As a teacher the only thing I have wanted to do is teach, retire and then enjoy the grandkids. I do not want any other role in the education system or any other future.
The fact is I have ended up working extremely hard as a union rep (second time around) and as a negotiator. All of this hard work has been over issues that should have been settled long ago. Time, energy, effort, expense all to achieve what should have been agreed to in the first place. I see this same fight coming concerning Social Security, abortion, Medicare, the right to unionize, financial and business regulation, healthcare reform...the list goes on and on.
The key is understanding how doable all of this is. Look at how fearful the healthcare industry was over healthcare reform. They know it can happen. Changes can be made that would entirely redefine or eliminate their business model if most of us agreed that it should happen.
Those who are wrong can construct a mighty web of logic that is still wrong. Time for push back issue by issue.
The fact is I have ended up working extremely hard as a union rep (second time around) and as a negotiator. All of this hard work has been over issues that should have been settled long ago. Time, energy, effort, expense all to achieve what should have been agreed to in the first place. I see this same fight coming concerning Social Security, abortion, Medicare, the right to unionize, financial and business regulation, healthcare reform...the list goes on and on.
The key is understanding how doable all of this is. Look at how fearful the healthcare industry was over healthcare reform. They know it can happen. Changes can be made that would entirely redefine or eliminate their business model if most of us agreed that it should happen.
Those who are wrong can construct a mighty web of logic that is still wrong. Time for push back issue by issue.
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