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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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" </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>--AKA, Ed</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=kjajmix1@msn.com href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=donboy22@hotmail.com
href="mailto:donboy22@hotmail.com">donboy22@hotmail.com</A> ; </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:14 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Spam] [Vision2020] RE: Half of
teachers quit</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Perhaps, Mat, they live in a town that has a large group of
people who, for <BR>reasons they claim are found in their religious beliefs,
treat them like <BR>emissaries of Satan himself and who pray for the
destruction of public <BR>schools.<BR><BR>Or maybe it's because
neo-conservatives and libertarians who are experts in <BR>running shoe stores
and pencil factories believe that the same market-based <BR>philosophies can
and should be applied to public schools, whose "product" is <BR>vastly more
complex than running shoes and soft-lead pencils, but which <BR>lacks serious
representation in the halls of power.<BR><BR>Perhaps it's that many "liberals"
have abandoned public schools and the <BR>public good in favor of idyllic and
isolated lives that neglect the children <BR>and families they once swore,
over cheap beer and chips, that they'd fight <BR>for.<BR><BR>And it may have
something to do with the method of parenting, or lack <BR>thereof, that these
children receive at home, which turns them over to the <BR>crudest elements of
society via media and electronics and then produces <BR>combative or
uninterested parents who can't believe and don't care that <BR>anything's
wrong with their child.<BR><BR>Finally, it may have to do with the obscene way
we fund public schools, <BR>which virtually screams its disregard for children
from kindergarten through <BR>college and cheers mightily at a bloated war
budget, tax cuts for the <BR>wealthy, and a runaway economy that leaves those
most dependent on education <BR>the least likely to receive a good
one.<BR><BR>Whatever the answer, Mat, it can be traced back to one
thing: a lack of <BR>clear, solid, committed, generous and vocal support
for public schools, from <BR>the crankiest lone voter all the way to the halls
of the White House, and <BR>this, I believe, is the single biggest issue
facing our nation.<BR><BR>keely<BR><BR><BR>From: "Donatelo Juan" <<A
href="mailto:donboy22@hotmail.com">donboy22@hotmail.com</A>><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>Subject:
[Vision2020] Half of new teachers quit<BR>Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 21:49:07
+0000<BR><BR>Hi Visionaries,<BR><BR>I thought I would introduce a new
topic. Please read this article on MSN:<BR><BR><A
href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2628&ncid=2628&e=27&u=/nm/20060509/us_nm/life_teachers_dc_2">http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2628&ncid=2628&e=27&u=/nm/20060509/us_nm/life_teachers_dc_2</A><BR><BR>I
really do understand why most teachers leave teaching. My question are
<BR>simple. Why are the salaries so low for beginning
teachers?<BR><BR>"The kids were wonderful to be with, but the stress of
everything that went <BR>with it and the low pay did not make it hard to
leave,"<BR><BR>Why are most of the teachers in their mid 40, white and
religious?<BR><BR>"The study, which the association released last week ahead
of its annual <BR>salute to teachers on Tuesday, also found today's average
teacher is a <BR>married, 43-year-old white woman who is religious"<BR><BR>Why
are there not more men?<BR>Can a new teacher support a family with an entry
teaching salary?<BR>These 43 year old teachers, Are they second income
families, single income <BR>families, single parent families supported
additionally with child support <BR>payments?<BR><BR>Just some
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