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Originally Posted by Redcard
And, in defense of teachers here, as my mom is one, they are told that they must do so many things. They must be on site at 6:00AM for when the busses show up and for breakfast duty two days a week. They must be on site after 4PM for meeting with parents one day every two weeks. They must be available 2 weekends a year without question. They must attend school the week before and the week after for in-service. They must take 3 weeks of education , of some type, UNPAID, during the summer months. They must teach 3 weeks of summer school, unpaid, during the summer months. They must do recess duty 2 times a week. They must submit to FBI and state BI background checks 3 times a year.
There's a ton of hassle and expectation already placed on them, and if they have two books, both of which equally teach a subject, they will always go for the one that results in less parents calling them at night and screaming at them for being godless heathens. They will always go for the one that won't have a lawyer trying to serve them papers for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. They'll go for the one that will not have unsigned envelopes appearing in their mailboxes telling them to stop teaching about "nigger lovers" or "dirty jews" or what not. Ahh, the south.
So it's hard to place blame on teachers here. The real problem is that school boards are elected officials, representatives of their communities, and therefore are unable to act in any interest outside the will of the mob. Therefore, they push the hard decisions down to the administrators.. who push it down to the teachers.. who punt.
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My mom taught for years, so I understand the plight. This is why just anyone can not be a teacher. It is unfortunate that teaching, which used to be the one of the hardest professions to get into (as well as the most respected), has now been reduced to what we currently have.
That being said, the plight of teachers does not change their duty.