Post: Good Response Re: Teacher Bashing in Burlington Free Press

Posted by Teacher Stewing on 12/29/02

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This was written in the FREE PRESS just after
Christmas. A good read and an uplift for any teacher
who feels unappreciated.

This letter appeared in our local paper by a concerned
taxpayer advocating for teachers in our district and
throughout the state:

"Teacher Stew Recipe:
-- Five handfuls of hours (10 to 12 daily)
-- One weekend of lesson planning (three to five hours
each day)
-- Twenty students with 20 different personalities
-- Ten doses of divorced or separated parents
-- Ten doses of adolescent emotional problems
-- Five drops of attention deficit disorder
-- One to two cases of physical child abuse
-- Ten hours of reviewing new materials and policies
-- If high school or junior high, add a pinch of
hormones"

Now, mix it all together with your limited supplies in a
big bowl, and try and fit in some time for your own family
and your children's homework. On top of that, try and
spread one hour for just yourself. "

Take the mix and do it up every week from late August
to mid-June, and add in one helping of people telling
you that you're not worth the money. "

I'm not a teacher, but I grew up with three of the best.
Try this recipe for one month and you will be running
back to your nice, quiet adult work world as fast as your
feet will carry you. How teachers do it, day after day, year
after year, I'll never understand -- but thank God they do

I've seen it firsthand and a good teacher is worth every
penny.
Stew, anyone? "

by Steve O. S,

Posts on this thread, including this one

Good Response Re: Teacher Bashing in Burlington Free Press, 12/29/02, by Teacher Stewing.

Re: Good Response Re: Teacher Bashing in Burlington Free Pre, 2/02/03, by Zoltan.

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