Submitted by pittstatebb (not verified) on August 31, 2008 - 11:45pm.
Frank Krasicki, just a couple of questions?
1) Where do you live? Try living in places like Washington KS or Drexel MO. If you are a liberal, then I could make the faulty assumption that you are well educated and should know that the east and west coasts of the US are almost a seperate country than the rest of us when you are looking at cost of living and salaries.
2) What do you want school boards to spend money on? How do they spend it on kids only? What would any industry look like if their #1 expense was not on labor?
3) Where would you like to send your children to be educated: Mexico, China, Vietnam, etc? Becuase this is how private industry keeps costs down.
4) If a machinist with Boeing (no college degree) can make twice the average salary of a KS teacher should you be upset if they are striking for more salary and benefits (even in this economy)?
5) Teacher have no better vacation benefits than many European workers have (although the Euros are starting to require more hours per week and less vacation). Many Euro countries require by law 25 vacation days as a minimum (not including holidays). Are these workers not in this world?
All right this one is a stretch, but I was trying to hit on all of your astonished outrages. I will give you than probably only Denmark has better vacation benefits that teachers (on average 31 days per year with statuatory holidays not counted).
6) How about accepting that all school boards control salaries of teachers and all school boards are locally controlled? If you have a problem with how your school board is spending your tax money, run for it and make a change. Some teachers are overpaid even in the lowest paying districts and some teachers are underpaid in the highest paid districts. Thus is the case in a socialized industry that is not allowed to reflect market demands.
Questions for Frank
Frank Krasicki, just a couple of questions?
1) Where do you live? Try living in places like Washington KS or Drexel MO. If you are a liberal, then I could make the faulty assumption that you are well educated and should know that the east and west coasts of the US are almost a seperate country than the rest of us when you are looking at cost of living and salaries.
2) What do you want school boards to spend money on? How do they spend it on kids only? What would any industry look like if their #1 expense was not on labor?
3) Where would you like to send your children to be educated: Mexico, China, Vietnam, etc? Becuase this is how private industry keeps costs down.
4) If a machinist with Boeing (no college degree) can make twice the average salary of a KS teacher should you be upset if they are striking for more salary and benefits (even in this economy)?
5) Teacher have no better vacation benefits than many European workers have (although the Euros are starting to require more hours per week and less vacation). Many Euro countries require by law 25 vacation days as a minimum (not including holidays). Are these workers not in this world?
All right this one is a stretch, but I was trying to hit on all of your astonished outrages. I will give you than probably only Denmark has better vacation benefits that teachers (on average 31 days per year with statuatory holidays not counted).
6) How about accepting that all school boards control salaries of teachers and all school boards are locally controlled? If you have a problem with how your school board is spending your tax money, run for it and make a change. Some teachers are overpaid even in the lowest paying districts and some teachers are underpaid in the highest paid districts. Thus is the case in a socialized industry that is not allowed to reflect market demands.