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don t want to. they love what they do. they love the kids. but they re being forced to. as a 14-year teacher with a master s degree i even need to look at my finances and whether or not i can even afford to stay in the state not being able to bargain with my employer. in my discussions with some college students, they are doing that same thing. they are really questioning whether or not they can teach what they want to teach in the wisconsin school system at this point. wisconsin public high school teacher nathan o shaugnessy, thank you very much for the work you do, and thank you for your time tonight. thank you, lawrence. one more thing, and i ll be in trouble if i don t say this. go, spartans. all right. go, spartans. we re with you on that. thank you very much. thank you very much. coming up, how the wisconsin democrats could win the war even after they ve lost the battle. and i will rewrite newt gingrich s excuses for his extramarital affairs. the angels start second gue
students in madison, wisconsin are planning to walk out of their classrooms in support of their teachers union rights. there will be a teach-in for those students on madison s library mall. the teach-in will focus on the elimination of collective bargaining and elimination and the proposed cuts in the education budget. joining me now is nathan o shaugnessy, a science teacher at madison memorial high school in madison, wisconsin. thank you for joining us tonight, mr. o shaugnessy. hey, thanks, lawrence. thanks for having me. could you tell me, how has this situation disrupted, if it has, any of your classroom activity so far? really not much. i mean, we had a few days off for political action. the kids on their day off came down and supported us, which was an amazing event to see hundreds of kids on their day off coming down state street, meeting the memorial teachers, and walking
their teachers union rights. there will be a teach-in for those students on madison s library mall. the teach-in will focus on the elimination of collective bargaining and elimination and the proposed cuts in the education budget. joining me now is nathan o shaugnessy, a science teacher at madison memorial high school in madison, wisconsin. thank you for joining us tonight, mr. o shaugnessy. hey, thanks, lawrence. thanks for having me. could you tell me, how has this situation disrupted, if it has, any of your classroom activity so far? really not much. i mean, we had a few days off for political action. the kids on their day off came down and supported us, which was an amazing event to see hundreds of kids on their day off coming down state street, meeting the memorial teachers, and walking with us around the capitol. it was just awesome. since then it s business as
allowed them to become middle class. and we give them opportunities to do better than their parents did. whether that s 1840, where horace mann saw public schools to allow poor people to get in the middle class, in the 1950s with brown versus board of education for people of color, in the 70s and 80s for people with disabilities. that s all public education. it allows the middle class to thrive. and everything that our governor and our republican senators are doing is going against all of that. and it s a sad day. mr. o shaugnessy, if you were finishing your education this year and you were considering your career options, would you make that same decision again to become a public school teacher in wisconsin? i would not. in fact, the sad part is we have brand new teachers who are know looking at going to other professions. we have veteran teachers who are now leaving even though they