what's your problem?
There are people who will say that the actions of a few shouldn't justify docking the rights of many, but when was it ever a teacher's right to teach while intoxicated? I realize this issue can be viewed from a number of angles, and the way I see it is, if you're telling the truth, how does it violate your privacy to submit to a polygraph?
Hell, I also think students should be randomly tested but I'll not open that can till we see how the vote goes.
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it's the implication of the need for a polygraph. you, i figure, are telling the truth but i don't trust you so you're going to need to take a polygraph. why can't you be trusted? what have you done to make me not trust you?
imagine your bf made you submit to a polygraph as a pre-requiste to date. you know, just to figure out where you guys want to go out to eat. not for everything. well why is it necessary?
if you're innocent, they you won't mind if i put you in jail for a few days just until i clear all this up. hmm?
No implication necessary: There IS a need for drug testing in the DOE. If teachers are using and dealing and letting it affect their work and/or being caught, which they are, they are sending a message to students that contradicts what the majority work so hard to teach. It's not like tapping a phone. What's at stake (kids) matters. My boyfriend will not ask me to take a lie-detector test because that would mean we're not equals and that his neurotic need for reassurance that I tell the truth around dinnertime is more important than my dignity. The DOE can, however, ask me to pee into a cup because kids' safety and the quality of their education matters enough.
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