Los Angeles Teachers

In response to “Hard Line by Teachers Puts Some Parents Off,” Nov. 23:

It is about time. All parents need to take a closer look at the self-serving, self-centered and tunnel-vision tactics and propoganda of the leadership of United Teachers-Los Angeles.

One of the many mottoes of UTLA is “We teach the children.” The question is, just what are they teaching the children? From my perspective, they are modeling a stance of being uncooperative and very militant when they do not get their way. They expect to be paid as committed professionals yet moan and groan when an after-school faculty meeting is called that might keep them on the school site until the late hour of 4 p.m. Contractually, after-school meetings are limited to three per month.

STEVEN SIRY

Los Angeles