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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think one thing people need to hear is that "bad" teachers don't hear the noise.

They don't hear the calls to quit or the relentless onslaught of vitriol that is slung at teachers. The "bad" teachers either don't know or don't care that they are "bad." If they know, they are too tired or too stuck to improve or they have life circumstances that are out of their control. But either way, they aren't seeking feedback and they are not hearing the noise.

Who hears the noise? The good teachers.

The good teachers know what's going on in their classrooms and communities. They are putting in time going above and beyond with their students. They are sacrificing their happiness, their back accounts, and their own families to tutor, coach, enrich, and otherwise go above and beyond. And when they hear the noise, the cacophony of disrespect reverberates through their core until they realize they have so many other options and that life is more than mere service to others.

So you can go ahead and make all the noise you want but it's bouncing off the teachers you want gone and sticking to those teachers who excel so much at their craft that it is part of their self concept. And it's mobilizing them.

Make the noise. You are breaking the profession.

But, let's be clear, that's what you want anyways.[/quote]

Maybe those good teachers should hold their bad colleagues accountable then, rather than letting the unions do their dirty work. Just look at the topic on this thread- the union is trying to block the district from paying SPED teachers more. It's not like the district was trying to cut the pay for everyone else. They seem more interested in making things worse for everyone else than making things better for themselves.[/quote]

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