Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not angry, that's projection.
What you are doing is no more or less useful than what you are complaining that teachers do. If you don't like it, leave -- but if you stay, shut up. Or at least that is the message, right?
You should take your own advice, you know.
(And I am not a teacher, nor have I ever been.)
Why would I be angry? I have a job I love and get paid well for. And I had to make several strategic moves to get here when I felt a job was lacking in some way. My point is that getting to a job I love took active effort, not just saying I deserve more.
I’m not sure why you think I’m telling teachers to shut up. Quite the opposite, I’m asking for constructive, specific ways that parents can help on a larger level that address the bigger issues that seem to plaque teachers. Vague complaining never got anyone anything. Teachers need to rebrand their message to include specific suggestions for parents to elevate these issues and advocate on behalf of teachers. Every parent I know would want to help, but emailing the school board to say “Teachers should get paid more” doesn’t seem like a particularly effective campaign. I get it, it’s easier to be mad on behalf of teachers and think you’re “helping” with your anger, rather than say “Hey, teachers, what can I do to help you?” Because then you’d have to do more than virtue signal on an anonymous website. You do you.