the truth about teachers and schools

THE TRUTH ABOUT TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS

so this email with this attachment
appeared anonymously in my email recently

i just wonder who could have sent it

what you should know about public school and teachers

public teachers in texas are not unionized

teachers in private schools dont have to have a degree or be certified
to teach children

all property taxes dont go to schools
you dont complain about fire police texas dot repairs

teachers dont get free insurance or retirement

teachers are not paid for summers
thats a 9 month salary spread over 12 months

education reform is not partisan
teachers dont believe one party is more for or against
education

in texas not every district starts teachers at $50 k
lots of teachers who have been teaching for 20 years
or more have just reached $50 k

teachers in texas have not received a significant raise in years
not since george bush was governor

retired teachers are not allowed to take social security
and
have not received a cost of living in over 18 years

teacher retirement=20% from teachers 20% from the state
and 60% from investments
not from tax payers

teachers spend way too much time testing

testing was installed by politicians you voted for
this was not an idea from teachers or administration

so when people say teachers are socialists remind them that
teachers do the job tasked to them by politicians

legislators retirement is based off a state judges salary and
increases over time often in excess of $100k/yr

schools and stadiums being built are out of control
but are not paid for by state dollars
bond elections and choices of community decides on these upgrades

there is nearly $10 billion in the rainy day fund that could cover most
of these pressing issues
$1 billion would fix education

districts will have to run this year with a budget equivalent to a
budget from 1995 with higher expectations

teachers plan to block vote and remove those against public education

wont you join them

probably a lot of this pertains to most other states in the united states


the organicgreen doctor

teacher gonna teach

TEACHER GONNA TEACH

yep
thats what they are gonna do
teach
and
do it well i must say

here is the link to the article some of this info was obtained from
if you are a texas teacher
you should probably read it

texas is if it was a country would be one of the largest economies
it has 6 of the top 50 fortune 500 companies headquartered
in our state
it has 51 of the top 500 fortune 500 companies headquartered here
texas is third behind new york and california

it has more exports than california and new york
if it was a nation it would be the 12th largest economy in the world
based on gdp

it is ahead of south korea and australia
however
south korea is number one in education
australia is number four in education
the us is number seventeen in education
texas would be way down at the bottom if it was a country

so texas is a wealthy state
it would be a wealthy country

right
well sort of wrong

it ranks 43rd in education in the us
it ranks almost at the bottom for childrens health
thank goodness for mississippi

it ranks at the bottom in overall health care for its citizens

its a bottom feeder when it comes to childrens poverty

some of this is almost 3rd world like
no it is 3rd world like

seems shameful

north of texas and northeast of texas
are two states
that well those folks there in arkansas and oklahoma
well they dont really like texas much

so it seems
that texas dont like their teachers either

if you retired as a teacher in 2000 at say $1000 a month
you would still make in 2017 the same $1000 a  month
their buying power would be greatly reduced
there is not a cost of living adjustment provided
inflation slowly like a cancer eats away the teachers retirement

add to that
the fact that most districts in the state dont pay into social security
which means
those teachers may not get any social security
or
if they do it will be greatly reduced

my wife she will get less than half the social security that she
would have gotten if she didnt teach or lived in those other states

yes those texas hating states around us
their teachers get all their social security benefits

their state legislators did their jobs
they took care of their teachers

texas is a wealthy state
it has no excuse

now
they
the state of texas
plans to remove the pensions all together
to change to a 401k program

now i realize that that is what is happening all over the country
its probably going to happen
but
hopefully at least they will reinstitute the paying into social security
requirement for all the school districts

at least the blow
the amount of poverty that retired teachers will live in
will be blunted some

a teachers gonna teach

lets take care of these important folks in our lives
our kids lives

the organicgreen doctor

texting ok, too big, docs vs nri, teachers pay, sports

TEXTING OK
so he could be our president
thats scary
he vetoed the texting while driving bill
so now you can text while driving
that should make things safer in texas now
dont know how many times ive dodged people
texting while they are driving

texting while driving is a right
wonder what else would be done if he was president
wonder what else hell do to protect us from big government

TOO BIG
so watched too big to fail last night
that was scary also
realized how close we came to the brink of disaster and how
close we came to another big depression

it was nauseating to watch
the people who screwed up made off with all our money
twice

at least they have enacted legislation to prevent all this from
happening again and all those responsible got justice done to them
oops nothing has been fixed

this all developed under both the republican and the democratic
administrations so they are both to be blamed

how come we arent all mad about this

where will elizabeth warren be when we need her the most

DOCS VS NRI
as a family physician seeing a lot of kids one of the things i
talked about with parents was gun safety with kids
keep them locked up or keep them
out of the house(the guns not the kids)

we all have seen the stories of kids shooting themselves or
their friends or family playing with loaded guns

now its is illegal in florida to have that talk with parents by their
childs doctor
doctors can be jailed for doing this

something doesnt seem right with all of this

TEACHERS PAY
teachers always seem to get screwed by the system

now in our state a law is being passed that will allow the
districts to lower teachers pay (aint it low enough as it is)
and to furlough them during the school year without pay

SPORTS
dont like golf
dont play golf
but i like sports and like to watch good players play
loved to watch tiger play before his life fell apart

watched the us open with mcllroy winning yesterday
its hard to believe that guy that looks like opey is that good
was glad he came back from his last disastrous outing to win
golf needs him

cws is in full swing
the florida gators are a batting machine
their 9th batter is better than a lot of teams best hitters
if they have other good pitchers they could win this year

the organicgreen doctor