I have to agree with blue water on this one.. having worked in education for 26 years, (not as a teacher) I have seen first hand that teachers are underpaid and over worked... also being expected to do the job of parenting that this latest
generation of parents will not or cannot do. Yea I hear some grumbling about
teachers only have to work 9 months out of the year, but believe me they work all year long.. The hoops they have to jump through, and the standards they are held to make teaching one of the most thankless jobs you can imagine.Once again , I was not a teacher, but saw first hand how demanding their job is.Add to that a thankless
unknowing generation of people that hold firm to the belief that "my Johnny or My Susie" are not the problem, teachers are. Chriminy... when are folks going to wake up and start thanking teachers for doing the job that they( with exceptions) are incabable of doing themselves? As I see it the problem with public education is as other have pointed out, ADMINISTRATION! our public schools are so top heavy with administration, i.e super, vice super, asst to the super, dept heads and their staff,
layers upon layers of people who know nothing of the classroom environment, but when students shine they are the first to step up and claim the glory that is truly due to the teachers themselves. Ok so I rambled on a bit but I think you get what I was trying to point out.