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cr8tvlde

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6. I'll never forget the excitement...all those years of education...first day of school

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Fri Sep 14, 2012, 11:58 PM

Sep 2012

and there I stood, 21 years old, in front of 32 eager first graders...terrified.

OK...Pledge of Alliegance...check. Call the roll. check. Sing some songs. Check. And I swear those kids knew I was new, but we all just fell in love and managed just fine.

Kind of like your first kid...what to do? But we all survived.

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Why people look down on teachers [View all] Starry Messenger Sep 2012 OP

id say another reason is that for every good teacher a person had they had a bad one loli phabay Sep 2012 #1

Good point, and beyond that, you may go through life hughee99 Sep 2012 #7

Actually lousy students and even lousier parents remember the "bad" ones MichiganVote Sep 2012 #8

Excellent point. Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #9

you really believe that, sorry but even the best of students can have a crap teacher at some point loli phabay Sep 2012 #19

I guess I'm a lousy parent... meaculpa2011 Sep 2012 #22

actually, for me after nearly 30 years in roguevalley Sep 2012 #18

I think you only gain an appreciation for teachers when you realize how hard it is to grab kids dkf Sep 2012 #2

That would take a willful misunderstanding of tenure, to take that position. nt. Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #3

Call it tenure or job security or whatever you like... dkf Sep 2012 #10

So she opted out, yes? Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #11

that's why she got out, like about 50% of newbies do within their first five years. plus there HiPointDem Sep 2012 #14

We should stop calling it that. "Due process" is closer to what it really is. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #20

and not "everyone" does. don't know where you got that idea. HiPointDem Sep 2012 #15

This is the tone I pick up, esp from NY Times editorials on the subject: Smarmie Doofus Sep 2012 #4

+1 Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #5

I really don't understand why any sentient being would choose coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #16

I like working in a system that isn't geared toward profit. Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #17

I'll never forget the excitement...all those years of education...first day of school cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #6

General American anti intellectualism nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #12

I haven't experienced that generalized level of animosity the writer has. People here generally HiPointDem Sep 2012 #13

Well, now there is a corporate, right-wing, coordinated attempt to do so, woo me with science Sep 2012 #21

Yep. Starry Messenger Sep 2012 #23

Ignorance gulliver Sep 2012 #24