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I've seen these reports before and I say the same thing now I've said before -- so what? Doing well on the SAT says nothing about how well one can teach, and it doesn't even necessarily reflect on overall intelligence.

It's just another sly way to bash on teachers, which is pretty much what FR has turned into over the last year or so. First someone posts something like this. Then people talk about how dumb teachers are. Then someone pings "Another reason to homeschool" folks. Then some one will come in and proceed to list every wrong done in every school around the world as if all of these things occurred at their local school and how lucky their kids are and how pitiful it is that public schools even exist. Then there is an argument about my school vs. your school.

Meanwhile, those of use that teach get up every day and go out there and just do our best kind of confused that even conservatives hate conservative teachers, but it doesn't matter because the kids in front of us have immediate needs. Needs that are met quietly and with no fanfare. Example - every teacher at my school donated $20 so that a group of kids could have a yearbook. Did we have to? Nope. Was it publicized? Nope - no one here even knows what school it was. But guess what - those 30 or so kids know and their smiles were enough thanks.

So go ahead, tell me how awful I am for being a public school teacher, but I dare you to do my job for a week.

It's just another sly way to bash on teachers, which is pretty much what FR has turned into over the last year or so. First someone posts something like this. Then people talk about how dumb teachers are. Then someone pings "Another reason to homeschool" folks. Then some one will come in and proceed to list every wrong done in every school around the world as if all of these things occurred at their local school and how lucky their kids are and how pitiful it is that public schools even exist. Then there is an argument about my school vs. your school.

Which is exactly why I started not to even post on this thread. It's all too predictable.

Meanwhile, those of use that teach get up every day and go out there and just do our best kind of confused that even conservatives hate conservative teachers, but it doesn't matter because the kids in front of us have immediate needs. Needs that are met quietly and with no fanfare. Example - every teacher at my school donated $20 so that a group of kids could have a yearbook. Did we have to? Nope. Was it publicized? Nope - no one here even knows what school it was. But guess what - those 30 or so kids know and their smiles were enough thanks.

Great job! Similar (and maybe even more heartbreaking) stories at my school, but I'm sure very few here would want to hear them, or would believe them....

So go ahead, tell me how awful I am for being a public school teacher, but I dare you to do my job for a week.

Precisely.

It’s an average. It’s not reflective of any individual teacher. For all I know, you could have gotten 1600 on the SAT.