National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel received a huge pay raise this year while the teachers union lost more than 40,000 members.
Van Roekel, who retired this summer, was paid $541,632 during NEA’s fiscal year ending Aug. 31 — a $130,000 increase from last year, driven by a gross salary hike from $306,286 to $429,509. NEA membership dropped from 3,003,885 last August to 2,963,121 this August.
NEA, the nation’s largest labor union, has lost 272,014 members since 2009. The union paid Van Roekel $2.2 million from 2010-2014.....
I suggest you read the whole thing so that you can have that taste of puke in the back of your throat.
Sick isn't it? When Act 10 was on the table, I though for a second this might just be the wake up call WEAC/NEA needs.
Now realize I was wrong. That would assume people in high positions are responsible, ethical people, who realize that their actions do trickle down. Most have superiority complex that feel enables them to special treatment.
For a second I forgot Amerkia, no longer means land of the free, where all people are equal.
Seriously stop and think about the superiority complex problem. What about the recent police issues (ie. Ferguson, Missouri, etc)? And now Bill Cosby, and going back the famous O.J. Simpson case.
Sorry, I haven't made many blog entries since that our local union went away. It was a big source of uselessness and created more turmoil than it solved. But when I saw this article, I had to point it out.
Now the biggest source of uselessness and turmoil left is administration. So you'll likely see me pointing that out here.
Expecting some sort of blind obedience is not right. A job title means nothing, and you are insane if you expect some sort of behavior that your own personal integrity does not instill.
I have blogged on the dilemma before. Citing the do as I say, not as I do problem and pointing out there is a problem with people being in charge but not being responsible.
Supporting authority while completely disregarding the morality of that authority is a disconnection from reality. That dilemma and epidemic in today's America is the underlying basis of this blog.. And if you want to get right to the point, is likely the most critical problem facing the education of our youth.
