You’ve heard of Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal,” where he boasts of his great success as a deal-maker and negotiator. We now know that the book was ghost written by Tony Schwartz and is completely inauthentic. His read Art of the Deal consists of bluster, threats, and intransigence.
Here is the art of the strike. Oakland teachers speak out.
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13851435/drawing-the-oakland-teachers-strike
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A government that is unwilling to spend what it takes to properly educate its children will become a country in name only until it is a country no more and most of the people are slaves to the will of their masters even if the people are not called slaves.
What did the Founding Fathers say about the importance of education?
FIRST THREE (There are more quotes if you want to read them — click the link)
“Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country.”
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, (A)nd if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.”
“If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav’d. This will be their great Security.”
https://www.nas.org/articles/u_s_founding_fathers_on_education_in_their_own_words
I believe that we are very close to becoming that country. We have been distracted and mislead for far too long. We are on the edge of riotous violence or another “great depression”. My children are the only hope for a better tomorrow.
“Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal….. ghost written by Tony Schwartz … His read Art of the Deal consists of bluster, threats, and intransigence.”
That’s a very accurate description of what we have seen of Trump’s “negotiation” style, which appears to involve no skill whatsoever. He looks so immature, like an impatient, spoiled child who tantrums when he can’t immediately get what he wants. Is that what’s actually described in the book, too?
I’ve always referred to the book as “The Art of the Steal”.
bluster, threat, be intransigent — then declare bankruptcy and walk away. Surely this is exactly what is happening right before our eyes
This a great project and it could done in many districts even if the teachers are not striking. Thanks to all who participated and to KQED for circulating the images and to Diane for increasing the number of viewers.
Magnificent, heartbreaking, infuriating.
What a wonderful project!!! Kudos to Thi Bui and her colleagues!!! More by her, here:
https://www.thibui.com/
To a better psychological mindset:
IMHO, I wish to see mathematician and economist illustrators who can contribute to awaken the rich and the authority to realize the importance in humanity.
For instance:
1) In a simple math calculation:
To rob one worker $5.00 per hour, in 10 hours per day. There are 1,000.00 employees in one state = 52,000 workers in 52 states in America.
This will result as ONE DAY, total loss from 52,000 workers or total looting tax payers fund from CROOKED private institution is:
$5,00 x 10 x 52,000 = $ 2,600,000.00 = $2.6 million dollars in ONE DAY
In 1 year or 365 days, then in 3 years or 1,095 days, crooked politicians , or corrupted corporate WILL LOOT tax payers fund or ROB 52,000 workers MINIMUM in 1000 days or less than 3 years ( people can think for themselves in a nation with 260+ millions population in FULL TIME work force average from 25 years old to 55 years old)
$2,600,000.00 x 1,000 days = 2,600,000,000.00 or 2.6 billion dollars IN 1000 DAYS
(260,000,000.00 working populations = 52,000 workers x 5,000 folds.)
In other figure, we have:
$2.6 billion x 5,000 folds = 130,000.00 billions = 130 trillions dollars in less than THREE YEARS or 1,000 DAYS in whole America’s ECONOMY of 260 MILLION WORKERS
In 30 years or in one generation or one working life before retirement, we have a better
figure: 130 trillion x 10 folds (1 fold is 3 years or 10 folds is in 30 years WORKING LIFE per worker)
= 1,300 trillion dollars Yes, that is understandable WHY the rich AND THE CROOKS keep reincarnating in the Earth where has billion years through very misery and enlightenment ENVIRONMENT on Earth.
2) In a simple economist calculation:
I would let other teacher in a higher education to contribute their knowledge in order to cultivate all readers how to understand THE ART OF TEACHER’S STRIKE.
Most of all, why do people keep living in Fascism, Communism, Capitalism, Atheist, Buddhism, Judaism, Catholics, Hindu, Protestant, and many more religions on Earth???
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