Ups & Downs: Teaching travails, ragged recycling and a visit with Alex Trebek

T HUMB'S DOWN to word that an unknown number of part-time, lateral-entry or once-retired teachers now potentially face the employment ax due to state budget concerns.

[Chris]

We can already see the damage from the decline of teachers where this very article states "THUMB'S DOWN". Please, there is no apostrophe in "THUMBS", ok? It's a plural noun. We really need teachers!