Teacher accused of DUI resigns

I will be happy to do some research TMAN…...
In most states, teachers are awarded tenure after only a few years, after which they become almost impossible to fire. Union leaders insist that they support archaic tenure laws because they ensure “due process” for teachers. But these laws actually help bad teachers keep their jobs.

In 2003, one Los Angeles union representative said: “If I’m representing them, it’s impossible to get them out. It’s impossible. Unless they commit a lewd act.” Between 1995 and 2005, only 112 Los Angeles tenured teachers faced termination—eleven per year—out of 43,000. And that’s in a school district whose 2003 graduation rate was just 51 percent.

One New Jersey union representative was even more blunt about the work his organization does to keep bad teachers in the classroom, saying: “I’ve gone in and defended teachers who shouldn’t even be pumping gas.”

The list goes on and on TMAN. I love finding the truth…Im a student…I have to. Yes the “deal” is whats wrong. Unions are destroying this country….don’t get me started on that, but the story is about a woman who was caught driving to work intoxicated.

I’ll give you a punchline too…Serve
“Honorably”. I’m trying to figure out what that means… I can tell you our society is not honorable.Are you trying to say because this woman is an alcoholic she’s not honorable? She may be very honorable. I don’t know. You don’t either.

If your saying the “act” wasn’t honorable her going to work intoxicated
ok. Are you assuming she goes to work “drunk” everyday? That wouldn’t be very honorable of you. Is there a time frame when honor kicks in for you TMAN? Well…although sad, millions of Americans drink everyday, Teachers..SHHHH! Doctors ,Lawyers, even candlstick makers, and soldiers in the field. Thats why I will never drink. And…my research tells me “honor” is in everyday action not an idea….

In 1976, the writer Ivan Illich warned in a book, Limits to Medicine, that ‘the medical establishment has become a major threat to health’. At the time, he was dismissed as a maverick, but a quarter of a century later, even the medical establishment is prepared to admit that he may well be right. (Anthony Browne, April 14, 2002, the Observer)”

History and science have shown us that the existence of the disease of alcoholism is pure speculation. Just saying it’s so, doesn’t make it true.

Nevertheless, medical professionals and American culture lovingly embraced the disease concept and quickly applied it to every possible deviant behavior from alcohol abuse to compulsive lecturing.

The disease concept was a panacea for many failing medical institutions adding billions to the industry and leading to a prompt evolution of pop-psychology.

Research has shown that alcoholism is a choice, not a disease, and stripping alcohol abusers of their choice, by applying the disease concept, is a threat to the health of the individual.

I have been reading about alcoholism most of the day. I believe there are choices in life. I also believe there are variables in those choices as to ones mental capability and our society that actually endorses drinking for every occasion under the sun. One person at an early age has a drink and likes it well enough…another drinks and their body chemistry believes it’s the elixir of life and it becomes all consuming after many social events where in some cases they are even expected to drink. I believe they become mentally incapable of making the correct judgment as to whether it’s becoming a problem to them until its to late.

Then at the point when they realize there addiction ..rather than be considered in their mind a weak individual they begin hiding it. As this country endorses drinking it also thinks alcoholism is an abomination. I believe this physical addiction to one is not that to another, and it was created by a society that welcomes it and then is unforgiving in its consequences.

In my very young and humble opinion…I believe this woman should get everything she worked for.

Alcoholism is not an “illness” nor is it a “disease”. The flu is an illness, leukemia is a disease. She decided to drink. She decided to drive. She decided to work with children while drunk. She is entitled to the money she paid into the system but collect a pension, Heck no. She violated her code of ethics while preforming the duties of her job.

She decided to retire before they let her go. She wasn’t to drunk to realize that was a smart move. She was a teacher is she going to blame the kids for her “Illness” PLEASE. She liked to drink period she was just dumb enough to get caught twice.

Teachme: She resigned so she should not be able to collect any retirement.  How do you know that she has not been an alcohlolic for her tenure as a teacher.  She was caught one other time.  It was not her illness that made her unable to continue, it was getting caught again.