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Sienna86

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8. We have bad teachers in my district.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:41 PM

Jun 2014

The district fails to offer mentoring or assistance. I don't want my kids or others to have to suffer their incompetence. Tenure only protects them, not the students. I have friends who are teachers and admire their dedication. Administration must ensure teachers are effective before giving tenure, if tenure must exist.

Save for the politicians you mention, no one has a lifetime, secured job. If I don't perform well, I no longer have my job.

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Why Go Into Teaching? No Longer A Profession. Just Another Temp Job With No Security. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jun 2014 OP

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Thank you so much. femmocrat Jun 2014 #28

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Because, in the real world... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #7

that is totally ridiculous dsc Jun 2014 #20

Those "halcyon" days (if they ever existed) are long gone. femmocrat Jun 2014 #30

We have bad teachers in my district. Sienna86 Jun 2014 #8

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