Why can't teachers be fired. What makes being a teacher a guaranteed job for life? If it's because of the teachers union, North Carolina needs to dissolve the contracts and take control for the public good. And another thing. The teachers union has had control of the classrooms for 40 years and look where we have ended up. A whole school year teaching EOG so the students can pass. Our schools are in bad shape and we need control to give our students a better chance of success.