Today, Obama admin all but admitted it is a right wing, teacher-union busting admin

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195. WOW, this brings all of my experiences back..

I know we have a lot of teachers on the board, so what I experienced isn't going to surprise them by saying it up front on this or any other thread.. Red, you hit the nail with your comment that "the disruption and problems brought into the classroom by
troubled kids.. is..the biggest bag of manure ever brought to market."

The biggest problem is Poverty, and the symptoms include troubled kids, hungry kids, sick kids, angry children who watch TV, and know that they aren't living in the America that everyone believes it is. These children wake up in a living hell, each and every day, and few if any role models in their lives..

I walked into my classroom at the beginning of every school year and assess who my students are and what my students have to overcome to gain the most of what I could hope to offer. That is where we find ourselves, What we face and what we hope to offer. Most inner city schools have overwhelmingly underprivileged kids living in desperate conditions with a single parent that has resigned to desperation and hopelessness.

How long do you believe you can make a difference when the chips are stacked against you as a teacher, and the kids that wait to see how much you are willing to help them fight the odds.. Tenure is a bonus, but nowhere near a cure. A cure is a caring family, that has hope in the home and a prayer to advance above the apparent inevitability of more hopelessness..

Kids quit, and so do teachers. When the first does, we lose a kid, however when teachers do, we lose classes, schools, neighborhoods and cities. Give your teachers whatever it takes to keep their interest and intensives to fight, or else.. Don't take away perks, find more and better ones..