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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a high school teacher, and that's my plan. I'm a single parent. I'm going to do whatever I can to ensure that I make it home, and I've told my child to expect her teacher to do the same. I'm sorry, but you can't have it both ways. We're villainized constantly regardless of how much we try. I'm sick of every time there's a school shooting that results in a teacher's death, they're lauded as heroes. They're victims. I shouldn't have to choose between making my child an orphan and saving someone else's kid. We don't have metal detectors, armed security, locking doors, or even doors that open into the room that we can barricade. You won't pay me a decent wage for what I do? Fine. At least spend the money to try and give me some sense of security. Instead, we get bullshit about statistics and how it's highly unlikely we'll have a shooting. We're told that metal detectors aren't in the budget. I've told my students that our plan is to toss a chair through the window and make a run for it. [/quote]

There are good teachers in the world who would take a bullet for one of their students. Then there are people like this...
I think it's great you are honest but I urge you to rethink your career. My DC has teachers like you. I know that if there were a shooting they would run out the door leaving the class there. My kid is 6 by the way.
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I think this is extremely unfair of you to say. I would expect anyone to think of their own child first. I wouldn't expect my child's teacher to have to be a hero. They didn't sign up for that. If you think you could do it, then you become a teacher. Otherwise you don't have a leg to stand on. [/quote]

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