tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post366056437947721945..comments2023-12-26T01:53:37.129-07:00Comments on 'Burque Babble: A Little Backstory On the Two Percent APS Raisejscotkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-42838481124886829932008-07-28T21:21:00.000-06:002008-07-28T21:21:00.000-06:00Not at all. Thanks for your response.Not at all. Thanks for your response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-11035718535583352352008-07-26T08:41:00.000-06:002008-07-26T08:41:00.000-06:00PMD: I've noticed that some teacher folks treat a...PMD: I've noticed that some teacher folks treat a question like that as if one is asking about one's religion or the price they paid for a used car.<BR/><BR/>But I'm cool with it.<BR/><BR/>I'm a union member. Have been for the last four years, with spottier membership before that (taught at a charter, for instance, and charter teachers get zilch support from the union, so not a member during that time). <BR/><BR/>Did the whole walking in a circle outside APS offices back in the mid-90s holding a sign while Don Watley wore that cowboy hat and urged us to do something, something, something (I never could understand what that guy said, especially when he used a megaphone). Let my membership lapse for a while as a political gesture during what I thought was a particularly ineffectual ATF period in the later 90s, but changed my mind after:<BR/><BR/>1. teaching at the aforementioned charter school, which will give one a better understanding of the difference a union, even a pretty ineffectual one, can make.<BR/>2. the whole Tier/Level pay system went into place.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for asking, PMD. Hope my long-winded answer wasn't <I>too</I> tiring.jscotkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824360655778237168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11712764.post-74987529715143350002008-07-26T07:49:00.000-06:002008-07-26T07:49:00.000-06:00If I guessed that you do not now pay union dues; a...If I guessed that <BR/>you do not now pay union dues; <BR/>and that you never have,<BR/><BR/>would I have guessed correctly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com