A Collective Temper Tantrum

Acting like spoiled children, over a three-day period, several hundred Boulder Valley teachers held a collective temper tantrum.  Our government-run education system has trained teachers to expect a raise whether or not the money is available and whether or not they are good teachers.

When a spoiled child misbehaves, who must share in the blame?  (Usually it’s the parents, but in this case it is society as a whole.)  However, teachers are not children.

What can we say about those Boulder Valley teachers who caught the “blue flu” and neglected their duty as public servants? The Denver Post calls their actions “appalling”, but we prefer to say it’s just plain SHAMEFUL.

1. Ed is Watching » Talking Temper Tantrums & Teacher Pay Says:
   May 21st, 2009 at 10:06 am

   [...] you think about how teachers ought to be paid, trying to make a point through a collective temper tantrum was not the way to go. If I tried that, I’d at least get sent to my room without dessert. [...]

2. Ed is Watching » Hoping Not to See More of the Same from Boulder, Teachers Union Says:
   August 20th, 2009 at 9:11 am

   [...] winding down, and up in Boulder many teachers were calling in sick as a form of protest: sort of a collective temper tantrum. Now students and parents in the district may wonder what’s coming [...]