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nolabear

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17. Powerful and awful, but the best part is the end:

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:53 PM

Sep 2012

There’s a good reason that American slaves were forbidden to learn to read: Literacy is freedom. Free, high quality, accessible, equitable education is the bedrock of a free society. That’s not just Tea Party flag-waving; it’s the Incontestable Eternal Truth. Sadly, in the final analysis, historical and political forces are at work that leave us, the teachers and students, rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. People, people, people! Can’t you see that The Man wants us ignorant? Unite, my friends! We have nothing to lose but our … ohferchrissakenevermind!

But remember, if you’re there when the last dog reaches the last hill: Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

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Literacy IS freedom. If you have no education you can be fed anything as fact. Thank whatever you thank, but when you do, thank them for teachers.

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Teaching ate me alive [View all] XemaSab Sep 2012 OP

LAUSD..... NYC_SKP Sep 2012 #1

He's right about Prop 13. We left CA in 1988 because there was no way mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #2

I have a wonderful nephew. Great kid but I couldn't see him as a teacher. But you couldn't southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #3

I don't think most people realize what we deal with on a regular basis. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #4

No, they don't. My second year I was stabbed with a pencil and bit the first month DonRedwood Sep 2012 #35

They say those are always the roughtest sammytko Sep 2012 #39

I've always said metal detectors are stupid when they have pencils. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #41

k & r The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #5

It ate my husband up too, which is a shame because he was so good at it. GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #6

If the system is so awful, why must it be preserved as-is at all cost? nt Romulox Sep 2012 #7

Because the "reformers" wish to make it worse? Fumesucker Sep 2012 #32

No teacher has EVER said that--we've been begging for supplies, heat, time, books DonRedwood Sep 2012 #37

Teaching isn't the only profession that will eat you alive........ mantis49 Sep 2012 #8

The altruistic professions are all getting squeezed. hunter Sep 2012 #12

yep the sociopaths drag everything down they make any undergroundpanther Sep 2012 #20

ain't it the truth. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #21

Amen. nt Care Acutely Sep 2012 #25

I know nurses. Similar pressure for fewer experienced nurses, increasing patient patrice Sep 2012 #30

I can't imagine. MissB Sep 2012 #9

Sounds like he wasn't cut out for it... ellisonz Sep 2012 #10

I couldn't do it. I tried teaching in the city. hunter Sep 2012 #11

This is my 33rd year in an urban system. proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #13

If I recall correctly, proud2BlibKansan, you teach in the KC MO district? KansDem Sep 2012 #15

Yes that money is being funneled to schools BUT proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #16

A poverty factor: The casinos are also responsible for a significant amount of bankruptcy and patrice Sep 2012 #29

I taught adjunct for a couple of years at a small college in south KC. KansDem Sep 2012 #34

Mike made an extremely good living out of that situation, but I am proud to say he also patrice Sep 2012 #38

+1 XemaSab Sep 2012 #14

Nope. Sorry. Jay L. Johnson needs his $16 million salary. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2012 #18

"The money people created this problem. It's stupid to pay any attention at all to their proposed HiPointDem Sep 2012 #22

Powerful and awful, but the best part is the end: nolabear Sep 2012 #17

"Improve our failing schools" was the mantra for the last 10+ years. Now, they're being lindysalsagal Sep 2012 #19

loved the article SmileyRose Sep 2012 #23

I once deposed a teacher who had filed for workers comp in California aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #24

I can believe it XemaSab Sep 2012 #26

It's a shame something can't be done about the parents aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #27

At the alternative high school where I taught, that would never have been allowed. knitter4democracy Sep 2012 #42

a good read. authentic. patrice Sep 2012 #28

20 students per class max should bethe law ErikJ Sep 2012 #31

What grade level was that? oberliner Sep 2012 #36

High school biology 10th grade ErikJ Sep 2012 #40

It finally wore me out. Are_grits_groceries Sep 2012 #33