Thursday, April 07, 2011
Another sign of hope
British teachers in Lancashire are striking, but not for better pay! No, they're striking over the lack of support for discipline.
About damn time!
The problem with public schools is not lack of money, but chickenshit administrators who fear regulations and lawsuits more than they respect students, teachers and parents.
As with malpractice suits in medicine, or ACLU suits against cops who dare to do their jobs properly, the actual suits are relatively rare. But any lawsuit can be so grotesquely expensive and obstructive that any rational administrator fears them.
The situation will only change when administrators fear something else more than they fear lawsuits.
When large numbers of teachers, doctors and cops strike for long periods, making it clear that they're striking for sanity instead of money, something will have to give. The admins will have to ask legislatures for serious restrictions on lawsuits.
I propose a temporary experimental moratorium on ALL lawsuits, for a strictly limited finite period like 100,000,000 years. If after the 100,000,000 year test period we find that things have gotten worse, we can let the murderous satanic lawyer-devils take over the world again. ¶ 3:33 AM
About damn time!
The problem with public schools is not lack of money, but chickenshit administrators who fear regulations and lawsuits more than they respect students, teachers and parents.
As with malpractice suits in medicine, or ACLU suits against cops who dare to do their jobs properly, the actual suits are relatively rare. But any lawsuit can be so grotesquely expensive and obstructive that any rational administrator fears them.
The situation will only change when administrators fear something else more than they fear lawsuits.
When large numbers of teachers, doctors and cops strike for long periods, making it clear that they're striking for sanity instead of money, something will have to give. The admins will have to ask legislatures for serious restrictions on lawsuits.
I propose a temporary experimental moratorium on ALL lawsuits, for a strictly limited finite period like 100,000,000 years. If after the 100,000,000 year test period we find that things have gotten worse, we can let the murderous satanic lawyer-devils take over the world again. ¶ 3:33 AM
