Danette Hayes
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On the article Child Ends Friendship Over Religion: What Would You Do?
Danette Hayes
5:32 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
ReplyI agree there's not enough of the "discussion" to make valid arguments but I guess I'd start by asking why the parent felt the need to share this story? What was the point they wanted to share and or the underlining issue at the crux of the matter? However, I can't agree with 60% of the above comments by stating we just shut them down - or good lord call DCFS? I agree children learn intolerance at home but what kind of a community touts tolerance but when given a hypothetical as the above - turns and walks away? Isn't the point of the matter to "change" behavior? Walking away, ostracizing, shunning or calling the police further divides the community. As much as I believe intolerance and hate are learned at home, children can overcome such belief systems by ensuring they are taught about acceptance, tolerance, love and even disagreement. Presume innocence is the first step...discuss is the next step...
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On the article Poll: Should Education Be Funded Primarily Through Property Taxes?
Danette Hayes
10:57 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Lucas my comment came from the TRS link for ILLINOIS not the average age of public school teacher in the whole USA.
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On the article Poll: Should Education Be Funded Primarily Through Property Taxes?
Danette Hayes
10:53 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
deadcatbounce - social security isn't pension. SS is not meant to be the sole he retirement income for an individual. However, pensions are the sole income for teachers - they don't receive ss and any monies the put aside in other income generating funds isn't as robust as the regular worker bee who has more control over their investments. SS payments can not be compared to pensions.... they don't work the same. And let's not even go down the path where women are negatively impacted by ss....
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On the article Poll: Should Education Be Funded Primarily Through Property Taxes?
Danette Hayes
10:49 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
ReplyGary yes I agree that pension reform needs to occur. I agree we can't penalize those who have already invested in the current system. BUT I also know we can't just move quickly away from the pension system or it will be more in the hole than it already is. Teachers aren't to blame for the mishandling of our elected officials and the state of Illinois not honoring their fiscal commitment to the fund. The blame rests with the state, not teachers. That's all I'm saying. The poll question was about property taxes however so the whole pension reform issue is going away from the original poll.
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On the article Poll: Should Education Be Funded Primarily Through Property Taxes?
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On the article Poll: Should Education Be Funded Primarily Through Property Taxes?
Danette Hayes
10:13 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
deadcatbounce why are you referencing the chicagotribune and not the TRS annual report as I told you I got the info? This back and forth is futile but the trib article barely skims the actual document. And yes $46K after 35 years of work is a modest pension. The average CEO and bus executive in the US works 5 years in their role and receives 10 times that amount in deferred compensation per year. The whole point of education is to be able to provide a living wage. I don't believe we should penalize those that are providing the education to our children. There are teachers at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire who make more than I do but there isn't a day in my life I could EVER do what they do. So do I cry and say teachers make too much money? Nope - call a whambulance for all the folks suggesting teachers aren't earning their pay. Yes there are bad teachers - that's where parents need to get involved. But there are a lot more "blue ribbon" teachers than there are bad. we bought our home knowing our property taxes were high to support the school but that's the choice we made when we decided education was important to our childrens future.
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On the article Poll: Should Education Be Funded Primarily Through Property Taxes?
Danette Hayes
10:04 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
ReplyInteresting the only people not referencing their sources are those suggesting we're making this stuff up - yet we post our sources. Hmmm if that's any indication of the value of education some have that won't reference their sources then I'm thankful I've already raised my children and they're productive members of society.
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On the article Poll: Should Education Be Funded Primarily Through Property Taxes?
Danette Hayes
11:02 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
ReplyDeadcatbounce my stats are directly from the TRS. So the TRS is lying or you don't know what you are talking about. The average teacher according to the TRS in Illinois worked 29.3 years. Average retirement age is 69. What else do you want to know?
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On the article Poll: Should Education Be Funded Primarily Through Property Taxes?
Danette Hayes
10:11 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
ReplyJJ your message is clear you want robots, not thinkers and they must be programmed to speak English because after all this is MERICA! Good grief!
Danette Hayes
5:34 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
What a wonderful show of support. Kudos to Stevenson and the Students Helping Soldiers.