And just to be sure you understand, it’s not that teachers don’t want to teach.
It’s not that there aren’t enough teachers certified to teach.
It’s that teachers don’t wish to teach among the horrible conditions that exist in the public
school system in the United States…READ MORE
I have watched videos, read letters, and listened to testimonies from educators who have quit. Media outlets relentlessly lament the fact that teachers are quitting in droves.
I understand the “why” of quitting, except for the “no chance for advancement” part, as if being a classroom teacher is the bottom of the barrel and you have to work your way up from there. But let’s leave that to another post, shall we?
Would I die for my students?
Probably.
Teachers have placed themselves in harm’s way for their students countless times.
But, not like this.
Not in a situation where decisions could be made that would keep our students and educators safe.
A 61 year old educator in Arizonza was infected with COVID19, along with two other educators who were working in the same classroom. She died.They still don’t know if she got it from her family, and bought it into the classroom, or if she contracted it from another teacher. READ MORE…
Originally published on “Diary of a Public School Teacher” (Blogger)
This was a FB post and I had to share it.
After being attacked online by some troll who thinks I only work 8-3, and always have 3 paid months off, and who thinks I request school supplies for myself and not for my students, I had to write this rant. I’m getting so sick and tired of how teachers are viewed and treated.
Teachers in all fifty states should stop using their own money in their classrooms. Just stop. If the children don’t have supplies, go hungry, if the room and supplies get broken down and dirty, whatever, let it happen. Then people can truly understand how much work and money teachers put in behind the scenes. If you paid for any of those decorations, books, science lab supplies, furniture, lamps, pillows, remove them from the classroom; let parents see how bare bones a classroom is without a teacher’s input. READ MORE…
Originally posted on “Diary of a Public School Teacher!”(Blogger)
ll NEVER carry a weapon, concealed or otherwise, in my classroom.I will NEVER keep it locked in a safe.
I say this with the utmost certainty.
There is a huge debate going on about whether teachers should be armed in order to protect their students.
As usual, teachers’ voices are muted by the roar of non-educators who believe they know better. READ MORE…
Ban Ki-Moon
Many times we allow stereotypes to rule our perceptions of others, whether it’s race, gender, or socioeconomic status. We allow these perceptions to cloud our judgment, and we make decisions based on these misconceptions. We believe if it is true of one, it is true of all. How unfair to the students who walk into our classrooms every day.
A child “living in poverty” seems to be a hot button issue right now, and rightly so. But how much do we let the fact that any of our students are living in poverty affect how we relate to them? How does the fact that our students are living in poverty, change the way we teach ALL of our students? READ MORE…
Karen Fitzgibbons, a teacher at Bennett Elementary in Wolforth, Texas, wrote that she was, in all-caps, “ANGRY” over the officer’s resignation, blaming “the blacks” for causing “racial tension,” according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal…
As an educator, when I read Ms.Fitzgibbon’s quotes, all I could think, well after my initial thought of, “What an idiot!”, was about the children of color who had the misfortune to be in her class. READ MORE..
I wasn’t “feeling” observations, and this post popped into my head.
Spoiler Alert: Don’t take me seriously!:)
This is a society that does not, as a whole, respect experience.
Instead of viewing someone’s experience as something of value, oftentimes it is seen as worthless.
There is a huge difference between a 30 year teacher who is about to burn out, and a 30 year teacher who is still passionate about his/her profession.
But yet, they are treated the same.READ MORE…
The other day I posted an article on Facebook that has received a lot of buzz.
It’s title, “Why Half of the Nation’s New Teachers Can’t Leave Fast Enough.”
After reading the comments, it’s not just the new teachers who are ready to get out.
I have been feeling that way myself, and it has absolutely nothing to do with my students.READ MORE…
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