Ted Ratter May 24, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Great move! I'm looking forward to the next push; which I hope is letting me into the Girl Scouts!…Read More
Rose May 24, 2013 at 12:27 pm
My comment is "why comment?" As an educator of young people from the ages of 1month to 21…Read More years old, I often ask myself," Who's agenda is being served here?" Certainly not the young boy,trying to fit in with his peers no matter what his physical, phsychological or cultural differences are. Why impress a label on these children ? Youngsters entering puberty are so affected by the way others view them. Who's decision was it in recent times that any child that falls onto a "prescribed spectrum" of characteristics must carry a decision laden label under which they must ask to be included or excluded from normal privelege and activity? And what does this say about our other boys with typically developing profiles? Are they now being taught that it is a choice to include or exclude boys of differing characteristics from their play and learning environments? The initiators of this action against the boyscouts should be ashamed of themselves. As a mother of a young boy I will tell you this,he is a boy . He will develop as an individual with time and grow into an adult. THAT'S IT! He will learn social skills and getting along with others,respect for himself and tolerance for individual differences the same way boys have learned for years. Why comment on the agenda of political groups as self-serving as those who use children to forward their cause? SHAME ON YOU!
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All Boards » Janet May 22, 2013 at 04:52 pm
Bravo MP Majority,
very well said.Teachers are the most protected job on the planet. Now if they…Read More could only earn that money by producing results in the classrooms like they used to. But I also blame the absent NO vote. They need to be sent a message-we need a majority no vote but that will never happen. Glad I am out of here in 2 years. Can't imagine trying to live here and pay these taxes on social security and my 401K that tanked in 2008 while I was making up the teachers loss on their pension and paying my health insurance & theirs at the same time. So boo hoo teachers you have to spend money on the kids while I spend money on you.
MP Majority May 17, 2013 at 01:41 pm
Spoken like a true teacher. Did you know that the average school teacher is only paying 15% of the…Read More actual cost of health care premiums for themselves and their families, when Medical healthcare insurance premiums are rising at an alarming 17% per annum? Do you realize that teachers are paid an additional stipend if they work more than 3 consecutive periods in a day? Are you aware that teacher pensions were protected during the stock market crash of 2008, when the average person's 401K was totally at risk? Perhaps if teachers realized how good they have it - look at the BIG picture and outside of their bubble - then they would complain less. Oh and yes, we need our loftily-paid Administrators to kick in some of the salaries, to help pay for stuff. Hard to believe the school districts' mantras that "it's all for the kids".
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