Learn, baby, learn!
'honorable mention' was my fave.
and these ass-clowns probably made fun of Dan Quayle .
My favorite Public School quote appears to be missing, so here it is...
TEACHERS ARE UNDERPAID, MY ARSE!
Do the math:
40 hour work week divided by 35 week school year = 1400 hours worked yearly
1400 hours worked yearly divided by $58,000. average yearly salary = $41.43 an hour
And the $58,000. average is conservative. I know teachers in the L.A. area making six figure incomes because they get "combat pay" for working in the worst school districts.
"The dark meat on a chicken is dark because it's closer to the bone."
My daughter's 4th grade teacher "explaining" dark meat.
(Note: my daughter is now in college and is going to be a teacher, and she's a freeper too heehee)
That being said, the statistics used to critique public education can be misleading. The first example that comes to mind is the ranking of the states based on SAT scores. Georgia has ranked near last for a while now. However, in Georgia, about 65% of high schoolers take the SAT. During this time, Georgia was being ranked against some states where as few as 17% of high schoolers took the SAT. What does that mean? It means that in many cases, Nearly three fourths of Georgia's students were being compared with the top 17% of another state's students. That is like comparing a Little League team to the Atlanta Braves. It isn't a valid comparison. If you looked at Georgia's top 17%, they fared just about as well as the top 17% of most other states.
Additionally, standardized tests are not necessarily the best measuring device. There was a teacher in Georgia who was threatened with the revocation of his certificate because he made public portions of a standardized test. He did this because the test did not measure the curriculum being taught in Georgia. A student can transfer into a school the day before the test, and the school system where that student is tested is held responsible for his or her test scores. Also, regardless of whether the student was beaten by his parents, addicted to drugs, molested, hungry, slept in a car, etc. (all factors that can negatively affect test scores) the scores are counted on the school's record.
I am not saying that schools should not be held accountable. I am merely saying that educators work very hard. Not all of them agree with the policies of the NEA. Just imagine trying everything you know to do to get a child to engage: to study, and work, and that child still will not do it. Imagine the students for whom there is no parent at home making him or her do homework or even attend school. I am basically saying that there are two sides to every story. Yes, there are bad teachers. There are also good teachers who cannot reach some students despite their best effort.
Thanks for posting this!
Well, except for all those tax dollars that fund them. It's not like people are paying; it's government money.