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Union Problems
This is just another case where unions do more to harm the industry than help. The fact of the matter is, every teacher in the world is a teacher because they WANT to teach - the pay isn't and won't be high enough to attract the "brightest" talent. The unions push for higher wages - which reduce overall employment levels. They protect horrible teachers via tenure agreements. What Jobs is saying is very true. Teachers that are tenured but are bad teachers should be fired. They consume tax payer dollars and compromise the education and future of upcoming generations. Teachers can get lazy when they know they can't be fired. Additionally, since privatization is out as an option for public schools - we should switch to a voucher system to improve the education system without having to pay any extra money. It's been proven time and time again that when government agencies are privatized they perform with a much higher level of efficiency. However, it must be recognized that without public education, illiteracy would rise and the nations poorest would be bound to their poverty for lack of an opportunity to better themselves. Thus, the voucher system allows for an imitation of privatization without compromising equal opportunity for education.
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Union Problems  p0figster | 02/18/07
But isn't peer review the only way  xuniL_z | 02/18/07
Let the parents choose  mtgarden | 02/19/07
Which one are you behind again?  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
Education in perspective  Patanjali | 03/04/07
Interesting article  mlindl | 02/18/07
I'm sorry but following your logic  xuniL_z | 02/18/07
Sorry, I don't follow YOUR logic.  lilsim89 | 02/18/07
While I don't follow his Logic Either  sebastianlewis | 02/18/07
but the GUI and the Mouse gained 'purpose' at Apple!  Skanoza | 02/18/07
Never heard about the Stanford Research Institute Working on it  sebastianlewis | 02/18/07
Why does that go to Apple?  xuniL_z | 02/18/07
ok, be smug about it.  xuniL_z | 02/18/07
That's easy  Rick_K | 02/19/07
Rick Rick Rick  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
It's so easy  Rick_K | 02/19/07
Easier  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
Perhaps you should elaborate  sebastianlewis | 02/18/07
oh, another Apple zealot.  xuniL_z | 02/18/07
What the heck are you blathering about?  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 02/18/07
Of course not.  xuniL_z | 02/18/07
So you're saying?  Rick_K | 02/19/07
no Rick.  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
No Zealot  Rick_K | 02/19/07
Apple Zealotry 101  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
Learning from the master  Rick_K | 02/19/07
Stupid ZDNet  Rick_K | 02/19/07
this just proves it even further.  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
Comming from a Windows Zealot  Rick_K | 02/19/07
really?  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
Lies of a windows zealot  Rick_K | 02/19/07
You called me a liar?  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
You need to learn to think before you write.  Plazmic | 02/20/07
The unions fault?  Kyser Soze | 02/22/07
Same old BS  Zoraster | 02/18/07
Too true.  Kyser Soze | 02/22/07
Jobs is right!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 02/18/07
ZDNet has it out against Jobs  YinToYourYang-22527499 | 02/18/07
(nt)And you seem to be in love with him  toadlife | 02/18/07
Are you blind?  xuniL_z | 02/18/07
Re: since I'm not a blind zealot.  Rick_K | 02/19/07
Rick, make some sense.  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
I just love...  Rick_K | 02/19/07
Apple zealotry 102  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
It's all about the...  Rick_K | 02/19/07
Do you know  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
Jobs should shut-up!  mrmckeb@... | 02/19/07
Gates does the same thing  Rick_K | 02/19/07
What?  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
Steve's Agenda  perryroyce@... | 02/19/07
Pay teachers more to attract talent?  meh130@... | 02/19/07
Many teachers are overpaid.  Rick_K | 02/19/07
Yes, but you left out the most important part  xuniL_z | 02/19/07
realistic  pjam3 | 02/20/07
an unfortunate flaw in your math  violetawkward | 02/20/07
Please Try Teaching  sthender | 03/28/08
Jobs Right on the Money!  usc1801 | 02/20/07
Study your history  Plazmic | 02/20/07
High skills or low wages.  Kyser Soze | 02/22/07
Sad but true  michael.redwine@... | 02/25/07
Teachers and school problems  srobtjones@... | 03/16/07

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