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It took some doing, but I managed to slip through the net - and that was twenty two years ago...

I can't imagine how tough it is to get between the liberal vanguards now! The NEA is recommending that a VALUES test be included for screening of teachers - and those "values" must include the endorsements of gay marriage. This is not really surprising, considering that past president of the NEA, Bob Chase, is a member of the board of directors for GLSEN...

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=the_curious_case_of_nea_priorities&ns=AlanSears&dt=08/25/2006&page=full&comments=true

If these NEA recommendations for screening new teaching candidates are adopted, conservativw teachers will indeed have an insurmountable obstacle in their career path.

That is unfortunatel, because I really do love teaching. I'm homeschooling my son now, because I love teaching children so much I wanted to teach my own. In the ten years taught in public schools, I was an award winning teacher who had consistently high ratings. I wrote and designed my curriculums with reading as my highest priority, followed by mathematics. By the end of their prekindergarten year, 75% of my students were able to read at a pre-primer level, and many were able to do first-grade math.

However, I am also a Christian who believes that children should be allowed to learn without being drugged by authoritarians, threatened by peers, or indoctrinated by leftists. This brought me much unwanted attention from administrators during my last year as a contracted teacher.

They wanted me to sign a three-year contract - and they also wanted me to completely abandon the curriculums and methods of teaching I had used with such success. They also demanded that teachers stop saying "Merry Christmans" to each other and the children, (even though our demographic was almost 99% Christian) and they continuously changed our teaching methods to meet the lastest drivel put out by the NEA.

I stayed with my students and finished out the year, but I did not sign the contract. Rather, I opted to quit teaching in public schools. It was a hard decision.

Considering my vocal opposition to the NEA's agenda, I doubt that they would even let me enter the profession now...