Protest Poster
5:50 PM
Artist's Statement:
I decided to protest Teachers’ Unions. It is easy to argue
that we want the best possible teachers in the classrooms educating the youth
of America. But Teachers’ Unions primary focus is on the teachers, and not the students
being taught. Teachers’ Unions protect even bad teachers. The concern isn’t for
the best quality education, but to ensure that all teachers, even poor ones,
keep their jobs.
Education in the United States is definitely faltering
compared to other countries. We are in need of a change in the educational
system, but Teachers’ Unions are standing in the way. According to
Teachersunionsexposed.com, a campaign against Teachers’ Unions, 1 out of 57
doctors loses their license to practice medicine, and 1 out of 97 lawyers lose
their license to practice law. Yet only about 1 out of 1000 teachers loses
their teaching license. Tenure protects teachers, yet tenure isn’t necessarily
earned because of their hard work or being good at what they do. These stats illustrate
how detrimental Teachers’ Unions are.
I believe teachers should be hired and fired based on if
they are good teachers or not. I think I feel strongly about this because my
siblings and I have had experience with bad teachers. One of my sisters told me
that her teacher doesn’t care if they misspell words or use poor grammar in
their writing. She says they only care about if their writing is interesting,
persuasive, etc. She hasn’t learned so many of the basic skills, like
penmanship and typing, that I learned in elementary school. Additionally, the
principal at my little sister’s elementary school consistently uses poor
grammar in writing and speech. I worry that some teachers aren’t following the
best teaching methods, and the kids are becoming consistently less proficient
in the basics. The future of America truly does lie in quality of education
obtained by the rising generation.
I represented my views on Teachers’ Unions in my poster by
portraying a bad teacher. I showed that it was in fact a bad teacher by writing
“2+2=5” on the chalkboard. I put a fence around the bad teacher to show that he
is protected and nothing can touch him. I felt this adequately showed that I am
against teachers’ unions.
I posted this protest poster to a social media platform, and
also on my normal life blog. I got a few responses to it. People said they
could understand what I was trying to say. They agree that teachers unions are
protecting bad teachers, and maybe even hindering good ones. Some said the
barbed wire seemed a little harsh, like maybe people in teachers’ unions should
be arrested. That isn’t exactly what I was trying to say, but the idea of being
against teachers’ unions is there.
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