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I'm not sure either. I guess it's some sort of "both sides" going on. A bad police union leads to deaths, maimings and loss of freedom. I'm not sure a "bad"

• mindslight 6y ago
  Entrenched teachers' unions protect bad teachers. Bad teachers create disinterested kids, conditioned for a lifetime of following overbearing bureaucratic authority as "just the way things are". Kids stuck in a pointless system with no worthwhile authority figures are more likely to become bullies. And bullies get older and gain employment as bad cops.
  • mensetmanusman 6y ago
    This. Also, kids stuck in pointless systems get bored and commit crimes.
• JackFr 6y ago
  New York City pays on the order of $30 million dollars a year in salary to teachers accused of misconduct who can't be in a classroom with children, but as per their contract cannot be fired.
  • fallingfrog 6y ago
    The police budget of New York City is 10.9 billion dollars including 2.8 billion dollars for pensions.
    • JackFr 6y ago
      The school budget is 24 billion. So $30 million is a drop in the bucket. My point was not really about the money. It was about the inability of the Department of Education to fire teachers who are deemed a threat to children. I can only imagine how hard it is to fire someone for simply being bad at their job.