The standard times has side stepped the real issues in an attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the public .... Submitted to NBEA

I am not a teacher but I felt compelled to comment on the st article. What I read was a poor attempt to distract attention away from the truth. It sounded like a last ditch effort to give the appearance that teachers are unwilling to accept change. It also has undertones of threats. What it shows is fear pure and simple. Trying to grab the attention of the reader and make the teachers appear to be holding the schools hostage with unreasonable demands. 

The articles are always one sided which makes you wonder why they fear the public hearing the other side. Is it because the issues are real and need to be silenced? Instead of gaining support, the article actually makes foolish statements and unwarranted assumptions. It is insulting to the reader that they actually think we are that naive. It reeks of deceit and desperation. The standard times has side stepped the real issues in an attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the public. They are failing miserably and it shows.

" If you don't stand for something, you fall for everything." Alexander Hamilton