You are either a teacher or married to one. You have to be because you nailed this so perfectly. I mean to a T!
I joke that the prisoners who come down our road to pick up trash have more freedom than we do. It is insane, all creativity and individual teaching has been completely taken away. We started back on the 6th for 3 days of teacher meetings. These entailed sitting for hours on end and being screamed at by these “consultants” whose main job seems to be to degrade us at every turn and that we know nothing. (During this time the superintendent, who makes in the six figures (for a small poverty identified school district) is standing on the wall listening to her “consultants” & we all wonder; why does she get paid all this money if she has to hire consultants????)
What people don’t understand is the absolutely outrageous freedom the central administrations have. There is no oversight & people would be SHOCKED at how money is spent frivolously and at the expense of the kids.
I have no union & teach under fear. And yes, many of my fellow teachers send or sent their children to private school. And I don’t blame them. I am appalled at the members of our government who set educational policy and they send their children to private school. Teachers are employees, we have NO power, we make no policies.
“I am appalled at the members of our government who set educational policy and they send their children to private school.”
Well the putz that wrote the original post is probably hanging with the super or one of the politicians getting the graft while complaining about the schools. He hasn’t seen or is involved with the missing funds in P and P schools. Easy to blame it on the teachers, just a smokescreen for their agenda. You pretty much described our Gov. who fires anyone who disagrees with him. Really open minded and he didn’t even get picked for VP. Now he will have to perform if he stays in town long enough.
The consults are there to blame when she is blamed and the changes they implemented didn’t work. I have never in over 30 years of private and public work ever met a consultant worth 0.01% of what they charged. In many cases they just come in and fire enough people or cut enough to say they met their goal. They leave before the poop hits the fan. They are professional smoke screens for the bosses without a clue. Was your super hired because of who she sleeps with or because she is related to the right group? Often the case around here.