I tell you, Amanda Gorman, really inspired me. I haven’t written a poem in years!
We are not Superheroes.
We cannot leap
Tall buildings in a single bound.
But, we can leap over obstacles
placed in the way
Of us “being best”… READ MORE.
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)
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