Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Commentary: The Reason Why Tennessee’s Teachers Are Walking Away Starts in the Classroom
Every morning, Tennessee parents wave goodbye to their kids as they head to school. And every morning, teachers open their doors to receive over a million students. Educators are the lifeblood of our communities. Not only do they teach our children, but they also serve as role models and support systems, pouring their hearts into our kids. But increasingly, Tennessee’s teachers are no longer rewarded by their students with a smile, a “thank you,” or an apple on the desk, but instead with pepper spray and a punch to the gut. And when school boards and local leaders turn the other way, it’s no wonder why so many teachers are forced to walk away from their career and the students they love.
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"but instead with pepper spray and a punch to the gut"
ReplyDeleteI have to disagree with the authors hypothesis that it starts in the classroom. It starts at home where mom and dad, or more likely just mom since dad abandoned the family, is the role model.
"since dad abandoned the family"
DeleteLie better.
Care to elaborate? Are you doubting the rise of unwed mothers and even the role the GOV has had in encouraging that to happen?
DeleteSorry, 'educators' are not the lifeblood of communities. Nor are actual teachers.
ReplyDeletePaid wordsmiths. Writing for pay. Typically the professional is skilled in their craft. Basically pushing out a 500 word essay at least one per day. Everyone makes mistakes. The problem is when they don't see their mistake for they believe they have not erred.
DeleteGovernment and privately funded indoctrination centers are a failed experiment. If you have school aged children, get them out of the public and private schools systems and home school them yourself. If you feel you are not qualified, check the backgrounds of some of the so called educators in the schools. They're not qualified either and they're pushing an agenda down your child's throat. Get your kids out of schools.
ReplyDeletePreach it, brother!
DeleteYeah, I've said it before and I'll say it again: The only thing public schools are good for is babysitting for families where both parents work. And they do a piss-poor job of that. Bad hours, inflexible pick-up policies, bad food, inadequate supervision. You name it, they stink at it.
When you take your kids out, give them a year to decompress and heal from the damage done to them in the system before trying to require any actual school work. (Go read "unschooling", I guarentee they'll still test a grade level higher at the end of the year just from being away from the local hellhole. But don't actually test them, that's not actually helpful to the students.)
Even if parents are illiterate, kids are still better off (and better at academics) being taught at home. So even if you ARE completely and utterly unqualified, you'll still do a better job than the "proffessional educators."
Did you know that literacy rates where higher BEFORE public funding of education? It's true!
John G.
Private school teachers don't face that. This is a problem associated with the gulag of government day prisons that are funded through THEFT and VIOLENCE.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeleteDon't sound like my early 1950s school days. But then again we didn't have any pickaninnes and students had a mother & dad who were both conservatives. 1/2 the teachers were women ho grew up during the depression. The other half were WW-II vets who used the G.I. bill to get their credentials and wouldn't hesitate to smack, with the approvial of the parents of course, a kid for acting like an asshole
ReplyDeleteWe called 'em hacks. The only hacks I ever got were in the sixth grade, and my teacher was also my mother. She had Mr. Jordan give me my hacks because she said she couldn't hit me hard enough. She was pissed.
Delete"Educators are the lifeblood of our communities."
ReplyDelete-- by Rep. Mark Green
We can't be The Bolsheviks! We won an election run by The Bolsheviks!
When they closed schools in Oregon due to the missing flu, my Church opened their doors so kids had a place to come. If you don't get your kids out of school, at least get them involved with a caring Church. Through youth groups and real mentors they can witness the awesome transforming power of Jesus Christ. Then they can carry this back to the schools and witness to other kids and teachers how real love works.
ReplyDeleteSlightly younger than you, broadside, but I knew that if I raised a hand to a teacher, not only would I get my ass kicked, but every other teacher in the building would line up to get their licks in.
ReplyDeleteMy niece had the mentioned issues with students at a school where she taught art in Memphis. After wearing her tolerance down for their disrespectful and brutish behavior she quit, found a job at another local school district and has recovered her sanity and patience somewhat. Working on her masters degree in art (may have finished it by now) and paying for it as she studies rather than going the Loan route. In other words, someone who loves art and kids and, according to Rodney Dangerfield, gets no respect.
ReplyDeleteFails to mention how unions played a part in allowing disruptive students to be allowed to stay in class, mainstreaming special needs students, teaching standards to be lowered, spending on bright students to be lowered or eliminated and rewarding all students exactly the same regardless of ability.
ReplyDeleteThis, 100%!
DeleteHere's an idea - strongly urge the 13% to 'homeschool'. They aren't there to learn anything in public school, anyway, so set them loose on their own kind in their own neighborhoods and let the law of the jungle thin the herd.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter taught in a high school for the last seven years in Arlington, Virginia, just minutes from the district. She has 18 years of experience. She is now using that to teach at a private school in Copenhagen, Denmark. I question whether she'll ever work at a public school again.
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