Annie
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- Nov 22, 2003
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J/K I just got this and it's way too appropriate:
21st CENTURY TEACHER APPLICANT
Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with
all those kids and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning.
Not only that, I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity,
behaviorally modify disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and
T-shirt messages.
I am to fight the war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check
their backpacks for guns and raise their self-esteem. I'm to teach them
patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, how and where to
register to vote, how to balance a checkbook and how to apply for a job. I
am to check their heads occasionally for lice, maintain a safe environment,
recognize signs of potential antisocial behavior, offer advice, write
letters of recommendation for student employment and scholarships, encourage
respect for the cultural diversity of others, and, oh yeah, always make sure
that I give the girls in my class 50 percent of my attention.
I'm required by my contract to be working on my own time summer and evenings
at my own expense toward advance certification and a master's degree; and
after school, I am to attend committee and faculty meetings and participate
in staff development training to maintain my employment status. I am to be
a paragon of virtue larger than life, such that my very presence will awe my
students into being obedient and respectful of authority. I am to pledge
allegiance to supporting family values, a return to the basics, and to my
current administration. I am to incorporate technology into the learning,
and monitor all Web sites while providing a personal relationship with each
student. I am to decide who might be potentially dangerous and/or liable to
commit crimes in school or who is possibly being abused, and I can be sent
to jail for not mentioning these suspicions.
I am to make sure all students pass the state and federally mandated testing
and all classes, whether or not they attend school on a regular basis or
complete any of the work assigned. Plus, I am expected to make sure that all
of the students with handicaps are guaranteed a free and equal education,
regardless of their mental or physical handicap. I am to communicate
frequently with each student's parent by letter, phone, newsletter and grade
card.
I'm to do all of this with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a
bulletin board, a 45 minute more-or-less plan time and a big smile, all on a
starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps in many states. Is
that all? And you want me to do all of this and expect me . . . . .
NOT TO PRAY?!
21st CENTURY TEACHER APPLICANT
Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with
all those kids and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning.
Not only that, I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity,
behaviorally modify disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and
T-shirt messages.
I am to fight the war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check
their backpacks for guns and raise their self-esteem. I'm to teach them
patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, how and where to
register to vote, how to balance a checkbook and how to apply for a job. I
am to check their heads occasionally for lice, maintain a safe environment,
recognize signs of potential antisocial behavior, offer advice, write
letters of recommendation for student employment and scholarships, encourage
respect for the cultural diversity of others, and, oh yeah, always make sure
that I give the girls in my class 50 percent of my attention.
I'm required by my contract to be working on my own time summer and evenings
at my own expense toward advance certification and a master's degree; and
after school, I am to attend committee and faculty meetings and participate
in staff development training to maintain my employment status. I am to be
a paragon of virtue larger than life, such that my very presence will awe my
students into being obedient and respectful of authority. I am to pledge
allegiance to supporting family values, a return to the basics, and to my
current administration. I am to incorporate technology into the learning,
and monitor all Web sites while providing a personal relationship with each
student. I am to decide who might be potentially dangerous and/or liable to
commit crimes in school or who is possibly being abused, and I can be sent
to jail for not mentioning these suspicions.
I am to make sure all students pass the state and federally mandated testing
and all classes, whether or not they attend school on a regular basis or
complete any of the work assigned. Plus, I am expected to make sure that all
of the students with handicaps are guaranteed a free and equal education,
regardless of their mental or physical handicap. I am to communicate
frequently with each student's parent by letter, phone, newsletter and grade
card.
I'm to do all of this with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a
bulletin board, a 45 minute more-or-less plan time and a big smile, all on a
starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps in many states. Is
that all? And you want me to do all of this and expect me . . . . .
NOT TO PRAY?!
