Sunday, May 20, 2012

WE NEED TO BE RESISTERS, NOT COLLABORATORS « Teachers Fight Back

WE NEED TO BE RESISTERS, NOT COLLABORATORS « Teachers Fight Back:


WE NEED TO BE RESISTERS, NOT COLLABORATORS

Every public school teacher needs to ask themselves the following question:  Have I done enough to help fight the pension injustice and the teacher bashing and scapegoating that has been going on over the last several years?  What have you done? When the topic comes up among you and your neighbors do you speak out and defend teachers? Have you made your anger known to your legislators? Have you made others aware of the injustices? Have you written in to the newspapers and expressed your views to the press? Have you joined in rallies and protests and discussed ways to fight the ever-increasing attacks on public educators? Have you asked parents for their support? Have you worked along with your union leaders and helped them to address all the problems in your district and throughout the state?  Are you prepared to work harder and take some serious actions to stem the tide of oppression that teachers are facing today?
We all need to become resisters. We cannot sit back and passively accept all the injustices being heaped upon teachers. I recently read a wonderful quote from Vaclav Havel, the great Czech playwright and statesman who