Howard Tolbe commented in the Garden Isle that he feels that teachers should teach for free. Here is the situation. The state of Hawaii has a deficient thus "forcing" the governor to institute furlough days (no work days) for state employees. This cuts down the amount of student days from 178 to 161. Mr. Tolbe feels that we (teachers) should work on these furlough days with no pay. What do you think?
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_091f6f22-57fe-11df-b9c9-001cc4c03286.html
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I need to comment because I think it is ridiculous! First of all I have sacrificed nearly $600 a month because of these loss days and picked up more homework, started planning on my own time, sacraficed my budget and PTT, and paid higher premium for my medical plan. Not to mention that the state also added a Science state test and online state test to complement its Reading and Math one. Let me know if I'm being to unreasonable saying that I don't want to work for free? I would like to meet this person and invite him to visit my class and work in it.
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