[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

I've often thought about why teachers get tenure and no other type of job has that kind of "protection."

It seems to me that it is a way of teacher possibly faking a couple of years of being a supposedly, "good teacher," and subsequently showing their true colors and doing a disservice to the children they are teaching when they finally have in the years to be tenured.

If tenure is such a great thing, why don't other specific types of jobs do the same thing?
BTW -- I am not speaking about unions, although teachers are a union.

I agree with you.