You know, I love Ann, but sometimes she really grates me.. I don't know any teachers who are like this.. my wife, for example, usually goes in before 7am and is there until at least 8pm every night. Most nights, as soon as she gets home, she sits down at the computer to enter grades and do lesson plans. Weekends are spend with rehearsals and contests with her students and summers are spent at conferences or preparing for the next year. OK, rant over..
I can sympathize with those of you who work for the government and put in a honest days work, or more so, but if it were the norm, we would not have the lowest literacy level of the developed world and armies of useless bureaucrats who’s only function is to do something to slow down progress and achievement.
I'm sure you and your wife and your colleagues are great teachers. I'm also going to assume you teach at a suburban school. I think you'd find that the work ethic in the big city school system (DC in particular)is much, much different.
John Stossel, from ABC is about the only journalist I've seen tackle this problem. He sent a hidden camera into a NYC school a few years back - it was terrifying and a cold indictment of many of the teachers in that particular school.
Many, many teachers are dedicated professionals that commit their lives, daytime and night, to the education and development of their students. Sadly, in the inner-cities (where the students need the most support), there is a much greater percentage of teachers who are there just pick-up a check.
Coulter was of course targeting the many teachers that actually are "lethargic incompetents."
God bless your wife!