[Sefton]

To all you small, self impressed, arrogant jerks that can't see past punctuation or simple spelling errors when someone's taken the time and effort to highlight a problem that's as threatening to our nation's future as Iran, North Korea, or Radical Islam: You are no better than the students the poster, 13Sisters76, writes about. In fact, I'd say 13Sisters76's description of the students, "rude, disrespectful, full of themselves, pretentious, out of control, sex obsessed and stupid." does a good job of describing each of you.

As to your topic 13Sisters76, I hope in the remaining weeks of the school year you'll find a way to get through to just some of your students, for they are the future of our country. Try not to despair about the overwhelming failure of things outside of your control, but look for any tiny success where you've had some beneficial impact on some student. Before giving up on your career, see if your training may benefit other students in some other setting. One bright spot, those students refusing to be educated won't someday be picking apart somebody's HTML formating skills.

[13Sisters76]

Sefton,

Thank you for your post. There have been times when I truly knew what I wanted to do, and I expect to feel that way again. I don't have the strength or the YOUTH to take on the public school system, so it is my intention to find a nice little private school somewhere or a quiet little college and there I will stay. I teach history because I love it. I love the kids who care about themselves enough to learn. I'm a long way from quitting completely. I just have learned to "pick my fights".