It does no one any good if the most visible spokesman whines hypocritically and gives the Gov enough ammunition to shoot down her argument. It does no one any good because lots of NY teachers make less with bigger courseloads. I don't make anywhere near that, even after nearly 30 years of teaching, but I don't have nearly the student load or the administrative hassle either of my readers do.
Lady, for all of us, please shut up.
Because it does matter. It matters in the court of public opinion. It matters in the court of John and Mary Smith when they go off to pay their local property taxes. It matters in the zeitgeist.
How much? The same post had this from NJ.com:
In an astonishing fall from grace that has taken only months, teachers have gone from respected and beloved members of the community to some of the most reviled. In a blink, they have trashed years of good will.It matters.
Once the patient darlings who nurtured our kids, teachers now look like insensitive, out-of-touch, can’t-think-for-themselves union robots who, when forced to face economic realities, clung to an insulting sense of entitlement, heartlessly sacrificed the jobs of colleagues, called the governor naughty names and used students as political pawns.
All while blaming everyone else.
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I'm trying to remember the times teachers were respected and beloved members of the community and I'm drawing a blank. Teachers have been reviled in the press as lazy slobs for as long as I've been reading the editorial pages. It seems that columnist is hearkening back to the good old days that never were.
ReplyDeleteThose of us with half a brain realize teachers are individuals. As in any other trade, the majority are probably competent, but not outstanding. There are outstanding ones and abominable ones. Those are the ones you remember.
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