You hear teachers commenting on blogs about how certain children and their parents think they are "entitled" to "free babysitting", "free lunch", the list goes on and on. But as a parent who has been active in local the schools for the last ten years, I have observed principals and teachers who seem oblivious to parent's pleas to please teach their children. On more than one occasion, I have felt like some local teachers and administrators feel it is They who are entitled.
As a matter of fact, how's this for entitlements: job security for life (i.e. tenure), paid holidays, comprehensive medical plans. It gets old hearing teachers speak as if they are owed a job, above and beyond any standards of competency that are set for any other group of workers. As a matter of fact, all the rest of us need to fall back and worship the ground on which they walk, because it is They who are charged with dealing with our little heathens.
Other union employees have quality standards that they have to meet - why not teachers and other public school administrators? As it currently stands, the field of education is a one track gravy train. Enough already - put a stop to the lemon dance.
As a matter of fact, how's this for entitlements: job security for life (i.e. tenure), paid holidays, comprehensive medical plans. It gets old hearing teachers speak as if they are owed a job, above and beyond any standards of competency that are set for any other group of workers. As a matter of fact, all the rest of us need to fall back and worship the ground on which they walk, because it is They who are charged with dealing with our little heathens.
Other union employees have quality standards that they have to meet - why not teachers and other public school administrators? As it currently stands, the field of education is a one track gravy train. Enough already - put a stop to the lemon dance.
