Re: Does anyone here listen to Glenn Beck on Fox News?

Anita

Posted on 11/20/09

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On 7/03/09, Teacher wrote:
> Glenn Beck on Fox News was attacking the teaching profession
> on the news yesterday. I was so upset that I actually sent
> him an email. This is what I sent him. If his verbal
> attacks on teachers upset you, maybe you should send Fox
> News or Glenn Beck an email.
>
> I am a National Board Certified Teacher in IL. I am half
> way through my Masters of Education in Reading and Literacy.
> I teach in a Title One School in IL, and I am a highly
> qualified Teacher. I was very offended by your comment
> about teachers who do nothing in the classroom, and that
> teachers should not receive tenure.
>
> The facts that you stated on the air were not accurate. You
> didn't represent both sides of the issue.
>
> It takes 5 years to reach tenure; which requires multiple
> evaluations on your teaching performance. If the school
> thinks you are an outstanding teacher, then after 5 years of
> full-time teaching, you can receive tenure. You still can
> get fired even if you have tenure. Tenure teachers still
> continue to get evaluated for their teaching performance
> ever year until they retire.
>
> Tenure protects teachers and the students. If there was no
> tenure, the school districts would fire teachers who began
> to make too much on the pay scale to help save money,
> regardless if they were excellent teachers or not. For
> example... Mrs. Smith has a Masters Degree in Science and is
> teaching for 15 years now, let's lay Mrs. Smith off and hire
> someone fresh from college and save 20K. This is why tenure
> is in place, so quality teachers are retained and protected.
> Tenure also protects teachers from a political system of
> Principal's firing teachers to hire their friends and relatives.
>
> Did you know that 55% of teachers leave the profession
> before 5 years of teaching, because they can't deal with the
> demand and stress of the profession. I guess the pay and
> summers off still couldn't keep them in the classroom.
> Hmmmmm, I wonder why, since you said that the job was so easy.
>
> Did you know that I don't receive a paycheck during the
> summer? My last paycheck was June 9th and I won't receive
> another paycheck until September. I have the summer's off,
> because I don't get paid to teach in the summer.
>
> Please stop bashing hard working teachers on your show.

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