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Originally posted by Mr Sunchine
It is both the overpaid teachers
who aren't willing to try a little harder
and the minority of terrible parents who are too selfish to raise their own children properly.
Hopefully they can replace these teachers with non-union teachers in order to keep the cost down and get better results in the process.
You cannot ever expect the best quality work from a group of people who are over protected by their union label.
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