Pubdate: Sat, 05 May 2007
Source: Honolulu Advertiser (HI)
Copyright: 2007 The Honolulu Advertiser, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
Contact:  http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/195
Author: Dan Melton

TEACHERS HAVE NO REASON TO OPPOSE TESTS

Would someone please give me a valid reason why teachers are so
opposed to random drug testing?

What do they have to hide? It is hardly a violation of their Fourth
Amendment rights. No one is coming into your house unwarranted or
seizing personal belongings.

All that is required is a urine test ... oh, and don't do drugs.

If teachers opposed to the new random drug-testing requirement are mad
at anyone, be mad at the teachers who brought the scrutiny on the
teaching community.

I have read that some teachers think this will deter some people from
becoming teachers or cause some teachers in Hawaii to quit or leave.
If your conviction for teaching is that weak, then you shouldn't be a
teacher.

Dan Melton,

Kane'ohe
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MAP posted-by: Derek