Rogueish

Damn it. Nothing is more destructive of anything remotely approaching class solidarity than this fucking stupid idea that somehow the incompetent should be “weeded out.” People are not weeds to begin with. Accept the fact that any work force is going to be varied, and rather than this stupid and impossble and divisive obsession with competence give a little bit of thought to performing the best possible with a given work force.

Fundamental to building a good school _system_ would be (a) hiring on the basis of drawing lots amont applicants and (b) immediate and irrevocable tenure, and (c) salary determined by time only — no judgment of this illustory competence.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone propose hiring by drawing lots, but it’s an excellent idea, another twist on “workplace democracy.”