Highway 27 taking a while - and more letters to the editors

Highway 27 taking a while

I wonder how many hard workers will be retiring from the Highway 27 construction project, involving about two miles of road through Stringer's Ridge, with full benefits once the project finishes in 2035.

TED LONG


Henderson applauds teachers' sacrifice

It saddens me the way our teachers are being treated in not having a say in their insurance.

Teachers do not have a position after all their schooling; they have a job! They are the hardest workers I know trying to educate our children so they will be able to go out into the world and get a decent job.

But most of the kids don't care about learning. They sass and say harsh words to their teachers and principals. They are not afraid because their parents have never taught them respect. The parents are worse than the kids.

Teachers not only have to take work home with them to keep caught up but also stay at school long after everyone else is gone. And most of them have to spend their own money so their students have the tools they need to learn.

I know our politicians think they know everything, but they don't know anything. Good teachers are hard to find. We had better be extra good to them!

You couldn't pay me enough money to be a teacher. I applaud the sacrifice they make to teach our children and make them productive adults. Go teachers!

DOT HENDERSON, East Ridge


Benefits a way to thank teachers

After reading Tim Omarzu's article on teacher health care benefits, it made me inspired to write a response to those board members voting on the benefits. I urge you to think about this.

While I am not a parent, I am pursuing a degree in education. Our teachers spend on average of 40 hours a week with our students. They have almost more contact with them than parents do. Teachers are responsible for teaching and molding our children into adults.

They certainly do not do the job for the money, so I urge you, how can we thank our teachers for the hard work they put in to educate our children?

RYAN WICK, Collegedale, Tenn.


U.S. must give hope where hope is gone

As a 22-year-old college student, I think the last thing on our minds is foreign policy and its repercussions on the world. There is much to be said about a country whose political leader does not act in the face of injustice.

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker correctly reprimands our president's lack of presence in Syria and now the takeover of Iraq by ISIS. I do understand that U.S. interference is not always the correct response to foreign turmoil, but I do believe that when innocent women and children are dying, someone must interfere!

ISIS is a threat not just to American livelihood but to the morality left in the world. As a world superpower, it's our duty to give some hope to those who have none left.

ANA JIMENEZ, Collegedale, Tenn.


Subscriber says too many ads in paper

A subscriber for 50-plus years, daily I am saddened and disappointed with the obvious and ongoing decline of Times Free Press news content, displaced by full-page ads and large and often irrelevant pictures. You raised my subscription price for this?

The Aug 31 edition reached a new high in ads versus news. Perhaps you should call your publication an adpaper instead of a newspaper.

I note you frequently announce winning awards for your product. I can't conceive of your competition. I don't anticipate any improvement!

DAVID B. KAPLAN

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