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Old 08-26-2014, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Bonanza View Post
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.
Actually, there IS another job that has tenure like that, but with much better pay, insurance benefits, and pension available sooner for fewer years served.

Like teachers, these people WE hire often get stale and unresponsive/unaccountable, too……..

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