[Vision2020] If Teachers Worked an 8-hour Day . . .

[Sue Hovey]

Roger,  we could get into a real snit fight over who works the hardest, 
teachers or Anita, but that would obscure the relevant truth.  Anita works 
12 hours each day and gets paid 80% of her prior salary.  That's 
exploitation, pure and simple.  It shouldn't be allowed to happen to anyone, 
anywhere.  Teachers, too, put in long, long hours.  When school is out in 
the summer teachers are busy taking classes, working in their classrooms, 
doing research, and during the school year they often work from dawn till 
long after dark and on holidays and weekends planning and doing activities 
for students...raising money for my kids was the after school task I hated 
the most, but it was the only way to get them to those academic competitions 
which weren't funded by the school budget.  But honestly, even all of that 
isn't the point when we look at working conditions in the US today.  For 
most employees the 40 hour week no longer exists.  Middle class Americans 
today work longer hours and for less return on their efforts than citizens 
in other industrialized countries.  So let us as middle class citizens 
attack the causes of exploitation and refrain from beating up on each other.

Sue Hovey

-----Original Message----- 
From: lfalen
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:01 AM
To: Tom Hansen ; Moscow Vision 2020
Cc: Penni Cyr
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] If Teachers Worked an 8-hour Day . . .

Teachers are not the only people that put in more than 8 hours. My wife is 
now on 80% of pay due to the University Budget. She works about 12 hours per 
day. She will probably have to go to 50% in July. So much for University pay 
raises. At least teachers ger the summer off so that they can take it easy 
or work at another job.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 09:25:41 -0700
To: Moscow Vision 2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] If Teachers Worked an 8-hour Day . . .

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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
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> - Unknown
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