Enough of the Lying Scum, Time to Think About the Good Guys
This week's Newsweek end editorial is a good piece about teachers. It covers all the basics, how hard the job is for how low the pay. I always wonder on the insanity of a society that would value a job, for instance, of creating ads to separate children from their parents' money over a job of guiding those same kids to find their best potential.
Since this is a topic I could preach on for hours without end, I'm going to end it here. And merely note that while we suffer under leaders whose teachers obviously spent little time with them, let's hope that future leaders are somehow getting the effort and time they deserve in their schools to develop into decent human beings.
Since this is a topic I could preach on for hours without end, I'm going to end it here. And merely note that while we suffer under leaders whose teachers obviously spent little time with them, let's hope that future leaders are somehow getting the effort and time they deserve in their schools to develop into decent human beings.
posted by Anonymous at 4:51 PM
2 Comments:
Amen, amen, amen. I remember Sister Mary Elephant with particular fondness. She was a very commanding presence in class, taking those knives away from rowdy class members, and also maintaining contact with her immediate predecessor and the fingerpaintings and dustcloths she was making. I suspect the men in the white jackets came and took sister mary away eventually, too.
then there were the indulgent art teachers who tolerated those without the slightest iota of talent, who marveled at the ten thousanth clay turtle/ashtray produced, the science teachers determined to trace the origins of the puncture holes in the floor AND protect the school from those students who stuck glass beakers on top of bunsen burners, the history teachers who stoically endured the fifty-fifth thousand reference to the "gorilla wars" of the l950s...yes, 150% raise across the board!!!
Man, I haven't thought about Sister Mary Elephant in ages! Definately a teacher of the year, provided they allow her to have shiny objects in her new home. And don't forget the HS history teacher who said that he was annoyed at kids who got through history classes remembering nothing but some useless bit of information such as the name of General Lee's horse (Traveler).
As you can see, I don't know if I remembered the useful information too, but I certainly remember the name of Lee's horse. ;)
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