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Teaching job

by Me

Sep 23, 2008

Its impossible to get a teaching job unless you work in the inner cities or are related to the school board. Anyone that says they got the job and didn't know someone is crazy...Subbing, well people in our area aub for over five years only for positions to go to recent grads that are related to the school board!!! Stinks. i owe money to school loans with no job to pay them. I wish college would have prepared me for that one!!

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Jamie Manor I know, I am licensed physical education teacher, and I got passed over this past fall by someone who is on an alternative II because they were buddies with the assistant athletic director at the school.

On 9/23/08, Me wrote: > Its impossible to get a teaching job unless you work in > the inner cities or are related to the school boa...See More

Feb 1, 2009

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baffled and bemused Cronyism has taken place in hiring since the days of Plato and Socrates, nothing new there. Now you know why most of our public schools have a lamentable reputation. No one holds TN to a higher standard, the bar was permanently lowered decades ago. Why would you want to teach in TN anyway?

On 2/01/09, Jamie Manor wrote: > I know, I am l...See More

Feb 2, 2009

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Dagbys On 2/02/09, baffled and bemused wrote: > Cronyism has taken place in hiring since the days of Plato and > Socrates, nothing new there. Now you know why most of our > public schools have a lamentable reputation. No one holds TN > to a higher standard, the bar was permanently lowered decades > ago. Why would you want to teach in TN any...See More

Feb 22, 2009

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a viable alternative, cash! Staple a check for 5 hundred on the application with a promise for five more if you get the job. Nothing like greasing dem wheels, boy!

On 2/22/09, Dagbys wrote: > On 2/02/09, baffled and bemused wrote: >> Cronyism has taken place in hiring since the days of Plato and >> Socrates, nothing new there. Now you know why most of ...See MoreStaple a check for 5 hundred on the application with a promise for five more if you get the job. Nothing like greasing dem wheels, boy!

On 2/22/09, Dagbys wrote: > On 2/02/09, baffled and bemused wrote: >> Cronyism has taken place in hiring since the days of Plato and >> Socrates, nothing new there. Now you know why most of our >> public schools have a lamentable reputation. No one holds TN >> to a higher standard, the bar was permanently lowered decades >> ago. Why would you want to teach in TN anyway? >> >> >> >> On 2/01/09, Jamie Manor wrote: >>> I know, I am licensed physical education teacher, and I got >>> passed over this past fall by someone who is on an alternative >>> II because they were buddies with the assistant athletic >>> director at the school. >>> >>> >>> On 9/23/08, Me wrote: >>>> Its impossible to get a teaching job unless you work in >>>> the inner cities or are related to the school board. >>>> Anyone that says they got the job and didn't know someone >>>> is crazy...Subbing, well people in our area aub for over >>>> five years only for positions to go to recent grads that >>>> are related to the school board!!! Stinks. i owe money to >>>> school loans with no job to pay them. I wish college would >>>> have prepared me for that one!! > > > Sadly, this seems to be true. I was recently overlooked for one > of several interim positions at a local school in East Tennessee. > I asked the principal why I was not considered... she actually > used this as a reason: try to higher people who have paid their > dues. Initially I was just happy to have been given a response. > Then I thought, "why would a professional admin use THAT type of > criteria to hire someone as important as a teacher!?!?" > Later a teacher from the same school told me she was hired (fresh > out of college) because her professor put in a word for her. /sigh > Oh, and one of the positions... taken by a retired teacher > (another 'friend' I presume). > > Since I don't 'know' anyone... and I've never been (nor want to > be) a brown-noser... I wonder if I'll ever get hired!

Mar 22, 2009

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