Should public school teachers go on strike?

Is it out of the norm for teachers to take to the streets and protest in US?
 
Reba said:
No, that's not right. It was not a Nazi salute.

"Reverend Francis Bellamy would do this in 1892 by adding a national salute to honor Columbus Day celebrated at the National School celebration held on October 12th. This salute would become known as a hand gesture (called the Bellamy salute) to accompany the American Pledge of Allegiance which he was also part author."
The Life and Death of the Bellamy Salute - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

You see, it was created by an American, for Americans, in 1892, long before Hitler adopted it.

When Hitler did adopt a similar salute, and America joined the Allies in World War II, FDR revised the American salute to the current hand-over-heart.

If you go back even further in history, you'll notice that the straight arm salute was used in ancient Rome.

It wasn't original to the Nazis.
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I didn't say it was. I called it as I see it. :lol:
Whatever you want to call it is fine with me. I just thought it was interesting that FDR felt we needed to revise it.
 
Foxrac said:
Not necessary, democracy is about election to elect the representatives, president, state legislative, governors, local government, etc.

Check CIA Factbook, if you disagree so I don't care, let move on.
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It's called a Representative Republic. Not a Democracy

If we were a democracy Prop 8 would be law....the people have spoken. However since we are a republic with a constitution Prop 8 is still in question.
 
According to the CIA Fact Book, the United States is:

"Government type:
Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition"
 
sallylou said:
Probably not enough math and science teachers, especially highly qualified ones.

I would love for our teachers to get better pay and working conditions. Happy teachers make for happier kids.
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Couldnt have said it better.
 
shel90 said:
Who passed it?
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Who has been President for over 2 years? Why hasn't he changed it?

What happened to hope and change???

BTW as for who passed it.....congress....and it was bipartisan
 
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Who is a superhuman? Oh wait... we don't have a benevolent dictatorship-- only monotheists do.
 
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TXgolfer said:
Who has been President for over 2 years? Why hasn't he changed it?

What happened to hope and change???

BTW as for who passed it.....congress....and it was bipartisan
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Who passed it?
 
shel90 said:
Who passed it?
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Like I said the first time......Congress.

House (R) 186-34
House (D) 197-10

In the Senate there were 8 no votes.....6 of those 8 were Republicans.


Looks like The Democrats passed it by a larger % in both houses.

EDIT: I was going to provide a link for those numbers but I see Foxrac did that already.
 
I wouldn't cross a picket line. Or in this case, leave my fellow union workers behind. I definitely would have called in. *shrug* It's not like I can legally strike or bargain anyway, right? (this is all as if I lived in WI, which I don't)

Anyway...I'd like to see how union members respond. They were talking about a general strike. So let's see if it happens.

If I were still fulltime teaching, I'd do it too for Chavez Day (March 31 is when everyone is proposing) but our schools have that day off anyway! It's a holiday here. :P
 
TheOracle said:
I wouldn't cross a picket line. Or in this case, leave my fellow union workers behind. I definitely would have called in. *shrug* It's not like I can legally strike or bargain anyway, right? (this is all as if I lived in WI, which I don't)

Anyway...I'd like to see how union members respond. They were talking about a general strike. So let's see if it happens.

If I were still fulltime teaching, I'd do it too for Chavez Day (March 31 is when everyone is proposing) but our schools have that day off anyway! It's a holiday here. :P
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So you would put the demands of the union above the needs of the school children?
 
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