9.06.2007
With the new school year here, I am so glad to not be in school and am amazed at teachers - who enjoy doing that year after year. And it makes me think of my two friends that inspire me everyday. In college they were outstanding students who gave even more to the community by volunteering in a town they would eventually leave. Now they are teachers working with Teach For America in New York City and Baltimore. They give so much of themselves for their students, it amazes me.
Yet, the f'ing system beats the life out of them. Beats them down by not having a stable administration to ensure safety and continuity in their classrooms. A system that fires them every year, makes them reapply for their jobs, but won't let them apply or transfer to other schools. A system that puts too many kids per teacher in a room. And puts them in a sweltering annex away from other's view.
And yet they persevere and excel and succeed and their kids LEARN.
Cheers ladies - here's too a wonderful school year.
Yet, the f'ing system beats the life out of them. Beats them down by not having a stable administration to ensure safety and continuity in their classrooms. A system that fires them every year, makes them reapply for their jobs, but won't let them apply or transfer to other schools. A system that puts too many kids per teacher in a room. And puts them in a sweltering annex away from other's view.
And yet they persevere and excel and succeed and their kids LEARN.
Cheers ladies - here's too a wonderful school year.