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Originally Posted by The_Tick
That tells me that your parents are good teachers then. The only teacher that doesn't complain about the Union is a lazy not very good teacher.
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I'd apply that on an 80/20 basis. My father-in-law is a fantastic teacher and one of the most pro-union guys I know. I think he's mistaken, but he will argue to his grave that the UEA is the only thing keeping the education system together.
In his defense (which is not usually the side I take). He has been sued 2x by parents who felt that he was discriminating against their children.
One was a cheerleader who refused to turn in any homework. He gave her a d- based on his published points scale. Her parents asked the administration to have the grade changed so that she could cheer. He refused and they took it to court. The district said he was on his own, the UEA funded his defense (he won).
The other was a similar situation. A kid never came to class, got low Bs on most of his tests, but never turned in his homework and refused to do the "make up" assigments my father-in-law offered. He gave the kid a c- (again consistent with his published points scale) and the kids parents took the issue to court saying that their kid was being kept from an athletic scholarship at a University because of that grade. The district left him high and dry and the UEA helped out again.
Obviously, these are isolated incidents of psycho parents and possibly the ONE time when the UEA actually does something good, but you can understand why he's so loyal.