Dear Lou,
Do you think the public education opportunities are responsible for the economic situation, or are the economic situation responsible for the education opportunities? From this public school teacher, I make the request for YOU ALL in the media to stop bashing public schools, especially for situation for which we have no control. Do you think that those responsible for hiring teachers, especially math and science teachers, look to hire unqualified teachers? There simply is not enough qualified math and science teachers available. And who could blame anyone if they chose to do ANYTHING else than teach. According to much of the mainstream media I read, teachers are to blame for the fall of Western Civilization as we know it. If we teachers are that powerful, how is it that we received NONE of the credit for the largest economic expansion in the history of the United States that occurred in the '90's, but all we hear now is that we teachers are failing to provide an adequate education for our students to compete in the 21st Century. To be honest, I think that our job isn't to prepare students to compete in the 21st Century; our job is to prepare our students to participate in our democratic republic.
Sincerely,
Sean Michael Black, M.A., Ed.S.
posted by Sean Black @ 8:17 PM
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