Why are bad teachers allowed to continue teaching?
Many Pierce College students report that professors tell their classes they cannot be fired no matter what they do.
One professor regularly goes on angry tirades in class, belittling students, telling them to shut up and even going to far as to tell a student to kneel before him as an apology for speaking out of turn.
The student refused and the incident was reported to the dean.
However, the full-time professor is still teaching. He knows he can’t be fired. He has absolutely no incentive to change his ways.
He is protected by his union.
Yes, full professors belong to a union. Even the deans are union members – they’re part of the Teamsters union.
The unions ensure that educators receive a decent wage, medical and retirement benefits, and aren’t required to work ungodly hours.
But in their zeal to bring equal pay and benefits to all of their members, the union has created a situation where sub-par educators cannot be fired or even disciplined unless their actions are so egregious that society will simply not abide by them.
The worst are protected at the expense of the best.
This leads to good teachers, who make up the vast majority, becoming demoralized. They lose their desire to pursue excellence when the bad apples in the bushel are just left there to rot.
You know what happens when you leave bad fruit in with the good.
It all goes rotten.
The union should work to find ways that the best can be rewarded and the worst can be ousted.
It would have positive benefits for everyone that deserves them, especially the students.