Our system is deeply flawed but the vast majority of teachers are good people who try hard under very tough circumstances and who have to deal with a lot of grief they don’t deserve. I have nothing but respect for most of the teachers I know, the teachers who taught me, and the teachers who taught my family members. The good ones laid a foundation for future success.
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I have no respect for enablers.
It is teachers who made the NEA what it is. Parents, students, legislators, and voters had absolutely nothing to do with the NEA. ONLY teachers are responsible for the NEA being what it is.
It is teachers who open the doors on this government school dysfunction.
It is teachers who cooperate with handing out these textbooks. The students would not have them if teachers didn’t put them in their hands.
It is teachers who agree to HURT children in exchange for a paycheck. Wow! I am to respect that????!!!!
There is a solution: We can have public education. Let the funds follow the child. Let parents choose **PRIVATE** schools for their children.
Some of us in the government schools are not enablers. We fight back and try to save who we can.
You have just insulted millions of hard working people who do a more vital function than you will ever perform. Congratulations! With attitudes like yours it is no wonder that a lot of good people feel discouraged from going into teaching and go into other more financially lucrative and less stressful endeavors. I agree on vouchers and on the NEA but my response to most of the rest of your diatribe is that you need to get out more and meet some actual teachers. You’ll be surprised at what you’ll find.