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No Child Left Behind Chatboard TOP POSTS ALL POSTS SUBMIT POST Search Teachers.Net Advanced You're on the... No Child Left Behind Chatboard top posts | all posts | submit post Make No Child Left Behind a Favorite! We also recommend... Hot Topics No Child Left Behind Mailring Lesson Plans • Math • Language Arts • Science • Social Studies • Music • Art & Crafts • Phys Ed • Other Teacher Chatboards • latest posts • by subject • by grade level • by state • all chatboards • language arts center • technology center • foreign language center • hot topics • interest groups Teaching Jobs Classroom Projects Teacher Mailrings Teachers.Net Gazette • Current Issue • Harry Wong Column • Teacher Classified Ads • classroom printables Site Map next post skip topic Print | Share | Report Post Re: teachers need to stand up together Posted by Kgrace on 8/24/08 On 8/24/08, CJC wrote: >Sorry, these are not just typos. I know it sounds like petty griping, but I am tired of teachers being criticized for being inept with the English Language. I teach composition and expect better of students. Incidentally, the writer has the right idea. > What you are complaining about is a typo. Big deal! Focus on > the issues not someone's typing abilities. > > > > > On 7/30/08, NJ teacher wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We as teachers across this nation need to stand up >> together and go down to Washington or wherever and tell >> them what this so called education these children are >> receiving are a joke! NCLB is terrible!! It's unrealistic >> and putting great deal of pressure on teachers is not >> fair. We do not get paid enough to do it on our own. Where >> is the support, where are the benefits? We teachers should >> be treated like the main priority when it comes to >> discussing state budget. Education should be number 1. How >> come do famous people, basketball players, etc get the >> best benefits, but we get treated like dogs. Oh, thats >> right we are not important our kids are not important, but >> then the government or US officilas wonder why we as a >> nation need imports from other countries. Well, if they >> would put education first , our children will be the >> brightest! Not saying we are dummies, we are not , but we >> could do much better if education was at the top of the >> list. Sorry, but just venting. RESPOND TO THIS POST START A NEW THREAD RETURN TO CHATBOARD Posts on this thread, including this one teachers need to stand up together, 7/30/08, by NJ teacher. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 8/15/08, by Kgrace. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 8/24/08, by CJC. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 8/24/08, by Kgrace. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 8/26/08, by Momof13yearold. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 8/26/08, by Momof13yearold. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 9/01/08, by teacher. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 10/18/08, by Bo. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 10/19/08, by Kim/AR/math. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 10/20/08, by Jane. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 10/21/08, by Kim/AR/math. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 10/21/08, by Tessa- FL. Re: teachers need to stand up together, 10/21/08, by Kim/AR/math.

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