And regarding this article ... it’s spot on what she has had to deal with in her career. In the district she teaches in now, it’s become a parents-in-control situation. Unfortunately, the school board and administrators have allowed this to happen.
You missed one point and then you ignored another. As I said, she’s not in it for career. It’s what she enjoys doing. And regarding the parents running the schools, I don’t mean in the sense of good education. I mean that in the sense of them wanting free access to the teachers all hours of the day ... Sitting in the classroom, unscheduled meetings, calls in the evening hours. What other professional in the world has to deal with that? Would you like it if one of your employee’s parents wanted to come and watch you work? Or call you in the evening to ask you if little Johnny is being a good employee? Or bypassing security to come into your office for an unscheduled meeting? That’s what I mean by running the schools.