Re: teachnola pros/cons
Posted by New Orleans bound on 3/11/08

Well, I for one am VERY offended by Mrs. D's words. I lived in New Orleans
from birth until Katrina. True the city is not the most pristine, but what
city really is. Now I live outside of Memphis and there was just a 33 yr old
man who killed 6 of his family members (incl 2 children) last week. Let's
face it there's danger anywhere you go - going to a foreign country to do
mission work is dangerous, joining the military is dangerous, but if you are
truly a teacher at heart, you have two choices when it comes to New Orleans -
live there and try to make it better or stay away and be happy, but please,
please don't ruin it for others who are considering making a difference in New
Orleans. Last month I've accepted a teaching position in New Orleans and am
very excited to get back to the city I love, but if it does not work
out...that's my own thing to deal with. I'll never bad mouth a city who has
gone through so much and still needs much more.

PS - the 80s were almost 30 years ago - everything changes in 30 years.

On 3/08/08, Mrs. D wrote:
>
> Folks, I don't believe anyone said anything unprofessional on this forum. It
> is a FACT that NO is a unsafe place to live. I never said a thing about NO
> public schools. What concerns me will be this young girl's quality of life.
> What I said on my post was that I grew up outside of NO in the 80's and the
> city frightened me as a child and it frightens me still. My family immigrated
> to NO six generations ago. Two great-grandparents were murdered in their
homes
> (he was a local doctor, she a homemaker) and one aunt was raped in her front
> yard in the middle of the afternoon. The following is an article I swiped
from
> USA Today on January 11:
>
> NEW ORLEANS — The crime wave that hit New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
> shows little sign of abating, more than two years after city officials said
> taming the outbreak was among their top priorities.
>
> The rates of killings and most types of property crime have kept pace with
the
> city's population increase, according to police records. Sporadic violence
> also marred the city's famed Mardi Gras celebration since Saturday, with at
> least nine people wounded by gunshots, including some that were fired near a
> parade route Tuesday.
>
> Again, I never said ANYTHING negative about the brave people that venture
into
> the public schools of NO. This is a noble thing to do! What I said was that I
> would not take the chance. It is not a safe place to be. It never has been,
> and it is worse since Katrina. I came back for the first six months after
> Katrina to help family members with cleanup, but we came armed and left as
> quickly as we could. I will also say that I took part in convincing most of
my
> family to leave the area for their own health and well-being. I'm sorry, but
I
> simply feel that a young person with her life in front of her should not risk
> her life, as noble as the cause may be. Also, I DO know how painful this is
> for those of you that have chosen to stay behind and are trying to put things
> back together again, but it will not bring this young woman any joy to be
> immersed in the problems of NO.
>
>
>

Posts on this thread, including this one

• teachnola, 1/22/08, by Adriana Carlson.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 1/27/08, by thisrj.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 1/28/08, by Thank you THISRJ from Adriana.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 1/28/08, by Katy Anna.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 1/30/08, by thisrj.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 2/06/08, by Allen.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 2/09/08, by NOLAteach.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/05/08, by tyler.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/06/08, by Merrill.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/06/08, by Katy Anna.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/06/08, by Mrs. D.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/07/08, by Katy Anna.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/07/08, by New Orleans bound.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/07/08, by certifiedteacher.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/08/08, by A Good Question.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/08/08, by Mrs. D.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/11/08, by New Orleans bound.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/13/08, by Mrs. D.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/15/08, by A Good Question - Again.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 3/15/08, by New Orleans bound.
• Re: Mrs. D----As a New Orleanian &teacher, I'm GLAD you're gone!, 3/16/08, by MY city doesn't need you and your negativity!!.
• Re: Mrs. D----As a New Orleanian &teacher, I'm GLAD you're g, 3/16/08, by Mrs. D.
• Re: teachnola, 3/16/08, by Mrs. D.
• Re: teachnola, 3/16/08, by New Orleans bound.
• Re: Mrs. D----As a New Orleanian &teacher, I'm GLAD you're g, 3/18/08, by LOL@Mrs.D-----YOU are the NEGATIVE ONE!!.
• Re: Mrs. D----As a New Orleanian &teacher, I'm GLAD you're g, 3/18/08, by Christina.
• Re: Teaching in NO - conerns/advice, 4/07/08, by trinigal.
• Re: Teaching in NO - poor pay, no incentives, 4/19/08, by Barbara.
• Re: teachnola pros/cons, 5/01/08, by future teacher.
• Re: Now if you really want to get some good teaching experience, 5/03/08, by Helen/HS/La..
• Re: Now if you really want to get some good teaching experie, 5/05/08, by future teacher.