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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find the description of the stresses of teachers and the low pay somewhat lacking in perspective. Many jobs have bad managers and stresses that sound just like what you are describing. And most of us don't have unions or even close to the protections that teachers are afforded. I'm an employee at will. They can fire me tomorrow, with or without cause and I don't get to appeal. And starting DCPS teachers make more money (and work fewer months and hours) than do may other careers. Read any literature on the subject of work environments across segments and you'll see employees are being asked to work more hours and do more with less. And we're all asked to do inane paperwork and reporting in all walks of life.

Teaching is a hard job, no doubt. But some perspective here wouldn't be bad.

WTU, you may now savage me because it's against the bible and constitution to dare say these things.[/quote] LOL! Note, many teachers are career changers and KNOW what "stressors" there are in other fields. They don't compare. Since when has losing that valuable contract meant that someone's future could be at stake?  When is the last time you saw the union save anyone's job?  Have you seen the statistics of the number of teachers with 20-30 years of teaching experience being let go right before they are up for retirement?  Do you answer to 3 different sets of clients - students, parents, and administration all with different agendas and needs?  You have no idea what it entails and until you do you probably shouldn't assume it is just comes with the territory because it doesn't. DCPS is the only district that uses IMPACT. It is not your typical evaluation. [b]It is designed to make sure that teachers feel inadequate [/b]and requires them to tick off tasks that have nothing to do with how good an educator they are. That is not something that just comes with the territory. There is a reason Michelle Rhee was swept out of town. [/quote]

Correction...IMPACT is used to ensure students are passed along and that teachers are held accountable for test scores. The tricky part is that students are held accountable for NOTHING. Therefore, they don't take the tests seriously. They either sleep then fill in anything 10 minutes before the end of testing--if they care enough to fill in anything at all. Or they just fill in anything so they can sleep and/or goof off the rest of the time.  How stupid is that???[/quote]

What's really stupid is that the schools with the lowest scores will have the most students on the "Honor Roll". How can that be? Teachers are pressured to pass the kids along, despite the fact they lack the basic skills that will allow them to pass standardized tests. 100% of students passing math with an A or B but only 3% passing geometry??? Kaya, stop the games and do right by the children of DC.[/quote]

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