Poll, Should Teachers Carry?

[JD8]

I know we under pay our teachers, never said we did not. What you said was conservatives are doing this and I disagree on that point.
What we have is a bipartisan level of corruption in this state that is and has been out of control. We were told Lotto would fix the problem, gambling would fix the problem maps for kids.... On and on we have been mislead and flat lied to and know the state government is again holding out their hands asking us to give even more. I have no problem paying more taxes to pay our teachers and better our schools, problem I have is it will be mismanaged by the state agencies that do not hold themselves accountable to the taxpayer!!

You can disagree all you like, I've been on this board and heard the rhetoric for years, and I've lived in OK all my life. It is what it is and conservatives have been and still are, in control. Unless you can provide that OK has been run by liberals for the last 30+ years? On a side note....someone posted a pretty good link as to what happened to the casino money recently.

 

[Riley]

This poll which was nearing 80pct for allowing armed teachers has suddenly shifted to almost 60 pct against. probably 300,000 votes in a couple hours. Interesting I'd say.

 

[lee1000]

This poll which was nearing 80pct for allowing armed teachers has suddenly shifted to almost 60 pct against. probably 300,000 votes in a couple hours. Interesting I'd say.

Yep, a complete scam

 

[Cowcatcher]

 

[Cowcatcher]

800k people voted in the last 10hrs?? Hmmmm

 

[kwaynem]

MSNBC cnn they are always going to have their polls to their advantage or they won’t show them

 

[John6185]

Fake poll.

 

[rawhide]

Just took another look at the poll. Pro arming teachers at 25% but the comments are pro arming teachers. Hmmm

 

[Cowcatcher]

Just took another look at the poll. Pro arming teachers at 25% but the comments are pro arming teachers. Hmmm

Russian robots don't leave comments after they vote no

 

[sumoj275]

They made a choice, though. I'm sympathetic with teachers, having had four relatives that were teachers, but even they would have said that if one makes such choices, one needs to live with it or get out of teaching. Or, move to another state.

Very true, problem is that people who are good educators have realized that the lack of pay raises, lack of support from home, lack of funding making it to the classroom, lack of support from local/state/federal law enforcement in matters dealing with students/parents, lack of support from administration, have been leaving the education field and getting into the private sector. To compound the problem many would be good educators have been run off from the idea of educating for the same reasons.

Teachers and educators don't get the respect that once was given and earned. Teachers and educators are lumped into the same group as bad and ineffective even though they are not. It is unfortunate that this has become the norm in America but in reality it is the students and parents who are ineffective.

Bashing teachers and educators for wanting a raise and better working environment is crazy. I would venture to say there are many LEO who would love a raise and better working environment.

If a teacher is allowed to carry at school, and so chooses to, an equivalent of pay of what a LEO makes for working off duty events should be paid to said teachers since all LEO do is stand around and talk in the schools they work in (another generalization). I'm sure many teachers would be happy to make 20+ dollars an hour x 8 hrs=160 a day to provide extra security to the students. Oh yeah, teachers would also be protecting themselves in these shootings. Teachers want to go home to their families at night too.

Now back to the topic at hand, the poll is probably pissing people off!