Responding to a message by Ruth, to Charles on ...
RL>Educators here are becoming more and more concerned with the 
RL>situation. If worse comes to worse there could even be a province 
RL>wide strike. :(
I'm sorry to hear about the problems going on in Ontario.  Seems to 
be the newest fad to trash education.  I'm sure the process will go 
in cycles - when the educational system gets worse and the economies 
decline, there will be a new push to spend more on education.  Seems 
the teachers in many places are making more than the average blue 
collar worker so it's time to bring them down a peg-or-two.
Here in New York we are managing to hang on.  Our state budget was 
approved 4 months late (August), but our assembly Democrats forced 
the governor to restore his proposed cuts and some districts even 
got a small increase.  Higher education (state colleges) did get cut 
and tuition has increased another $500 per year, or thereabouts, to 
compensate.
RL>But small businesses fail at the rate of 50% a year.  Do we 
RL>really want our schools to be run like small businesses?  Can we 
RL>afford that kind of failure rate for our kids?
RL>
RL>I love this - it's all too true! I should print your letter out and
RL>quote it on my board's BBS.With permission of course.
The quote belongs to Al Shanker, President of the American 
Federation of Teachers.  I'm sure you'd have his permission to quote 
him as long as you mention that it is his.
Chuck Beams
Fidonet - 1:2608/70
cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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