languages (Teachers)

On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 08:58:43AM -0700, Richard Erlacher wrote: I think it's extremely unfair to label all teachers like this. You make them sound lazy. I know only one highschool teacher today, but I do know he works his ass off. He does NOT take the summer off, he takes summer teaching contracts to make ends meet. After teaching his classes he has, further courses of his own to attend, papers to grade, lesson plans to work out, staff meetings, conference meetings, parent-teacher meetings, and inbetween tons of shit none of us would want to deal with dumped on him. Sometimes he doesn't get home until 11:00 -- and neither do I, but at least I get paid for it. I attended public school between 1979 and 1992, in both California and Connecticut. We moved around frequently, and I was in 8 different schools during that time. That's a lot of different school systems, and a lot of different teachers. Yes, I had some that were merely doing their job, not going the extra mile. And I think I can probably put my finger on exactly one who I would honestly call lazy (everybody has a teacher horror story to tell). But those who stand out in my mind were the genuine heros. They were IN to what they did. They LOVED the kids. They latched on to us and energized us and really taught us. They made us solve problems, they made us work together, they made us look forward to their classes every day. They had a passion for what they did, and God bless them for it. I can't think of a more honorable profession. -Seth