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

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On 7/03/09, Rosemary wrote:
> He's banned at our house.
>
>

He is now banned from my house too! Teacher

> 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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