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"Appalling" best describes the Oct. 22-23 Rocky Mountain News articles on sex
abuse by public school teachers throughout the United States ("Society's double
standard for victims" and "Screening teachers as tight as a sieve").

There were 2,570 cases between 2001-'05 and these were just the instances where teachers were punished. Imagine the number of undiscovered abuses!

While our society excoriates the Catholic Church for such matters, it turns its
back on public school sex abuse. I have neighbors and friends who are dedicated,
talented teachers. Yet, collectively, teachers have allowed themselves to be
taken hostage by their unions, whose only goal is to allow a free ride from
accountability of actions in any and all areas of education. As a result,
teachers will not step up to the plate and be counted and tell their union
"enough is enough."

To the teachers I know and don't know, my plea is to stop being silent
accessories; take back your profession from your union!

Richard Eggers, Niwot

READER COMMENTS

Richard, I smell that old GOP union busting sulfur. Federal funds fraud, waste, abuse, and RICO violations. The DPS teachers union isn't responsible and accountable for the fraud, that is currently occurring within DPS. Mayor J-Loop, in a "Bombingham, AL" type move, which is reminiscent of Bull Connor, is the sole source of fraud within DPS. J-Loop wasn't elected to the DPS board, however, he took control in a reckless violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. I am simply astonished that N.E. Denver blacks have stood silent, while J-Loop nullified their votes. First, criminal illegal Mexicans, now J-Loop.

J-Loop violated state federal education appropriation laws, when he illegally political appointed Michael Bennet as DPS superintendent. N.E. Denver blacks elected Kevin Patterson (J-Loop paid flunky by day) to the DPS board, not J-Loop. J-Loop stole this job from a black woman (Jena-tized) who had significant BFOQ's. Bennet had no BFOQ's, he is simply white. Bennet's entry-level salary of $400K is perverted. Forever smooth, J-Loop silenced the N.E. Denver blacks lambs (sharecroppers), when he tossed them an economic bone, in the form of Allegra "Happy" Haynes. Haynes was also illegally politically appointed as a truancy officer (no BFOQ's) with an entry-level salary of $90K.

Hiding under their desks, singing stanzas from "We Shall Overcome", are Marshall, Hancock, T. Carroll, NAACP, Groff, and Congressional Black Caucus-CBC-comical blacks in congress. These MT suits and dresses should all be jailed in SuperMax.

Richard, I have no problems with my union nor with the fair and conscientious way my representatives negotiate on my behalf.

And, no, schools today will NOT turn a blind eye toward sex abuse of studens. If discovered, those teachers are GONE.

What I DO want is to take back my profession from the CSAP and NCLB-brainwashed politicians!

And as a taxpaying citizen, I would like the control of the education system put back in my hands, not the Administration's and Union's

Teacher abuse of their students is indeed an egregious wrong that needs more attention. In that, Richard Eggers is correct.

He is also an obvious hothead whose biases overtake his brain function: "their unions, whose only goal is to allow a free ride from accountability of actions in any and all areas of education."

I don't doubt that teachers' unions, along with the good they do, also promote things that I would take issue with. If Eggers wants to criticize the teachers' unions, he should specify exactly what he considers they are doing wrong. But I doubt he is interested in doing more than a rant and rave post. There have been many posts taking these unions to task; I don't recall any that went into any specifics. Rant and rave. Rant and rave. That would be a good name for the forum.

I don't know whether to despise Keith or feel sorry for him with his limited vocabulary. He says "get the facts" and then says Bush's approval rating is at 35% where every poll has him at 25% causing me to wonder why it is so high but then I am reminded of Keith’s mentality. I am ready to do to him what Burr did to Hamilton and Keith is thinking: What did he do?

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