SweetSue92
Diamond Member
BS. I've seen when 300 qualified teachers have applied for one opening.I have taught in foreign nations before. Kids learned too.That's like three politicians telling us Deep State does not exist. Teachers are the problem. I expect such things. You denying the implosion of public education only underscores it.
Let's step back from this for a moment.
You mean to tell me--seriously--that in inner city LA...I hope I do not have to explain the problems there...where many students do not even speak English in the home and most all students do not live with two biological parents...."teachers are the problem"?
So in your world, if you staffed a school with the most perfect teachers in the entire world, you could bring in a kindergartner who is 4th out of 5 children, speaks no English in the home, comes from grinding poverty, and has already suffered significant trauma in his life, and....what? Tell me what, I mean CLEARLY, you expect to teach him his kindergarten year that would catch him up with the child in Anytown, Iowa who is the firstborn child of two loving parents who comes from a stable home, has had two years of preschool, already knows all his letters and most of his letter sounds, and already loves school.
You explain this to me....
And then you tell me that "Teachers are the problem".
A good teacher finds away around obstacles in order to teach. It could be language, it could be handicaps. But a good teacher gets the job done.
And oh, whoop de doop, you taught in a foreign nation. Good for you. 25 years, two states, three districts, more than 10 schools. Thousands and thousands and THOUSANDS of kids, grades pre-kindergarten through 7th. So don't tell me about the two years you probably taught. And you should also know I have no tolerance for lazy, bad teachers. I also, as you can tell, have no tolerance for anyone saying "teachers are the problem"--usually, hapless conservatives who also decry the family breakdown in society but then pretend that somehow, teachers should fix it all at the schoolhouse door.
I mean it. Spare me.
And the reason I come on so strong is because these platitudes are ruining my profession. The best, brightest young people are not going into my profession because people have told them that teaching and teachers are crap.
So, no thanks for that.
Sure, maybe 5, 10 years ago. Those numbers are going way down now.
Now, are you going to defend anything you said? Do we say "a good soldier geta the job done" when he's up against a much better equipped army or he's wholly under-equipped?
Do you decry the breakdown of the American family but somehow magically think this has nothing to do with children's ability to learn, or that a "good teacher" can fix this for ALL 25 children in her class?
Explain that to me.