D, EXACTLY!!! For fear of losing a "bad" {according to all of those "in the know"] job, teachers are failing the students by their deafening silence. It is the "few" parents who should be stood up to. MOST parents understand that what is happening in schools today is EVIL!!! I don't even have any "dogs" {children} in this fight. I only write from observation. The more "money" that is poured into this abyss, the worse schools get.
If one taecher stands up, perhaps other teachers will prevent their firing. but, all are afraid. thus, the failure WILL continue. Peace and love, George.
Like we "stood up to" Roe vs Wade? How do you fight a court order? We should all just walk out? You don't think there are 50 morons willing to be bad teachers?
It's the parents with the power. It's parents who have gotten courts to demand that disruptive, barely teachable children be placed into our classrooms along with the rest. Where are the parents of good kids who have been bullied and harassed? Where are the parents who are pissed off that their kid gets no real attention because the teacher has to keep eyes on the kid who is capable of exploding at any second?
I'm a parent. I've been there. I've gone to teachers and administrators who tell me there is nothing they can do because the kids are mandated to be there by the courts. The rest of the parents? They're GONE! So who am I left with to back me up?
And I'm the fool who is, at this moment, in an ed program begging to be blamed for society's ills. I want to help fix things. But what I see is that many of the good teachers and most of the parents who give a damn have already checked out.
I'll tell you what I think, George. Since you know how to fix it, I think you should become a teacher and do so.
When you're out there on the front lines with the rest of us, I'll take your opinion a little more seriously.
What's that old Indian saying about "never criticize a man 'til you've walked a mile in his moccasins"?