strike-authorization-vote.html
AND THEN THERE's THIS REASON THAT SHE SHOULDN'T BE THE SPOKESPERSON:
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2011/11/25/karen-lewis-video-controversy-marijuana-use-bullying-hypocrisy-hurts-race-to-the-top/
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