as you might know, my father is a teacher. he is in the cta, california teachers association, which is the largest teachers union. every year, they send out a little packet to "inform" [or influence] teachers who are a part of the cta concerning the upcoming elections or voting events for propostions. personally, i think this is...well, wack in the first place because teachers should be able to vote how they want and they should be educated on the topics enough to know what to vote for but, that could just be me...as we all know, on november 4th, voting will start and will include presidential elections as well as the infamous propostion 8 which, if passed, will restore traditional marriage and ban same-sex marriage. apparently, the cta will be voting no on prop 8 to "support equality for all" because "the cta believes that all people should be allowed equal protection under law". equality is great and really important, but this prop, in my opinion, will only do bad for the education system. the cta, however, strongly opposes the propostion...so much that they have donated $1,000,000 to the No on Propostion 8 Campaign. hmm...weird. did we not just have budget cuts? were there not an estimated 20, 000 teachers who were either fired or laid off this past May? yet, the california teachers association has an extra 1 mil to throw away fighting propostion 8, making them the largest institutional donor, because "the No campaign seems to be struggling." as if the $250,000 they already donated to a coalition opposing prop 8 in august wasnt enough. i'm awful glad our priorities are straight...
[ some information taken from a California Department of Education News Realease, The Bakersfield Californian, and the CTA November 2008 Voter Guide ]
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Oh we are soooo fuming mad at our house. I had to post and so did Candice. It doesn't change anything but I want the world to know that we do not- I repeat-do not stand by those dopes(oops stole some sarcasm) on this one
Hannah you have got to be a writer. You are Awesome! This is why I personally hate unions. Because most of the teachers I heard about DONT want to have to teach same sex marriage. I think you should send this to the Bako Californian. The Union should take a vote before they support anything.
i forgot to add that teachers are required to be in a union and pay a monthly fee[too much] to be a part of this grreat association that they don't agree with most of the time...whats wrong with this picture[besides everything]?
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