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This is what is running the teachers union..........
Speaking at a North West Teaching for Social Justice conference in Seattle, Washington in October 2011, Karen Lewis, President of the Chicago Teachers Union, pacing up and down a stage, delivered a sarcastic tirade.
‘I am the only black woman in the class of 1974 from Dartmouth College,’ she said. ‘ Woo. People are impressed. Let me tell you, I spent those years smoking lots of weed, self-medicating. Self-medicating, thank you. '
When there was laughter from the crowd, she added: ‘Sounds like you all did too. Oh, I’m sorry there are kids here! I wasn’t supposed to say that right? Too late!’
A Chicago-born former drug rehabilitation counsellor who then dropped out of medical school in Barbados before becoming a high school chemistry teacher, Lewis, 58, has led the teachers union since June 2010.
In Seattle, she also mocked the speech impediment of Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education under Obama and a former Chicago Public Schools chief.
‘Now, you know he [Duncan] went to private school ’cause if he had gone to public school he would have had that lisp fixed.’ She added sarcastically: ‘I know, that was ugly, wasn’t it? I’m sorry.’
Talking about Duncan’s years at Harvard, she speculated whether he had taken drugs. ‘He was an athlete, so he might not have been self-medicating, but I wouldn’t count on it.’
Wow. I knew their union had to be one of the worst, but I didnt know it was that bad. Unreal. And we are to believe they truly care about the kids more than themselves. How in the hell does someone like that get near kids let alone be a head of the union?
Conservatives that claim to support workers ALWAYS side against unions.
Remember this when you go to vote in November.
One party is working against middle class people organizing to obtain better pay and benefits for their family.
One party is working to expand the gap between rich and poor.
They don't need a 16% pay increase at the expense of the children and the rest of their town. The unions don't care if the town goes bankrupt as long as they rake in more money. And the Republicans are the ones that are greedy.
Conservatives that claim to support workers ALWAYS side against unions.
Remember this when you go to vote in November.
One party is working against middle class people organizing to obtain better pay and benefits for their family.
One party is working to expand the gap between rich and poor.
Did you even read that woman's comments? She shouldn't be anywhere around teachers or children let alone being the flippin president. That is WHY many don't support unions. The crooks and idiots that run them!!!
Conservatives that claim to support workers ALWAYS side against unions.
Remember this when you go to vote in November.
One party is working against middle class people organizing to obtain better pay and benefits for their family.
One party is working to expand the gap between rich and poor.
Completely out of context to the thread. But I'm not surprised, you are incapable of commenting truthfully about what the woman was quoted as saying. To you, it's all about politics, and solidarity with liberals at any cost.
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