CAL THOMAS COMMENTARYT JANUARY 7, 2022
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN CHICAGO HAVE VOTED THROUGH THEIR UNION NOT TO RETURN TO
CLASSES, USING COVID AS AN EXCUSE. THIS, AFTER THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WAS GIVEN $5 BILLION TO
KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN AND DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS – LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES – ARE UNITED
ON THE NECESSITY OF RE-OPENING THE SCHOOLS AND KEEPING THEM OPEN.
THIS IS ABOUT A UNION POWER GRAB AND THEY SHOULD BE CALLED ON IT.
JUST AS RONALD REAGAN FIRED THE STRIKING AIR CONTROLLERS IN 1981 FOR GOING ON STRIKE,
SO, TOO, SHOULD THE TEACHERS BE DENIED THEIR SALARIES UNLESS THEY RETURN TO WORK. VIRTUAL
LEARNING IS NOT LEARNING. IT DEPRIVES CHILDREN OF SOCIALIZATION AND FOCUS. MEANWHILE,
CHINESE STUDENTS FORGE AHEAD, ECLIPSING US IN MATH AND SCIENCE.
SCHOOL CHOICE HAS NEVER LOOKED MORE ATTRACTIVE. MORE POLITICIANS SHOULD OFFER THE
CHOICE OF WHERE PARENTS WISH TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL – PRIVATE, OR CHRISTIAN, EVEN
A BETTER PUBLIC SCHOOL AND LET THEIR TAX MONEY FOLLOW THEM THERE. A DOZEN STATES ARE
ALREADY DOING SO.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY BE THE LAST AMERICAN MONOPOLY. THEY HAVE LONG EXCEDED THEIR SELL-
BY DATE. THE TEACHER’S UNION ACTION IN CHICAGO OUGHT TO BE THE LAST STRAW. IT’S TIME TO TRY
ANOTHER WAY. I’M CAL THOMAS.
