2005 NEA National Meeting

Post by **Lyion** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:41 am

[url=http://www.nea.org/annualmeeting/raaction/nbi.html]The National Education Association just had its convention where it called for W to withdraw our troops from Iraq, vowed to defeat the Central American Free Trade Agreement, and resolved to educate about the need for debt cancellation in underdeveloped countries.
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Silly me for thinking this should be about education, versus partisan politics.

Yamori · Post by **Yamori** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:07 pm

Uh yeah, really.... what the hell. :ugh:

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:11 pm

I think they have bigger problems to worry about.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:11 pm

Well, you know you have a problem when the education system talks about the big 3 important R's to teach kids about, and only one of the R's actually begins with R =\

ClakarEQ · Post by **ClakarEQ** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:40 pm

Well it isn't like they don't have some "interest".

Even though they are "National" they appear to have International affairs going on, one being a program to help educate the children of Iraq.

It seems you are taking something a bit out of context and contorting it just a bit.

It isn't like we'll win, it isn't like violence has decreased, I know we have more international friends now then before the war, etc etc.

I'm no military guy, I get most of my info from NPR, CNN, etc. When I hear folks better educated then any of us here regarding this war, they paint a bleak picture of what the near (10-15 years) future will hold for us and for them.

BTW the only mention of the war in Iraq is NBI 61 and 62. No mention here regarding the Wal-Mart or Sam Club ban? Equally important, no?

Edit:
My point was why wouldn't an orginization capitalize on the failures of the bush adminsitration or go along the same road as the general population. Makes sense to me.

ClakarEQ · Post by **ClakarEQ** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:55 pm

For another funny, compare NBI 2 and NBI 78.

This NEA sounds just like any other government and that makes the first post of this thread seem right on track

Post by **Martrae** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:00 pm

Uh...maybe because they are supposed to be unbiased teachers of our children?

Captain Insano · Post by **Captain Insano** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:18 pm

Zanchief wrote:I think they have bigger problems to worry about.

Yah like why 40+ percent of educational tax dollars never make it to school, why teachers are morons and why American students are utterly useless after being in school for 12+ years.

I hate educators in America. I should be in charge of that shit. Kids would learn well and fast under my tutelage... If they didn't they would get beat. Come to think of it I would beat the parents too just for good measure.