At happy hour I was with two kindergarten teachers, one at an A elementary school and one at a C school. A third grade teacher at an all together different elementary school. A high school English teacher and history teacher both at a turn around school and a middle school English teacher. What did they all have in common? They were miserable.
What was the reason? It wasn’t the kids. It was 1701 prudential drive and their policies. You see friends people didn’t become teachers to be treated with disrespect, they didn’t become teachers to teach to the test and they didn’t become teachers because they didn’t want autonomy, creativity, flexibility and innovation, you know those things that make a difference.
1701 prudential drive, the school board, the superintendent and his SS like administrators are making people miserable whose only dream in life was to make a difference. That’s not good for our kids.
Yes misery may love company but if you know a teacher ask them what they think, please, please don’t take my word for it. Maybe you might get a feel for what is going on and then maybe you might want to do something.
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