languages (Teachers)

From: Craig Smith <ip500_at_roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri Mar 10 14:14:24 2000

Bravo Seth,
Dick's comment just went too far. my neighbor is an Art teacher in a
local High School and believe me---if she's not at work, she's either
grading papers, planning next weeks work or staying after class to work
with other kids. SOME are really dedicated to the profession!

sjm wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 08:58:43AM -0700, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> > Another thing to keep in mind about these jobs is that not only is the
> > summer vacation long, but there are plenty of days without kids in the
> > building, when most teachers go skiing or golfing, or hot-tubbing, and the
> > workday for most of them is less than 6 hours.
> >
> > Dick
>
> I think it's extremely unfair to label all teachers like this.
> You make them sound lazy. I know only one highschool teacher today,
> but I do know he works his ass off. He does NOT take the summer off,
> he takes summer teaching contracts to make ends meet. After teaching
> his classes he has, further courses of his own to attend, papers to
> grade, lesson plans to work out, staff meetings, conference meetings,
> parent-teacher meetings, and inbetween tons of shit none of us
> would want to deal with dumped on him. Sometimes he doesn't get
> home until 11:00 -- and neither do I, but at least I get paid for it.
>
> I attended public school between 1979 and 1992, in both California
> and Connecticut. We moved around frequently, and I was in 8
> different schools during that time. That's a lot of different school
> systems, and a lot of different teachers. Yes, I had some that were
> merely doing their job, not going the extra mile. And I think I
> can probably put my finger on exactly one who I would honestly call
> lazy (everybody has a teacher horror story to tell). But those who
> stand out in my mind were the genuine heros. They were IN to what
> they did. They LOVED the kids. They latched on to us and energized
> us and really taught us. They made us solve problems, they made us
> work together, they made us look forward to their classes every day.
> They had a passion for what they did, and God bless them for it.
>
> I can't think of a more honorable profession.
>
> -Seth
Received on Fri Mar 10 2000 - 14:14:24 GMT