Tillis Attack on Teachers

Why did #NCGOP #ncga House Speaker Tillis attack teachers/NCAE? http://is.gd/R9tTgj Greenville Daily Reflector nails it: http://is.gd/NtvFTr

Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens. -- Charles Kuralt

Republican House Speaker Tom Tillis seems to have mistaken that dissent with a personal affront. First, he threatened retaliation against the NCAE during an inadvertently broadcast GOP caucus meeting on Friday. Then, at the Republican convention, he went further, alleging NCAE members “don't care about kids. They don't care about classrooms. They only care about their jobs and their pensions.”

How farcical. The NCAE represents people who devote their lives to children and who chose to spend their careers in classrooms. Belittling them does not advance the debate nor does pursuing petty retribution help to improve public schools.

Yes the Daily Reflector writer did a very good job on this story. But you have to look at the comments as well,

There is this one commenters that’s either a sockpuppet or die-hard support of Tillis and also he hate teachers as well. I can only guess that he was a teachers pet while in school, maybe the type that always got into trouble.

Submitted by jack1919 on June 9, 2011 - 7:16pm.

Two or three weeks off for Christmas is shared by all workers???

I can tell you about dedicated employees in the garbage trucks, chicken processing plants, salesman, policeman etc that are equally important

Just do your job or find another one

So teachers are not dedicated, MMMM, with those so-called non-dedicated teachers who sir would be an uneducated idiot.

but wait there is even more for this douchebag, but he now also blames editors as well,

Submitted by jack1919 on June 9, 2011 - 4:46pm.

I am sick and tired of all you whiners- Al Clark included

I do care if your grandfather, father, mother, wife or child is/was a teacher

The fact is that you all, including good old Al, education major, are all spoiled and have had too much for too long with very little if any accountability and results.

Interested in the kids, my hat. Interested in your fat paychecks and retirement and 9 month work year.

Attacking the legislature must stop, starting with whining editors...

Not all teacher gets three months off, in fact most only get a full month off, There is a lot of work to do to get ready for the next school year, supplies inventory, schedules, and most teachers if not all, continue there education as well. They have to keep with times as well.