Thinking Is Too Hard [Justin]
That’s why I’m so thankful for the Washington Education Association, the only union I’ve ever been forced to join if I want to work in this state loved. They do all the thinking for me! For example, thinking about which candidate and referendum I want to vote for in every major race is such a drag. In response, the WEA published this handy magazine this month:
Now I don’t have to think about it! I’ll just bubble in my ballot exactly the way they say. It’s even in pictoral form, so I could be completely ignorant of the candidates and the issues, and still be certain that I’m casting the right vote. It’s a good thing you didn’t ask me or other normal people what we think, because you highly paid insiders and lobbyists, with your top-secret job descriptions, salaries, and budgets, are much better at making important decisions than we educators are.
Thank you, WEA! I knew I could count on you to use my $1200 I’ve paid you in dues for a good cause! And thank you for keeping my dues separate from your Political Action Committee funds, as you promised. I also appreciate it that your special voting issue didn’t waste any valuable paper or ink in explaining why we should vote the way you recommended. That would be pointless, since we teachers know to trust you instead of bothering to think for ourselves. We’re too busy teaching our students critical-thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills to actually practice them!
Remember, it’s all about the kids! And people who care about kids vote democrat, straight down the ticket. Go WEA!
Gross.
Similar experience here. I’m a 6th grade math teacher, so I joined the Texas Classroom Teachers Association. They sent me a flyer and email telling me how to vote. At least they didn’t send me a picture showing me exactly what to fill in on the ballot. TCTA - Because we only pretend to value nonconformity.
Lesley Mac
PS: you paid how much in dues??? TCTA only costs me about $100 a year. Ouch.
Yep, dues are $62.59 a month, according to the pay stub I received today. Thank the lack of right-to-work laws in Washington.
When I was in the public schools here in DE for two years recently I was definately “strong armed” into paying the $500.oo per year dues to NEA…a traditionally LIBERAL org. with strong lobbying in DC and anti-Biblical doctrine.
My wife is a middle school math teacher (or was until we conceived)…she laughed out loud when I showed her this post!
I’ve been thinking of becoming a High School social studies teacher for a while now. One of the reasons I decided not to is that the schools here in Minneapolis who supposedly value diversity, end up with bullying those who don’t conform to their way. There are horror stories published in reputable news sources all the time about how the public school system has become very liberal and intolerant of conservatives.
Should my job tell me how to vote?
I wouldn’t say it’s the schools so much as the union that doesn’t like conservatives or republicans. However, working in a public school where you encounter a lot of poor people (which does not include all public schools) tends to shift one’s views leftward significantly. Republicans cannot hope to understand many of these issues, and how they affect the poor, until they spend time with the poor and get to know poor people and people of other races and backgrounds. That’s my two cents. Best wishes with becoming a teacher.