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In reply to the discussion: Retiring principal: ‘It is harder for us to be nice to kids’ [View all]sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)43. Teachers have always
been held to high standards, oversight and accountability. I just spent the entire month of May doing standardized tests so I could show that the kids knew the material I wasn't permitted to teach for the entire month because I was testing and formatting data to prove they had learned the material I couldn't teach. Franz Kafka would have been amazed at what public education in America has become. Yes, we should be paid more. We should also get rid of preppy billionaires and their political butt boys who know less about public education that the average teacher has forgotten.
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At the first parent teacher conference each year, I tell the teacher it's ok to hug my son.
SunSeeker
May 2013
#32
Plenty of blame to go around, we have plenty of pearl clutchers right here on DU
Exultant Democracy
May 2013
#8
It's true. The politicians... and the people who OWN them... have to get over the idea that they....
Smarmie Doofus
May 2013
#4
If you talk to anyone about education, they have an opinion. And the bought and paid for
world wide wally
May 2013
#10
Education is no longer about kids. Its about $$. And we ALL know how well that works.
MichiganVote
May 2013
#5
Talk to any teacher who has been around for 15 or 20 years and they will all say the same thing...
world wide wally
May 2013
#9
I used to give all-essay Final exams. Then a new principal asked for exams that anyone could grade/
WinkyDink
May 2013
#26
kr. yes, heart-breaking. anti-human policies for anti-human times. the fruits of neoliberal
HiPointDem
May 2013
#12