CONSERVATIVE Husband Apologizes To HIS WIFE, A TEACHER After He Voted for Kasich.

[Segami]

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It really is NEVER TOO LATE to wake up.




By Connie Schultz



" It's a question on a lot of parents' minds these days: How do we teach character?

Like most people, I could easily rattle off the names of several teachers who changed my life by the way they lived theirs. I'll spare you that walk down my memory lane.
Instead, I want to quote another self-described conservative who had a lot to say about character. His recent e-mail to me echoed the sentiments expressed by many readers who object to various states' legislative attacks against public school teachers, including those in Ohio. These letters and e-mails are not from teachers, but from those who love them.

To insulate this man and his wife from the current blood sport of teacher-bashing, I won't name them. He did give me permission to share the recent letter of apology he wrote to his wife:




Dear Honey,

I'm sorry.

I am a conservative husband, belong to the Tea Party and I voted for John Kasich. I have been married to a Cleveland teacher for almost 14 years and my vote let her down.

I apologize:

For letting people tease you about having the summer off and not asking them to thank you for the tough days ahead that begin in early August. I know for a fact you work more hours in those 10 months than many people do in 12. All those hours are earned.
For complaining that my Sunday is limited with you because you must work.
For making you think you have to ask permission to buy a student socks, gloves and hats.
For not understanding that you walk through a metal detector for work.
For leaving dirty dishes in the sink for your 4 a.m. work session. I should know you have to prepare.
For thinking you took advantage of the taxpayers. Our governor continues to live off the taxpayer dole, not you.
For counting the time and money you spend to buy school supplies.
For not saying "thank you" enough for making the world and me better.

I love you.




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http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/index.ssf/2011/03/apology_to_a_cleveland_teacher.html


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[ladym55]

1. This is the reality of teaching

This needs to be spread far and wide.

I know a teacher in Milwaukee ... has taught for probably 15 years. Her husband has cancer that has recurred. She is thinking about leaving teaching in part because half of her paycheck goes to buy supplies for her students. She can't afford to do that anymore.

The real leeches of government money are the Kasiches, Walkers, Boehners,and wealthy Republican pols who fatten themselves at the public trough while calling for sacrifice of the voters and taxpayers.

[lib2DaBone]

2. I know teachers in Cleveland who voted for Kasich...

.. they voted against their own jobs. I can't figure it out.

[dkf]

3. He might have screwed himself out of spousal retirement benefits.

Self interest rules.

[provis99]

4. he gets no points for this.

If his wife wasn't a teacher specifically affected by Kasich's legislation, he'd still be a Teabagger.