Blaming teachers is the easy way out
Let me start by saying that I am not a teacher. It really bothers me when I hear or read about how easy teachers have it. Students’ underachieving probably has more to do with the students’ attitude and home life than the teacher taking a day off or not teaching properly. Are parents concerned about their child’s grades and behavior? Are they reading with their child, and checking his homework? Are they backing up the teacher and holding their child accountable, or are they singing the “not my child” song?
Classrooms are filled to the max. Students come unprepared, uninterested and, on top of that, are disrespectful and disruptive to the teacher and their classmates. Teachers work more than a six-hour day. They arrive early, stay late and bring their work home with them. They stay after school for parent conferences, open houses and a variety of after-school and weekend school functions.
They spend plenty of their own money for classroom supplies. They are our children’s teacher, counselor, mentor and friend. It is a highly rewarding profession, but it is also emotionally and mentally exhausting.
Budget cuts affect the staff, supplies and resources that are needed in the
