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Debate #3: Joe the Plumber and Troops to “Teachers”

Posted in Opinion by katy
Oct 15 2008
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I wonder…is Joe the Plumber the same as Joe Six Pack?

I feel bad for all the Joes out there. Their name has been shat upon over the past few months. I now assume that anyone named Joe is an illiterate, uneducated, beer guzzling wife abuser whose one contribution to the country comes every four years when he starts up the Chevy and rolls over to the polls to punch a hole next to the R.

I think surely the name Joe is going to plummet on the list of popular baby names after this election.

And by the way:

That troops to teachers thing sounds like a horrible idea!! Because someone served in the military they get to bypass teacher education and certification? Someone with Post Traumatic Stress disorder, no experience, or preparation thrown into failing school? Serving time in the military does not qualify someone to do whatever the heck they want! This is seriously insulting. You want schools to improve and students to learn? Try holding teachers to a higher standard. Giving someone a “Get of teacher education free. Go straight from army to teaching” pass is counter intuitive! What about being in the army prepares one for teaching? The classroom isn’t a freaking battlefield…well not if you are a good teacher. I have an idea, how about those who serve in the military can return to the states and become doctors? Or do you think a doctor might need some specific sort of education and training? I suppose our physical health is more important than the fact that we are raising a nation of illiterate, uneducated children who can’t name their own state let alone the seven continents. This seriously gets my blood pressure going.

WTF mate? I think Joe sick pack hatched this idea.

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