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From: LindyBill	4/13/2005 5:58:50 PM
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Whose interest? joannejacobs.com Andrew of From the TFA Trenches and a fellow Teach for America teacher volunteered to teach from 7:30 am to 3:50 pm, so their fifth graders would have time for silent reading, daily PE, art and music, in addition to the standard curriculum. The principal offered to pay an extra $12,000 for the extended day. The union president said no. Our union president, whose salary we each pay with almost $1,000 a year in union dues, told us that extended day "proposals" were on hold while the union dedicates its whole effort to contract talks this year. . . . As we were discussing the process, our union president looked us straight in the eyes and said, "After all, it's in no one's best interest if you just work for free." She saw the shock register on my face when she said that and looked quite embarassed. Andrew wonders how a teacher could forget about teachers' interest in helping students and students' interest in learning.

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