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Tuesday, March 01, 2005

some teachers

As I have noted before, my 12 year old stepson is having more than a few problems at school. He's never done well in school, but this year he has hit an all time low. While the responsibility for his poor performance rests squarely on his own narrow little shoulders, I want to take this opportunity to vent about some teachers.

Before I vent, let me state for the record that I believe that most teachers do a wonderful job. As a teacher myself, I am aware that nothing is perfect, and that teachers face tremendous obstacles everyday to competently performing their task of educating our youth.

HOWEVER

Some teachers really tick me off. Some teachers do things like assigning packets of busy work every three weeks, packets that may only be completed in class, packets that involve nothing more than copying the answer directly from the reading material onto the worksheet, packets that do NOT lead to engaging class discussion or any actual teaching (or learning) at all, and some teachers only dole out grades on said packets and very little else. In what world could such a description possibly be qualified as TEACHING?

I sincerely hope that if ever I am tempted to become like some teachers, I will do the honorable thing and seek another profession.