By: Scotian

Scotian — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:49:43 +0000

Very well said ck, very well said indeed! I was raised with my interest in politics by a woman (my maternal grand aunt) that taught third grade for several decades, my father ended up having her as did my grade 11 Eng teacher back in high school, and I know she impacted them and many others in the same way you describe of your father. Besides that she was a major player in the political environment down here for her Party for almost 50 years and believed as well as taught both in word and deed the importance of civic virtue and duty to all who knew her. Indeed it is because of her that I understood and valued process issues so much and was such a broken record about how dangerous Harper would be on that front for all those years. Teachers provide some of the most important services in our lives, and their work does more to prepare them for the realities of politics and political leadership than most any other field for the reasons you so ably described in this post. To show this contempt as Harper does in this attack ad only underscores yet again how important it is to him and his way of doing politics that the citizenry be as uninformed and incapable of independent thought and analysis as possible only relying on his approved info sources which prepare all we need in his view for us. Teachers help enable the citizenry to function and participate in representational democracy, Harper’s contempt here shows yet again his contempt for the very basis by which Canada governs itself. In this attack ad he and his show once again how much they not only hate Liberals but Canadians of all stripes that believe in these basic concepts and traditions that have defined this nation since before Confederation. Not to mention how our basic civic structures and rules work, but then he has been showing that contempt since before he birthed in treachery that abomination known as the CPC, not to mention his clear contempt for the rule of law even/especially where our electoral process are concerned.

By: SM

SM — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:59:03 +0000

Well, my 2nd child is just in grade 12 now. In having experienced school systems in Toronto, and Winnipeg, I have to say that each of my kids encountered a good teacher about once every two years. The big exception to that was the IB teachers once they joined that program. 2 good teachers per kid per year. We encountered dreadful teachers every year, generally two a year. Respect teachers? Sure, those 6 per child over 12 years. Out of about 120. The percentage is pretty low.

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