I don’t teach but some of my friends do. They explain their frustrations over how they’re perceived. They’re just as much victims of the systems as the kids. Any wrong move they’re fired. It gets deeper but many of them are just plain frustrated. They’re between a rock and a hard place.
Sure, but that's just like in Philly when everyone complains about corruption, scams, crime but elect the SAME people into office time after time.
Until the teachers do something about it (other than preaching from the red book and organizing the next generations of serfs) they are the problem.
They experience frustration; I see business opportunity.
Very true. My wife retired after 30 years of teaching last year. It had gotten to the point the school board backs the parents the majority of the time and teachers just need to suck it up and deal with it.
The pay was OK but not exorbitant and her retirement is less than 50% of what she was earning. I don't consider that out of line with private industry.
But what the heck, it's easier to paint with a broad brush and declare all teachers are overpaid and underworked.
Same here. I have a lot of friends who are teachers. I’ve noticed the same frustrations. I’m sympathetic up to a point.
I’ll discuss conservative ideas for reforming education. But I’ve learned to avoid opening the discussion with, “You get paid for 12 months but only work 10.” It tends to end the debate prematurely, and it doesn’t approach the central problems of public education.
...any wrong move and they’re fired..
you’re kidding right? google nyc teachers rubber rooms.
a family member is a principal. it is next to impossible
to fire a teacher.
...any wrong move and they’re fired.. lol hahahahahaha!
if only...
any wrong move and they’re fired? really?
wow. what state are you from?