She Can’t Even Find the Pencils, People!

I have spent the last few days drinking tons of wine, crying into my pillow, shaking my fist at the sky, thinking deeply about Betsy DeVos’ confirmation as Secretary of Education.  And what I have come up with is this:  We will not be silenced.  We will not roll over and “wait to see what happens” or “give her a chance.”  Our students don’t get another “chance” at receiving a quality education and our decisions shouldn’t be based on chance, a bunch of political donations or this ding dong’s insistence that for-profit charter schools are the way to go when there isn’t one shred of evidence to support that conclusion.

What we will do is  make our voices heard and educate Betsy DeVos and anyone else who will listen, what it means to be an educator in today’s classroom.

But first, we shall complain.  It’s part of the process, because, basic psychology.

I am so sick and tired of people who have no experience in public schools telling public school teachers how to do our jobs.  HAVE WE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT A RIDICULOUS IDEA THIS IS?  And if so, then WHY DOES IT KEEP HAPPENING?!

How can everyone (read: non-teachers) continue to blather on and on about how much respect they have for the teachers who are inspiring future generations out of one side of their mouth and then dare to tell us how to do our job or point out all the things that we are doing wrong with the other side of their mouth?  THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.

Let me break it down for you.  It is very simple.  YOU ARE EITHER WITH US OR YOU AREN’T.  YOU SUPPORT US OR YOU DON’T.  YOU RESPECT US OR YOU CAN SHUT YOUR HOLE.

 

 

(Visited 1,259 times, 1 visits today)
1 Comment
  • Teachers at heart are indeed noble. The government and community should learn to appreciate them as these teachers voice out the hard work that they do, and what they deserve. Support for teachers should be sincere, and not just for publicity or political motives.

    September 16, 2018 at 12:24 pm

Post a Comment