[Vision2020] RE: Half of teachers quit

[Ed]

A big "Amen" to Keely's reasoning (about why teachers quit, not her RWR slam), from "an incessant strobe reflecting off nothing more substantial than a mirrored ball in a poorly lit disco" 

--AKA, Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: keely emerinemix 
  To: donboy22 at hotmail.com ; 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:14 PM
  Subject: [Spam] [Vision2020] RE: Half of teachers quit


  Perhaps, Mat, they live in a town that has a large group of people who, for 
  reasons they claim are found in their religious beliefs, treat them like 
  emissaries of Satan himself and who pray for the destruction of public 
  schools.

  Or maybe it's because neo-conservatives and libertarians who are experts in 
  running shoe stores and pencil factories believe that the same market-based 
  philosophies can and should be applied to public schools, whose "product" is 
  vastly more complex than running shoes and soft-lead pencils, but which 
  lacks serious representation in the halls of power.

  Perhaps it's that many "liberals" have abandoned public schools and the 
  public good in favor of idyllic and isolated lives that neglect the children 
  and families they once swore, over cheap beer and chips, that they'd fight 
  for.

  And it may have something to do with the method of parenting, or lack 
  thereof, that these children receive at home, which turns them over to the 
  crudest elements of society via media and electronics and then produces 
  combative or uninterested parents who can't believe and don't care that 
  anything's wrong with their child.

  Finally, it may have to do with the obscene way we fund public schools, 
  which virtually screams its disregard for children from kindergarten through 
  college and cheers mightily at a bloated war budget, tax cuts for the 
  wealthy, and a runaway economy that leaves those most dependent on education 
  the least likely to receive a good one.

  Whatever the answer, Mat, it can be traced back to one thing:  a lack of 
  clear, solid, committed, generous and vocal support for public schools, from 
  the crankiest lone voter all the way to the halls of the White House, and 
  this, I believe, is the single biggest issue facing our nation.

  keely


  From: "Donatelo Juan" <donboy22 at hotmail.com>
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com
  Subject: [Vision2020] Half of new teachers quit
  Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 21:49:07 +0000

  Hi Visionaries,

  I thought I would introduce a new topic.   Please read this article on MSN:

  http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2628&ncid=2628&e=27&u=/nm/20060509/us_nm/life_teachers_dc_2

  I really do understand why most teachers leave teaching.  My question are 
  simple.  Why are the salaries so low for beginning teachers?

  "The kids were wonderful to be with, but the stress of everything that went 
  with it and the low pay did not make it hard to leave,"

  Why are most of the teachers in their mid 40, white and religious?

  "The study, which the association released last week ahead of its annual 
  salute to teachers on Tuesday, also found today's average teacher is a 
  married, 43-year-old white woman who is religious"

  Why are there not more men?
  Can a new teacher support a family with an entry teaching salary?
  These 43 year old teachers, Are they second income families, single income 
  families, single parent families supported additionally with child support 
  payments?

  Just some questions.
  Mat

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