Austin School Teacher wages

I totally agree with you that something needs to be done about the pay wage scale for Austin teachers. It’s sad to see that the old school district I lived in Cypress Fairbanks that is in North West Houston teachers get paid more then the entire city of Austin. I do believe that teachers here need to be paid like other cities in Texas. It is not like the city is hurting for money. Teachers are the growth of all states and nations giving students the knowledge they need to achieve their goals. You’d want happily paid teachers so that the kids today can achieve their goals and move on to getting higher degrees form college and so on. The days of just a high school degree is over and we need the teachers today get paid, so that they are happy and can help educate students to help reach and achieve their goals. I believe that AISD needs to take a good look at other cities and see what they can do to make Austin teachers happier.

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What Happen'd To Freedom of Speech and Expression

In the San Antonio Express editor Jonathan Guwitz goes into the fall out of the recent south park episode debacle. I agree with Jonathan on this issue why should Islamic faith be set apart from being made fun of? or certain historical sites destroyed. South Park has taken shot’s at every religion, political and entertainment figures and twisted it into their very own humor. With the recent episode of the prophet Muhammad in a teddy bear suit that later revealed Santa clause along with Muhammad being bleeped out whenever the name was said.

This was a decision made by the upper executives before the showed aired. They came under fire again two years ago with the same issue. They were going to show the prophet again in an episode of South Park, mocking fellow it’s fellow rival show family guy.

The two show’s creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker were receiving death threats from a Muslim extremist group tjhat was based in of all places New York city. Jonathan also explains that director Roland Emmrich in the movie 2012 destroyed every religious site except the Kabba in Mecca. To me I just don’t under stand your going to destroy the Jesus statue on Rio de Janero and the Vatican and all kinds of religious architecture but can’ destroy the Kabba cause of the respect for the Muslim faith.

I just don’t get it I thought this country was based on freedom of expression and religion. You don’t see catholic priests threaten to throw down in a street fight after they are mocked in the south park episodes. You don’t see Mormons burning down houses in getting made fun of, or celebrities boycotting episodes they are in. I thought this nation was brought up into Freedom of speech that you could say what ever is on your mind or express it. Why do these religions get the free pass from being the stage of comedy? I know their religions are highly spiritual.

Fellow comedy central employee John Stewart backed his two South Park brethren on the episode and criticized Comedy Central’s actions and believed they should of just rolled with it. Bill Maher also gave his support for the two writers as well on his show real time. He states, “it’s a cartoon” and goes on to state the facts of comedy and religion. I guess we as American’s learn to laugh and move on. I think a nation with no humor is one scary thought if you can’t laugh about it.