If you do a Good Job, why must you have your job protected

Agreed.

Here's the book we of like mind in the politics stream should write together: imgflip.com/i/3zxcph

PS. upvote to you.

better still do away with public schools altogether

You have a great point there. We have forgotten or gotten away from what school was all about.

todays schools the purpose of schooling is to produce good loyal subjects as opposed to citizens

Here's the book that we should write together... (upvote to you!)

Agreed, one of the worst teachers at my school is on tenure.

You are an Awesome Jedi, indeed. Why would "they" protect the 1% of teachers who shouldn't be teachers, if they themselves weren't living in glass houses?

YES!

This is interesting.... I work in higher ed (not a prof) and I never thought of tenure that way. It does create an oligarchy of sorts. UPVOTED!

Also, the WuHuFlu may be the best thing to happen to our education system. Hopefully more people will awaken to self-directed education.