What Is The Theme Of Skill And Not Tenure By Tarkenton

Skill, Not Tenure The thesis of this article is that teachers need to be hired based on skill and not tenure. Tarkenton compares education to the National Football League because (1) he was in the NFL and was inducted into the Hall of Fame and (2) because this gave him personal experience, allowing him to make a similar connection between the two. At the beginning of the article, Tarkenton tells us to imagine what would happen if the NFL players were paid based on the period they spent in the career. He says that there would be less determination to become a better player and the overall team performance would decrease. Then he makes a joke about the teacher’s union, by saying they don’t like teaching, the teachers, or the students, but they