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rainin

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10. I understand your reaction.
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 03:15 PM
Dec 2012

I even understand that I provoked it. You must have just missed where I wrote above that I realized in my musings that I was contributing to an anti-teacher conversation that I did not mean to contribute to.

I regret starting a conversation that added to the pain that you are feeling and that teachers all over the country are feeling. You are absolutely under attack and it is dead wrong what is happening right now. Teachers are being scapegoated, for what? To gut unions? I don't know. But teachers have never been the problem.

I cannot apologize enough for how I insulted you and other teachers at DU. It was not my intention but clearly it is what happened. I am sorry.

Please know that I thank you for loving children so much that you give selflessly every day. I wish I could say more. I hope you feel my love.

Thank you for letting me know what I did so I can have the opportunity to try to repair the insult. Perhaps we could muse about these things in a different world where there is an understood appreciation for teachers and all that you do, and teachers are not being condemned at every turn. This is clearly not the time.

My 17 year old daughter is miserable at her High School Sedona Dec 2012 #1
I'm sorry. rainin Dec 2012 #2
+1000. narnian60 Dec 2012 #4
Cafeteria behavior-always a challenge. narnian60 Dec 2012 #3
Our kids bring books to lunch proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #5
I talked to my friends at lunch. rainin Dec 2012 #7
Our kids talk too proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #8
I used to think that I was missing out on everything by not going to school. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #6
Indignities? Really? proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #9
I understand your reaction. rainin Dec 2012 #10
Apology totally accepted. narnian60 Dec 2012 #11
That's very nice proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #12
You are absolutely correct, and the larger schools get, the more difficult it is to maintain a safe mbperrin Dec 2012 #17
I really enjoyed all the conversation in this thread on this important issue. kickysnana Dec 2012 #13
Is this supposed to be a thread LWolf Dec 2012 #14
I hope you will read all the posts in this thread for a clearer understanding. rainin Dec 2012 #15
Welcome to DU. LWolf Dec 2012 #16
Indignities that children faces. GMR Transcription Dec 2012 #18
I think savebigbird Dec 2012 #19
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